• Waking up as Jesse climbed into our bed.
• Drifting back to sleep while Mr. LA headed downstairs to make tea and coffee.
• Snuggling with Izzy for a while. She told me recently that she misses lying in bed with us at the weekend. Jesse wakes early, so we’re often downstairs by the time she surfaces.
• Sleepily joining the boys beneath a blanket on the sofa.
• Sipping tea and watching Tin Tin cartoons on Netflix
• Cooking and eating Bacon, Egg and Toast Cups for breakfast. So good.
• Gradually preparing to face the day. I was determined to slow down this weekend as I’ve been caught in a bit of a funk recently.
• Catching the bus to Kingswood.
• Excitedly stocking up on picture frames in Wilkos before rushing home to plan our family photo gallery.
• Tucking into sweet potato chilli for lunch.
• Losing ourselves in boxes {and digital folders} of photos, trying to pick our favourites and settle on a layout.
• Snoozing on the sofa while the children watched a movie.
• Reluctantly sorting laundry.
• Inhaling the scent of bonfires and crisp, cool air as I hung the washing out to dry. It smelt like autumn.
• Making meatballs and spaghetti.
• Eating too much.
• Reading Jesse a few pages from The Enormous Crocodile*. I’m so glad he’s fallen in love with Roald Dahl just like his sister before him.
• Sipping wine and watching A Million Ways to Die in the West. It was so awful we actually switched it off before the end!
• Retreating to bed.
• Sleeping in.
• Waking myself up with a bowl of porridge and a mug of tea.
• Agreeing to an even lazier day than the one before.
• Feeling content as the children played in their PJs.
• Not doing very much at all.
• Poaching apples in sugar and cinnamon.
• Wishing my home could always smell as delicious as it did while they bubbled away on the stove.
• Sitting down to a light lunch.
• Curling up on the sofa to watch Hugo. Such a beautiful children’s film.
• Drifting in and out of sleep as the kids remained glued to the movie.
• Throwing open the French doors and encouraging the children to get some fresh air while I made dinner.
• Smiling as they disappeared inside the tipi with colouring pens and paper. We barely heard a sound from them for the next hour.
• Preparing fish pie for supper. It’s Mr. LA’s favourite.
• Transforming the apples from earlier into scrumble. If you’ve never tried this half scone, half crumble hybrid, you really must. It’s amazing!
• Eating way, way too much.
• Depositing the children in the tub and giving the bathroom a quick scrub while they frolicked in the water.
• Tucking Jesse into bed.
• Sitting with Izzy for a while before she headed to bed herself.
• Drinking tea while typing this blog post.
• Looking forward to an early night and hoping I have the energy for another long week ahead.

Love Audrey xxx

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