• Sleeping in while Carl entertained the children downstairs.
• Finally dragging myself downstairs.
• Drinking tea and eating an omelette.
• Making a start on replacing the bookshelves in Jesse’s room.
• Tidying the garage.
• Hanging the washing to dry outside.
• Doing lots of thinking in the shower.
• Pulling on a pair of jeans and a crisp white t-shirt.
• Enjoying the scent of my new perfume, Ellie Saab’s L’Eau Couture.
• Applying my makeup and blow-drying my hair.
• Hollering at the children to come upstairs and get dressed.
• Pulling on my trainers and heading out into the sunshine.
• Slowly making our way to the park.
• Relishing the fresh air and the warm sun on my skin. Having been cooped up in the house so much since I hurt my foot, it was wonderful to be outside on such a beautiful spring day.
• Snapping photos of the children among the daffodils.
• Chatting to Carl while the kids enjoyed the playground.
• Popping to the supermarket.
• Walking back through the park.
• Baking a lemon meringue layer cake while the children played in the yarden.
• Sitting down for a cup of tea.
• Cooking and eating pork tacos, refried beans {which tasted much better than they looked}, and an epic salad. It was delicious, I highly recomend you try the recipe.
• Putting Jesse to bed and settling down on the sofa next to Izzy.
• Writing a blog post and looking forward to cocktail o’clock.
• Kissing Izzy goodnight and preparing to watch a few episodes of Lost.
• Sipping my drink and nibbling salty sweet popcorn.
• Deciding to retire earlier than normal in an attempt to fend off the inevitable BST tiredness.
• Pretending to snooze as Carl and the children scurried downstairs to organise my Mother’s Day treats and surprises.
• Reading homemade cards and opening thoughtful gifts in bed.
• Enjoying the bunch of brightly coloured tulips given to me by the children.
• Sitting down to a delicious breakfast of scrambled eggs and smoked salmon.
• Feeling very spoilt.
• Watching The Secret Garden followed by my favourite short film, Le Ballon Rouge.
• Drinking coutless cups of tea.
• Deciding to stay in my PJs all day.
• Eating soup for lunch.
• Waving Carl and Izzy off at the door as they headed into town for her drama class.
• Sitting with Jesse while he played with his Lego.
• Pottering. I folded laundry, tidied the kitchen, swept up and daydreamed about our next DIY project.
• Eating buttery hot cross bun loaf and sipping tea in the sunshine outside.
• Filling the house with the scent of roast chicken. Such a comforting aroma.
• Wondering why the house was so quiet all of a sudden.
• Suspecting Jesse was up to no good, but discovering him asleep in his bed. Curse the clocks changing!
• Pausing to watch him sleep a while.
• Finishing off the dinner and waiting for the others to return home.
• Loving the way our home feels on a sunny day.
• Getting a hint of what long, lazy summer evenings wil feel like in Bristol.
• Feeling very content as we sat and ate dinner together.
• Reading Jesse a bedtime story and helping Izzy with her homework.
• Sitting down to write this blog post and looking forward to watching my Mother’s Day present, Saving Mr Banks.

Love Audrey xxx