A sunny day at Sundown

Flicking through my parents old photo's of us as a child, we often come across ones of my sisters at Sundown Adventure Land..or Pet's Corner as it was then. I don't think I was even born but for as long as I can remember its been on the list of 'places to take Rio'. Today the sun was out so that is exactly what we did..

 

 Inside 'the three bears' house..

 It was a very different day out, the story board village was my personal favourite but..

as you can see.. Rio was far from amused!! He hated that everything including the farm, was all pretend. He hated the loud noises and sing song activation. And most of all.. he hated getting wet on the water ride! Naughty daddy!!

I think its fair to say Rio is more of a nature/wildlife exploring kind of child..I think he would of much preferred a national trust/Yorkshire wildlife destination instead..or failing that a football over the field!! But we got outside to make the most of a beautiful day as a family, and that's all that truly matters.

Yorkshire day at Castle Howard

Apparently yesterday was Yorkshire day, being from Yorkshire I should of really known this but I didnt. I could lie and say that we went out to Castle Howard to enjoy it for this very reason, seems as though they had yorkshire day food festivities etc on, but we didnt so I wont. We went purely to enjoy the garden in the sunshine.

However we decided aginst paying that bit extra to also go in the house because;

- I couldnt justify paying more money to be inside on a lovely day when we'd just been stuck in  traffic on the way.
- Last time we did at Chatsworth, Rio got bored very quickly and had to be taken outside to play football by Craig..leaving me to be a tourist on my own!

It cost £19 for two adults into the garden only. Rio is under 5 so he went free. If we wanted to go into the house too it would of been £28. Further details can be found here: Castle Howard prices

Rio loved exploring the woods and i noticed some of the older children taking advantage of the hill near the house cafe. Rolling down it looked so much fun, i can imagine Rio doing that when he's older!

Finishing the post with these pictures of Rio. Who knew a 15 month old could be such a poser?

Superman saturday

Every year one of our parks holds a summer fair. Along with the raffles & rides my neice was also dancing so we all walked down for the day and despite the weather forecast for an afternoon rain, the sun stayed out for us all to enjoy!

 

This was her first performance and although she lost concentration at times, she was adorable to watch! Its always a rare and great opportunity for my parents to have all four grandchildren together so we attempted a picture. Rio was not impressed to be kept away from playing football longer than 0.5 seconds..i however think its a quirky cute photo!

Rio finally got to wear the superman top mentioned here
Next- £9

What he wears #2

Jacket - Primark £7

Trainers - Clinks £33

Jeans - H&M  £7.99+

Top - Next, price unknown as it is a handme down, im guessing about £6

 

We ventured to meadhowhall at the weekend to try and find Rio his first pair of shoes. Obviously not his first pair..i havent let him go bare foot for 11 months dont worry ;) But his first of the hard sole walking variety. We tried a few pairs in Zara but nothing seemed to fit right so we headed to Clinks for a measuring. The lady there was fantastic. She was so patient when he "forgot how to walk" with them being heavy. And 20 minutes later we walked out with Rio's first pair of...Nike trainers!! *Rolls eyes*. Like father like son. The actual choice range wasnt that nice, infact we had a choice of Nike or Nike in the end because of his size. However the lack of choice for early walkers is definatly made up for in the service. (Although she didnt offer to take his picture with his first pair like i was seeing all around me..so i did that one myself).

I'm in love with the little jacket from Primark. They've really been really impressing me lately and this is so on trend and perfect to take the breeze off in summer. The jeans are soft so they dont restrict any movement & the tops just a little bit of fun to make him look like a mini golfer for Grandad :)

Please let me know if you have posts like this, or have spotted any great bits for your little boy, i find it so hard to shop for Rio so i'm always on the lookout :)

Im aware these arent my usual type of post but im just trying something new inbetween his update posts.

Sunshine; take two

The sun was out again this weekend, still bitterly cold.. but does that matter? If the suns out in England, you go out! Although if your one of those silly sausages that go out dressed all set practically for a beach, then shame on you! I can see your goosepimples from across the street. What is it with us? A bit of sunshine and we all head outside, in shorts and sunglasses. A bit of snow and we cannot leave the house! Everythings at a standstill.

Destination of choice?? The petting farm. We took Annalise along as Rio isnt really old enough to do any 'petting' safely, without losing a finger or two anyway. This place was no "white post farm" but we all enjoyed the obstacle course & pedal carts none the less.

 

Ooh yes! Even i attempted this bad boy, but from the other "rock wall" side. 

Your all looking at it thinking, well that isnt daunting, even the little girl is having a go.. yes because she has trainers on and someone to catch her.  Craig was filming me so i bet he'd happily see me slip a little...which i very nearly did! Note to self: Slobby pumps are not correct climbing footwear!

 

So much to catch up on..

Theres so much to catch up on so im going to have to be abit more 'brief' than usual.. i do like to babble on dont i ;)

First we went to York for a day out as an early birthday thing for me on sat. York is lovely. The shambles etc are so oldyworldy.. i always end up being a tourist in my own country when i visit places with lovely scenery and buildings etc.

On sunday we went to clumber park.. the sun was still shining so why not be out there enjoying it.

On monday it was my birthday.. and... Craig asked me to marry him. Rio with a bow would of been enough of a present for me but wow! This just completes our little family.. Roses, one knee, the works. I said yes, haha , in case your wondering.

Rio is now 7weeks old and 10lb2oz. His thrush has gone so with that so has his sickness. Im the one with the sickness now. Ive got a bug, or food poisening. Craig,bless him, had to come home from work.. and not being able to go to close or kiss Rio is pretty much torture. He had his six week check, as did i, and the doctor is very happy with both of us. Just the dreaded first injections next. Dare i make Craig take another day off of work to help with that? hmm we will see how brave im feeling.

Oooh we do like to be beside the seaside.. kinda!

Went to visit Craigs grandpa's, Rio's great grandpa today. He lives in a little village next to the nearest sea side so it was just a shame that it wasnt quite warm enough to take Rio to the beach for the first time to make a lovely day even lovelier.

Sadly his nanna passed away when i was 5/6 months pregnant so its a shame she wasnt there to meet him too as she was so excited and had already spoilt him so much. We know she's looking down on him though.. he's got a little army of guardian angels up there along with my grandads etc.

Family is so important. I love my new little family more than words can say.

Anyhow.. i like my blog to be abit jovial so i will post some pictures instead.