Reasons to be Cheerful: family time #R2BC

As you can see by the badge the blog hop is back to Jo at Ojo's World and she is looking after us for the rest of the month! Thanks everyone who took part with me last month and made the world a happier place. Now here are my reasons to be cheerful this week as we have had so much fun as a family this week:

1) Kid's cooking

Seeing and sampling food my children rustled up together in the kitchen was amazing!

2) A trip to Manchester

We had a 3 generation trip to Manchester at the weekend which had been re-arranged from Christmas (as my mum broke her ankle). It started with lunch at Bella Italia in the Lowry Outlet:

#FictionFriday War Horse

In the old school hall they use now for the Village Hall, below the clock that has stood always at one minute past ten, hangs a small dusty painting of a horse.

For more on this meme  go to HomeDad's blog for more of the books I'm reading this year check out my Good Reads challenge.