Italian yard

Alfa Romeo made just over 1000 Zagato SZs. Based on the 75 with a body carved curve free its an unusual beast. Theres one thats often parked up on Park Lane in London and there was one on the forecourt of an Alfa specialst in the late 1990s. We found an importers of various Italian cars today. He had two in the yard along with seven Lancia Delta Integrales Evos and a Lamborghini Diablo as well.

Play date

We invited over our friends for a saturday morning cuppa and cake while the girls went out into the garden to play with Lilys new house and playarea. The sand table she got from Kims parents was also a big hit.

Bath time fun

Having not seen Lily since tuesday night I was eager to get involved in the bedtime routine once I was back. This meant playing with one of her birthday presents. Washable bath crayons. I have been assured they wipe straight off the tiles.....the grout we're not sure about yet!

Romantic meal for two!

Staying away means evenings away from the family. It also means dining with whoever I happen to be working with. James was my hot date this week and we ate for England both nights.

Free breakfast

We have a rule at work, start anytime before 6am and the company buys you breakfast. As we were heading to Leeds we were off at 5:45am so filled our boots at the services on the M1.

Birthday girl

Two years has flown by. Lily has gone from a tiny bundle of joy in an operating theatre to a walking, talking learning machine thats into  everything. We had a little party at home for her as the weather wasn't going to be good. She loved her new Little Tikes house, so much so infact she spent almost an hour inside after breakfast and returned several times dragging anyone who was nearby with her.

Little park with added toys

At the start of the month we cleared an area in the corner of the garden ready for a little bark play area for Lily. Fast forward and her birthday is tomorrow so the Little Tiles house we bought her needs building and setting up. I decided to take a day off work to do this and tidy up. The weather had other ideas and its been lashing it down since last night. Undeterred I put my work boots and a coat on and ventured outside. An hour of heaving plastic panels about and slotting things together and its finished. I hope she likes it and gets hours of fun just mucking about in the garden.