Family day out at Howletts Zoo

On Saturday my parents and my brother came to visit, we had been discussing where to visit for the day and had agreed on Howletts zoo. Tsuki loves animals (as do I) and mum got the tickets via Tesco vouchers so we saved a fortune! It was a beautiful day (to most people, I found it sweaty) but nevertheless we had a brilliant time. Davids back was hurting too much to join us which was a shame as he`s never seen an elephant but Im sure we'll go again at some point!
Now for a photo spam!

Riverside Country Park

Riverside isnt a park we go to often, in fact we have only been there once before at New Years and I started having contractions and had to come home!
Im not really sure why, Its absolutely beautiful scenery, always very well manicured and no rubbish about. Theres a brilliant adventure playground and a cafe with toilets (although the food is EXPENSIVE - we took a picnic!). It just sort of gets overshadowed by our preferred parks around here. Anyway, Im rambling, we went to Riverside today in an attempt to not spend any money (we failed, almost £6 on ice creams and then I just HAD to go shopping -_-).
We had a lovely walk, which was cut short as Kaison needed a feed (it was so nice feeding him in the lovely breeze with such a nice view) and then my back was hurting so I said we`d walk back and find some shade to sit in to eat lunch.

As you can see by the last photo Kaison is really enjoying trying foods, we're sort of doing what we did with Tsuki which was let her try our foods. Little bits here and there, and we are just starting to sit him at the dining table with us with some food of his own to play with (Although he did demolish 2 skips crisps today which wasnt entirely planned).
Hope you've had a lovely day too xx

An attempt at cooking

Im not sure if Ive mentioned this, but Im not a chef, nor a cook. I like to bake but I rarely take a trip into savoury territory, barring spaghetti or shepherds pie. But I saw This Post from LouLouLoves and it looked so lovely that I thought I`d give it a go!
Now, this is a household of PICKY eaters, every one of us is picky. So I decided that I would do a base of cheese and bacon then add in some extras for me and Tsuki (Pastrami, pepperami, mushrooms).

(Yes my house is super messy!)
I ate all mine, it was YUMMY, although next time I wouldnt use extra mature cheddar as it was a bit over powering. Tsuki had a nibble which is normal for lunchtime and David said it was 'nice' which is fairly good :)
Next on the list is to find the receipe for Toad in the Hole that I made a while ago because David is pestering me like a toddler to make it for him!

Stating the obvious - Its really warm!

We've been staying at home as much as possible this week really, for one thing its been super hot, but also because Tsuki is potty training. She is doing amazingly well! We started on Monday, since then shes only had a few accidents, she did her first poo on the potty today without it ending up on the floor which was amazing! Tonight she has gone to bed without a nappy on, on the one hand Im over the moon but on the other it point a big light on the fact that she isnt a baby any more. Shes getting so big!
Today we went to a fundraising event which our friend organised, it was to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. I have to admit, I was a little nervous to go, especially in this heat as I get really easily flustered, but it was lovely in the end. Very family/pet friendly pub, everyone LOVED the kids and Tsuki got totally spoilt. I donated a bunny for the raffle and I think a couple of people took my details to order one if they didnt win it! lol
But yeah, I dont like hot weather!

We are the house of GERMS

Yep, we ALL now have this horrible cough/cold combo going on which is resulting in a mountain of snotty tissues laying around everywhere and the baby being woken up by one of us coughing EVERY SINGLE TIME he falls asleep.
Im ready for this week to be over already and its only Monday! Im worried because Tsuki is now off nursery until September, thats a heck of a long time for me to try and remember how to entertain a toddler 24/7, with a baby in tow. Not that she spends alot of time at nursery, its just enough to make me miss her a bit lol.
So, in an attempt to make us all feel a bit better, and to keep the house tidy by not being in it (we have our quarterly inspectino tomorrow) I suggested going to the park.
We went to one in Strood that apparently either not many people know about or they just cant be bothered to go there because its always empty. Which is nice for us really as Tsuki can get a bit distracted or shy when theres other people on play equipment and she gets stressed about it.