Day 70 - First passport photos

Took the girls to get their first passport photos done today as we are hoping to go to France later in the summer (subject to cardiologist approval and being able to get travel insurance).  Sophie was surprisingly quick – it only took a few attempts before we got a decent picture whereas Jessica was a bit of a pickle, waving her arms about, looking everywhere but at the photographer, putting her hands in her mouth, having her mouth open – it took ages to finally get a decent shot.  Just need to start filling the form in and get the application in.

Day 69 - Concert rehearsals

We are doing another concert at church on 17th May which is a joint fundraiser for Friendsof PICU and Christian Aid – a group of performers from our church is doing the first half of the concert and then my group Pyramix is doing the second half.  The concert is titled ‘Strawberry Fair’ and will feature pre-1945 English folk songs and musical theatre songs.  I’m involved in both halves although so far rehearsals have been focusing on the second half of the concert where I’ll be singing a couple of my favourite Ivor Novello songs – really enjoying it so far.

Day 68 - Homemade pizza

My breadmaker doesn’t get used very often but one of the things I do like to use it for is to make pizza dough.  Homemade pizza gets a big thumbs up in our house – I make a mini one for Jessica (and sneak some veggies on it!) and then hubby and I share a big pizza but do a half and half with the toppings so we can each have what we like (he likes very meaty pizzas whereas I prefer lots of veggies on mine).  The breadmaker is also very good for making naan bread dough for curries too.

Day 67 - Easter Sunday

Busy day – off to church for 8.30am communion service followed by an Easter breakfast in aid of Mercy Ships and then the 11am service where I was running the crèche and doing Easter crafts (making bunny and lamb masks).  Have decided that our family tradition will be Easter eggs after church (mainly so we don’t go to church with the girls’ new Easter dresses being covered in chocolate!) – Jessica was very happy with her Mr Tumble egg and breakfast set and Sophie will have to wait until next year for her first taste of Easter egg as not weaning yet.

Day 66 - A day in London

Have had a lovely day out and about in London with my girls.  We took the coach in and met up with some other 40acts-ers in Trafalgar Square for a prayer walk followed by coffee in Leicester Square.  We then wandered around M&M's World before walking to Hamleys (quite a walk for Jessica’s little legs) to take the girls there for the first time – Jessica loved it.  We then had lunch in Oxford Street before taking the coach home.  Quite pleased with myself for managing to get there on public transport with the double buggy and both girls to manage!

Day 65 - Walk of Witness

We walked through the town today with many other Christians from the local churches to share the story of the crucifixion, of how Jesus sacrificed himself and died on the cross so that we could be forgiven for our sins.  Jessica walked a little bit of the way with us although it was a long walk for her little legs and so she was content to be in the buggy with Sophie for most of it.  We prayed for the people of the town as we stopped along the way to share parts of the story and sang Easter hymns.