Wednesday 4 May 2011

The Gallery- April

So the theme for this week over at Sticky Finger's is April.


Normally I associate April with the dreaded April Showers, a time when it is not yet hot enough to go without a coat and when the rain makes the days seem a lot more dreary.


However this April we have had some beautiful weather, and it feels like Summer well and truly hit the streets of Britain.  Although I draw the line at seeing men with their tops off walking down the street (nor in August either please- its not nice trying to do my shopping in Tescos and seeing white pasty torsos with moobs!) I do love seeing us all get excited about the hot weather and I made sure my toes were nicely polished ready for the return of my flip flops from the back of the wardrobe!


April marked a few firsts for my new little family of three but there is one photo that sums up our month- below is a photo of our first picnic together.  For me picnics sum up summertime and also family fun, it is a low cost, lovely way of getting outdoors and enjoying Britain and being together as a family.  I am looking forward to doing many more as Mads gets older.


















Apparently July and August are going to be a washout (don't they always say this?) so I think its good we are getting these in these Summery activities now.  Of course we also had other firsts...both mine and Mads first Royal Wedding, our first Easter as a three, and Mads first trip to the seaside.  We also had two lovely bank holidays to enjoy.


All in all April has been rather lovely!




Now head over to The Gallery and see what April meant to some other lovely bloggers...


13 comments:

Unknown said...

how gorgeous. That is what being a mummy is all about x

Mummy...Mummy.....MUM!! said...

I agree...gorgeous photo of the two of you :-)

multiplemummy said...

I just love the picnic photo of you two! That is just perfect, and you look in amazing shape seeing as you only had her 4 months ago! A lovely post.x

Herding Cats said...

April certainly has been a month of first for you.

Beautiful pictures.

Mummy and the Beastie said...

Lovely post and photo's of your picnic! You do indeed look a skinny minny! and it made me chuckle to see your iphone is never far away...he he x

MichelleTwinMum said...

April has been extremely lovely! I love that picture of you and mads smiling at each other.

Mich x

mumsarcade said...

With a daughter like that, you have lots to celebrate and April was fun for families all over I think.
I celebrate my little girl in my Gallery this week over at http://gigglingatitall.blogspot.com

h0peful mummy said...

a month of firsts - and what wonderful firsts to remember! i love the photo of the two of you and the way the light falls - here's to many, many more family picnics

Him Up North said...

That photo of the two of you is just sublime.

Mari's World said...

Gorgeous photos and you've reminded me to make time to paint my nails!

Jenny said...

April probably was our summer, it was the same last year!
Picnics are great aren't they and your photo is lovely :)

Anonymous said...

My favourite picture so far, adorable!

Unknown said...

That's a beautiful photo of you and Mads on the picnic blanket. You can't beat a picnic. I know Freya loves them so much so I can't wait for the next spell of good weather (it's started raining here this afternoon boooo!) xx