• Waking up in the early hours of the morning. Some young foxes were roaming outside our house and making an awful lot of noise in the process.
• Taking a long time to fall asleep again.
• Feeling faintly aware of Jesse climbing into bed with us.
• Lingering beneath the duvet for as long as possible.
• Finally heading downstairs for a cup of tea.
• Gazing out of the kitchen window and soaking up the sight of sunshine and blue skies.
• Grabbing a quick breakfast and jumping in the shower.
• Waving off Mr L.A and the children before settling down for a long day of writing.
• Reflecting on just how much I love writing Wedding Reports.
• Breaking for lunch.
• Sitting outside in the yarden and tucking into a plate of leftovers.
• Flicking through the pages of my newly acquired recipe book, The 5 O’Clock Apron*.
• Immediately wanting to make everything in it.
• Returning to my laptop.
• Tapping away until the others arrived home.
• Packing up and pottering in the kitchen.
• Sending Mr L.A. out for baking supplies and a bottle of wine.
• Cooking and eating veggie burgers with an array of salads and sides.
• Relishing the taste of roast asparagus and buttery courgettes.
• Reading Jesse a bedtime story and tucking him into bed.
• Baking a yogurt cake filled with luscious, ripe raspberries, the recipe for which can be found in the aforementioned book.
• Chatting with Izzy while we measured and stirred the ingredients.
• Watching a little tele together before she went upstairs to bed.
• Sitting down to watch Ex Machina with Mr L.A.
• Sipping pink wine and munching garlicky olives.
• Having a heated discussion about the film before heading to bed.
• Sleeping in.
• Staying in bed while Mr L.A. took Jesse downstairs.
• Snuggling with Izzy when she clambered in beside me.
• Enjoying a little girl talk before getting up to face the day.
• Thinking about how grownup she seems all of sudden.
• Demolishing a bacon and egg roll for breakfast.
• Trying to make a dent in the ever-growing mountain of laundry.
• Luxuriating in the shower.
• Pulling on my beloved Twitchill Dress from Hobbs. I bought it in red last year and I still adore it.
• Breaking in my Moheda clogs.
• Enjoying a cup of tea and a slice of cake.
• Working through a list of boring household chores. Sadly, the bathroom doesn’t clean itself.
• Eating tuna and cheese melts for lunch.
• Spending the afternoon on my own with Jesse while Izzy and Mr L.A. headed to Clifton for her drama class.
• Making tropical ice-lollies together and hunting for bugs in the yarden.
• Taking a quick stroll to the corner shop.
• Roasting a colourful array of veg with some homegrown herbs. Once cooked, I blitzed it all in the Magimix before spreading it on some shop-bought puff pastry and topping it all with grated cheese. 20 minutes in the oven and it was delicious!
• Sitting down for dinner.
• Contemplating just how much I love salad. {New Salad Days post coming soon!}
• Sampling our homemade ice-lollies. Very refreshing!
• Coaxing the kids into bed.
• Watching a few episodes of The Office on Netflix.
• Collapsing into bed.
• Hoping I’ve got enough energy for a potential week of solo parenting and party planning plus everything else in between! Wish me luck.

Love Audrey xxx

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