Holiday Fun

Sorry it's been so long since I last updated the blog but it is always manic at the end of term -as I'm sure loads of you can appreciate and my excuse is I have been very busy. Any way the summer holidays are at long last here and it looks like the weather has decided to cheer itself up a bit so we can all enjoy the sun.

Elizabeth has finished at nursery and is already very excited about going into reception in September. She is in Mrs Proctors class (1JP) and has already bought her lunch box.

Eren has finished her first year at York sixth form college and received her sports certificate today with her pass for the first part of her course-she's ready to go back now and do part two plus a child care course.

Maisy our little blonde bomb-shell is enjoying seeing and learning to do lots of new things and recently loved our trip to Filey beach. Elizabeth and her thoroughly enjoyed playing in the sea and digging in the sand. It was a lovely beach and we will certainly be going back. It is a lot like Weymouth's beach but slightly bigger waves and less people on the beach-so you actually have room to move!!!!(see pictures above).

Denise and myself are looking forward to our conservatory being started this summer holiday so by the Autumn we should be able to sit out in it and chill-whilst enjoying the garden. We have started to harvest our first produce from the garden in the form of gooseberries, lettuce, herbs,land cress and french beans-with more to come.

We have a long list of places we want to explore while on holiday this year-Filey beach being one of the first but weather permitting the Yorkshire Dales, Castle Howard, Fountains Abbey, Lotherton Hall, Rowntrees park and Sundown childrens park. Plus revisiting beaches we've previously been to. Also looking forward to some of you popping up to visit us.

Spring is here or is it Summer?

Well it's been a while since I updated the blog but we have been very busy and I've had an OFSTED to deal with as well (which we passed).

Now the good weather has started and we are getting lovely warm days we have been busy in the garden getting to grips with a public enemy number one weed called mares tail which we have popping up everywhere. The veg patch is looking good though and we are slowly planting out the beds. The girls are really enjoying the space to run around and play that they now have and when not posing for the camera and Maisy Wielding a hoe they both like to help Daddy-mostly Elizabeth at the moment who enjoys planting seeds..

This bank holiday week-end we were able to get out and about and start to explore new places which was great. We drove over the North York Moors to Whitby- a small sea side town on the coast. We had a lovely day looking around the town. We had haddock and chips down in the old harbour and then had a play on the beach which is a nice steep walk down the cliff. We now want to go back and look round all the bits we missed-like the Abbey which has 199 steps up to it. This week-end if the weather holds we are going back up onto the Moors to have a walk and picnic. There were several beauty spots which we passed that we want to check out.

A White Easter

Well I've always wanted a white Christmas but I never thought it would be a white Easter that I got. We woke up this morning like a large part of the country to a 10 cm blanket of snow. Once again Elizabeth was up and out of bed ready to play in the white stuff. Before 7 am we had a snow man built and sledged down the road ,being pulled by Dad, bumping into other children also being pulled around by their Dads. It was a beautiful sight on an Easter morning. But by 8am I was ready for breakfast and a hot cup of tea!!!

It was lovely to see Auntie Carol up here this week. A lovely surprise for Denise as she didn't know she was flying up ( a closely guarded secret). They both had a lovely time and got to do what they do do best laugh, chat and shop at Designer Outlet. A lovely time had by both and they got the chance to relax, chat and catch up. We just got her back to the airport with the snow blanketing the airport on Saturday. Its certainly a cold wind up at that airport. But the chance to see both the surounding countryside and Leeds stretching out below.

Happy 4th Elizabeth and New family member

Elizabeth celebrated her 4th birthday this month and had a lovely time. She had a lovely little party with her friends from nursery and got the bike she wanted from us. She has already been out and about on it and fallen off-one grazed knee. But like a true Robinson she got back on again and had another go.

We picked up a new arrival to our family this month-Hartley. He is a lovely cat and very friendly and wonderful with the girls -very gentle.

Happy 1st Birthday Maisy

Maisy celebrated her first birthday on the 19th February.

I can't believe how quickly the year has gone. Thank you to everybody who sent presents. She loved her musical alphabet from Nanny and her musical teddy from Granny as well as all the others she received. She also took her first tottering steps today unaided which she thought was great.

Woken up last night with the whole house shaking as Britain had an Earthquake 5.2 on the scale. We had the bed, cot and walls shaking and sliding and couldn't quite believe what was happening . All was confirmed with the breakfast news. Had to then spend a bit of time striaghtening the pictures on our walls. It was the strangest feeling.

A busy start to the year

Hello All
Well its has been a very busy start to our new year. We successfully moved into our new house and started a new job. We have managed to sort most of our things out now only a couple of boxes left but they contain things that need to go on shelves and we need to buy those and put them up. Everything else is beginning to look good. We have new carpet throughout now only two bedrooms left to do and we've started to hang the new net curtains. We bought and built a new toy box for the girls room this Saturday to put the rest of their toys in.
I have been out in the garden and started to sort this out. Cutting bushes back and generally tidying up. This week-end we went out to by some hedgeing as an old fence which is rotten we are going to replace with a hedge-row. So I've bought 55 privet bushes to plant out when the weather improves and I've managed to clear away the old fence and ivy. I've been digging over the flower beds as well ready for the better weather so we can plant them out. Its great we have a blank canvas to work with.
At work I have settled in well and I'm really getting on well with the other members of staff. We have survived a big county inspection this week and the school has done very well. Elizabeth has also settled in well to her new school and has made some good new friends- Holly being her best friend.
Maisy is busy teething so is unsettled at the moment -six altogether at the moment and it looks like to more on the bottom are on there way.
Denise helped out an old lady called Hilda in Selby who stummbled and fell flat on her face on the cobbles. She helped her up and took her for a cup of tea and made sure she got home safely. Others just walked by;what sort of world are we living in now. She has also held a little coffee afternoon with a couple of her new friends and babies at our place.
Looking forward now to coming down to see everybody at half term.
When we get back up north again we are hoping to go to the local cat rescue centre to take on another cat. We would like another male, ginger if possible and it will be called Oswald- Elizabeth has decided.(name from Denise-He was a King of Northumbria)
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SNOW !

Our first taste of winter up north. It started snowing first thing and Elizabeth was out in the snow in her pyjamas. Before breakfast she had her first little snowman made with Eren. Snowed off and on all day and we ended up with a couple of inches . The girls ,big and small, loved it and can't wait for more. Bring it on -more please