Summer Summer Summer time....

Ah do we know its summer?! Oh yes! And we are really welcomming summer as really we need all that Vitamin DDDDD!
During half term we had planned to do seaside but I chickened out last minute due to Zac being somewhat not himself. He seems to be a bit trantrumy and gets so easily upset...don;t think its here to last but I just wanted to keep an eye on him and be nearer home...however Reuben kept asking me and I promised no matter what Saturday we were going to the beach!! And here we are...I was pleased we were not alone...my friend Marie and her family was there so boys were enjoying the digging (which originally was done by 13 years old Ben)....
It was such a good and lovley day. To see the infinate sea to think beyond the box to try and keep prospect of us being so small in relation to the univers and its creator....I was trying to do the usual thanking God for all....and although I was unable to concentrate with the two children, tired body and mind....loads of people surrounding us and the lovley chats....I still managed to say a HUGE THANK YOU TO GOD for a wonderful day, for amazing friends, for family and their love and off course for the struggles we face that hopefully will draw us closer to God and give us the strenght to carry on....

As alwasy 4-5th of June means Dickens Festival here in Rochester. Dickens was a Victorian novelist who wrote some pretty grimp but to the point novels...Twice a year we have a huge weekend of commemoration. He was known to be writing loads of his books in Rochester (and around Kent...and the south coast) and so there are like hundreds of people who will actually dress up and there are formal parades, all shops are open...people come from near and far and well there is a huge fair at the castle and we alwasy take the kids to enjoy some rides...its the first year the brothers have been together:)))

For those of you who don;t recognise the second oldest cathedral in England that my friends in the backgrounds is Rochester Cathedral, I love it more from outside then I do from inside. I often walk up to the Castle which is opposite it and marvel at the Cathedral....what huge vision people must have had to build such a huge and elegant building. I wonder how many prayers and people have been emtering that sacred place. Back to Reuben he actually loves the Castle grounds weather there is a fair and rides there or not. He enjoys the open space and the green and always asks with great interest about the maps that show the original look of the Castle and points out the Cathedral and the river medway that runs along one side of the castle, the boats...I love how he is so facinated by it all. Today he said he understood there were some people who like fancy dress...when asked whom he wanted to be like he said SPIDERMAN....makes sense hey?!:))

Good weather also means we are seeing more and more friends. here we are at the Cathedral Tea Rooms (the most beautiful garden and caffee) and Reuben has been enjoying special time all day with Nicholas one of his first ever friends, that he looks up to and loves.

And while his younger brother Zac sleeps we often do some crafts...here he is making a Dino painting for Alfie his best friend.

Mummy had a massive clearout and while at it boys took an oppotunity to form a band to the horror of the neighbours who were probably wondering who these idiotic kids were?! Well they know...my gorgeous sons...

When stuck for ideas....ahhhh (well nearly never) my sons do funny things like this:) Reuben particularly feels happy if he manages to make me faint or have a heart attack so here he attacks his brother who is safely hidden and my beloved car:)))

Another craft afternoon with granny Smith....playdo ing and making burgers:)))