Blackberry Crumble

The blackberries are out!  Although I am a summer and sun girl, the first whispers of Autumn are always so enticing. We are blessed to have a huge accessible field next door with blackberry brambles outlining the perimeter.  Monkey Girl, The Boy and I went on a blackberry hunt so we could make blackberry crumble.

While The Cat's Away...

Mummy went to the USA for a week and Papa had an obviously awesome week with the children!  Wow - who needs me?!

The two eldest went to a Sea Cadet camp, Panda Girl spent the day with her friend and Papa and and The Boy went on a bike ride.

The Boy put in an order for the ingredients for a mandarin chocolate cake.  He loves cooking, this one.

Good job!

Peppa Pig craft at the library.

 Learning about electronic circuits.

Learning about the Victorians

I love these small people!  They clearly had a whale of a time without me though!

Mummy's Week Off! A Trip to USA for Uncle A's Wedding.

So, rather excitingly, I took a whole week off from Mummy-ing and went to Virginia and Washington DC for my brother A's wedding.  Here I am relaxing (RELAXING!!) with my littlest brother, T.

...more relaxing...

We visited my brother's University, Christendom College, where he met his fiancée five years ago.

I bumped into an old, long-lost friend whom I'd met in Argentina 17 years ago!  320 000 000 US citizens and it turns out my friend was the daughter of my brother's university professor! 

A trip into DC.

The White House

These two are getting married!

Wedding ready!

 A shout out to Noreen, blog-follower and fellow wedding party girl! ;)

Homeward bound with my lovely sister.