one day: the weekend edition {july}

music credit: We Are Young by Fun (feat. Janelle Monáe) and Into The Wild by Lewis Watson

Holidaying with children

means different kinds of holidays to before.

It means "staycationing" instead of far off climes.

It means low key evenings instead fancy nights out.

It means room for travel cots instead of big sumptuous beds.

But it also means big smiles,

heaps of fun,
copious laughter

and time spent togther.

And I know I wouldn't trade those for anything.

I've made a slight change to the normal 'one day' videos format.
It's a weekend edition.
Apologies that its a whopping seven minutes long,
but there was just too much to include.

We spent a lovely sunshiny weekend at Shorefield Holidays

with our lovely friends.

We stayed in a luxury caravan

which was perfect for what we needed as a family;
comfy beds, a well equipped kitchen, large lounge area
and some outdoor furniture

(albeit a bath would have been nice, but we made do with baby bathing in the sink!)

On site there was an outdoor swimming pool (perfect in the sunshine),

an indoor pool (perfect for the younger bubbas),

a brilliant pirate ship play area (perfect for big kids and little ones),

a spa (perfect for mummies to get some quality "me time"),

but best of all there was the great outdoors, 

there was peace and quiet,

there were four days of glorious sunshine,

and there were friendships deepened and traditions started.

We visited Paultons Park, home of Peppa Pig World

and had great fun enjoying the rides and eating ice-cream.
We rode on rides without parents for the first time
and we loved every second.

We went to the beach to build sandcastles

and to dip our toes in the sea.

We stayed up late drinking Pimms in the warm summer evenings

and discovered that someone does an amazing pig impression,

while someone else does a terrible cow one.

And if the post-holidays blues we are suffering from are anything to go by,

then it seems we would have been happy to stay a lot longer.

We had an amazing time.
We made amazing memories.



And I've made seven minutes of video
to show you what a lovely time we had.

Check out the post on Mummy Daddy Me if you haven't already

for some gorgeous pictures of our holiday.

Thank-you to Shorefield for our complimentary stay, dinner and spa treatments.

Thank-you to Paulton's Park for our complimentary tickets for a great day out.

Thank-you to Katie and family for having us along for the ride.

Same time next year....?