A fabulous weekend was had by all here!
Friday we baked. It’s quite amusing trying to bake lots when you only have a mini oven but we managed…
On Saturday the whole family (dad included) went off to Bicton Park and had the most amazing day. I took loads of photos as you’d imagine so I’ll just let them do the talking…
This is the view that greets you as you go in through the main entrance, spectacular isn’t it?
I love that the boys can just be children here, there are no ‘keep off the grass’ signs so you can really get the feel for the place. The boys both love it here.
Both the boys spent ages admiring all the flowers and trees, they’ve been here before (we’re members) but it never seems to fade for them…
Mind you who can blame them when there are blooms as beautiful as this…
Not at all posed this one! 
How beautiful is this?
After a delicious lunch in their restaurant J and I went into the glasshouse to look at some more flowers. Loved this paper plant, which is actually real but looks so much as if its made of paper that you are tempted to touch to find out!
M waited outside with his dad and I snuck a quick photo of them chatting through a tiny gap in the window.
We popped into the museum for a look around at all the traction engines and steam rollers etc
The boys were both asked by the engineer to start one up! J’s chuntered into life almost immediately but the belt kept slipping on M’s so XDH and the engineer tried to fix it to no avail…
You can’t come to Bicton without having a go on the train…
And ice skating has really got to be a must too…
All topped off with a visit to the outdoor adventure zone before it was time to head off home
I love days like this, its great that xdh and I can get on so well because its better for the kids. I also like that just for a few hours we feel like a proper family, although its always quite weird when xdh goes home to his ‘real’ family…
On Sunday I spent most of the day in the garden just pottering around. Used hedge trimmers to get the ivy into some sort of control and moved a six foot shed on my own as my charming sons both declined when I asked them to help! 
Needless to say I declined to buy them ice creams off the van five minutes after I’d finished - cheeky monkeys!!
