The craziness that is Tuesday mornings!

I took mom to my tuesday morning play group!  She was amazed by the craziness.  In all fairness, it was a little crazier than normal because the weather has been "rubbish" as they like to say.  Ben has found a little girlfriend.  She comes with her Aunt and Uncle and they stay late to help clean up with us, so they have gotten to know each other.  It is pretty cute!

Mom trying to wrangle Nate while he eats his biscuit aka cookie.

My sweet boys!  Ben wanted to try on the Fairy wings because his little girlfriend likes to wear them.  He quickly switched to a police uniform. 

Nutfield Priory

On Sunday, Allen and I went away to the Nutfield Priory for the night!  It was amazing!  Thank you mom!!  Such a treat to get some time away to relax and be together.  The Priory is only about 5 minutes away which was nice.  Sunday night we went to a pub that we had heard great things about.  The food was really yummy and just a fun little place called the Home Cottage.  Then on Monday, we explored three little villages near here.  They all had a couple of fun shops and antique stores that I had been curious about but didn't dare take my two little ones into with a stroller.

Monday for lunch we checked out another pub, not the greatest...but now we know.  And to finish off the day, we were totally pampered back at the hotel with massages!  What a treat!  We were in the process of moving and settling in for our anniversary, so this felt a little like a belated 8th Anniversary get-away.  THANK YOU MOM!!! 

Mom's Visit

Wow, I can't believe that my mom leaves tomorrow morning!  We have had a great 10 days with her and how time flies!  She has worked hard on all sorts of projects for me while she has been here.  I will post pictures...it is so nice to have all my little to do's off of the list and finally be done with getting our house set up!  Thanks mom for all your help!

She and the boys made binoculars one day.  The boys loved them!  Ben saw all sorts of things through his "noculars", like dinasaurs and planes and race cars.  All his favorite things. 

Sunday on our walk to church we were greeted by neat antique cars.  They were having an antique car "race" from London to Brighton.  Really neat!

Heaven

One of the great things about living here is there are tons of places for moms to go with their kids.  The week before my mom came, I met a friend and her two kids at a place called Heaven.  It is a great big room with tons of toys and big leather couches.  The kids can play and there are people that come around asking if you would like anything to eat and drink.  So, I had a yummy cappuccino while my kids explored all kinds of toys.  It was awesome!  Upstairs is a spa and nursery where you can put your kids into while you get a treatment!  The boys loved all the new toys and playing with their friends.

These are our two Benjamins.  Love how their hair is just soo beautiful and different!

My sweet friend Kat!