• Waking up to find Jesse snuggling next to me in bed.
• Slowly making my way downstairs.
• Sipping tea and watching cartoons on the sofa with the children.
• Wolfing down a bowl of porridge for breakfast.
• Sitting down to finish my Saturday Short.
• Hitting publish and jumping in the shower.
• Pulling on my beloved leopard print skirt from Zara.
• Carefully applying my makeup and blow drying my hair.
• Helping the children into their clothes.
• Feeling quite taken aback by how grown up Izzy looked in red jeans and her new denim jacket.
• Bundling up against the cold and making our way into town.
• Grabbing a quick lunch.
• Waiting patiently outside the Odeon for Izzy’s friends to arrive.
• Loading up on popcorn and fizzy drinks before making our way into the auditorium to watch Mr Peabody and Sherman.
• Enjoying the sight of Izzy smiling and laughing with her friends.
• Heading out into the wintry sunshine.
• Walking the girls to Patisserie Valerie for drinks and dessert.
• Demolishing a chocolate eclair.
• Watching Izzy devour a huge slice of double chocolate gateaux.
• Taking the girls to a nearby toy shop and treating them all to a Moshi Monster.
• Returning Izzy’s friends to their respective parents and making our way home.
• Fighting a wave of exhaustion with a cup of tea and a quick sit down before making dinner.
• Brushing king prawns with teriyaki sauce and steaming pak choi to make four restorative bowls of inauthentic seafood ramen. Delicious.
• Listening to Jesse read and kissing him goodnight.
• Leaving Izzy and her father downstairs watching The Hobbit while I lounged in bed with Netflix and a glass of wine.
• Binge watching more of The Good Wife. I’m hooked.
• Lazily texting Mr. LA when I needed a refill.
• Deciding those mixed bags of salty and sweet popcorn are probably the best invention ever.
• Finally falling asleep.
• Being woken up too early.
• Dozing with Jesse in my arms.
• Eventually dragging myself downstairs.
• Eating scrambled eggs for breakfast.
• Frantically tidying the kitchen and cleaning the bathroom.
• Catching up on laundry.
• Diving into the shower before getting dressed.
• Coaxing the children into their clothes.
• Greeting my parents as they arrived.
• Drinking tea and eating biscuits.
• Driving into town for lunch.
• Relishing the sunshine and blue skies.
• Eating an enormous plate of fish and chips at Giraffe.
• Watching Jesse tuck into a hot dog as big as his head.
• Feeling too full for dessert.
• Killing time in House of Fraser.
• Compiling a mental wish list in Oasis. I’ve got my eye on this and this.
• Making our way home.
• Enjoying one more cup of tea with my parents before they departed.
• Saying our goodbyes.
• Pottering. I tidied our bedroom, vacuumed the stairs, organised my makeup and started writing a shopping list.
• Preparing tuna arrabbiata for supper.
• Warming garlic bread in the oven.
• Doing my best to ignore Jesse’s tantrum at the dinner table.
• Eating too much.
• Dunking the children into the bath.
• Reading Jesse a bedtime story. He was completely mesmerised by Dr Seuss’ Oh The Places You’ll Go.
• Longing for my pyjamas.
• Helping Izzy with her homework.
• Feeling sleepy.
• Realising I hardly took any photos this weekend. I guess I was just too busy living life to document it.
• Desperately needing an early night.

Love Audrey xxx