#SilentSunday

#CountryKids at Center Parcs Sherwood

I have to say that Center Parcs is a fab place for Country Kids. I just wish we could afford to go every year and not once every 6 years! This is a taste of what we got up to this week in Sherwood Forest:

We enjoyed the beautiful forest surroundings:

 We made the most of the Subtropical Swimming Paradise:

We played snooker and table tennis indoors:

We refined our 10 pin bowling techniques:

Reasons to be Cheerful - the Colourful One #R2BC

As Jo at Ojo's World said I have actually been away for a few days hurrah! Now back and raring to go and full of cheer. Great to see so many folks joining in already this week. Here are my colourful reasons to be cheerful:

1) House Move:

I am coming to terms with the fact we now can't move in for at least another month due to required repairs but we have made lots of progress including moving in the fridge/freezer and washing machine:

My daughter has been painting her room a lovely shade of blue:

2) Kendal Colour Run

We all did the Kendal Colour Run in aid of a local hospice and children's hospice. Lots of fun and hoping to raise even more money (hint, hint!):

3) Family Holiday

We have just come back from an amazing 3 generation break at Center Parcs in Sherwood Forest to celebrate my mum's birthday. There will be a full post appearing soon but here is a taster:

Why are you smiling this week?

#SilentSunday

Reasons to be Cheerful: Decorating and Running #R2BC

The lovely Jo at Ojo's World came to the rescue when I couldn't get the linky up in time today! Thank you angel xxx. Here are my reasons to be cheerful this week:

1) Busy Cub

My son came home from cubs this week with a backlog of badges as Akela had been stocking up. See if you can work out what they all are:

2) Running

I got out for a decent run for the first time since April 26th today! Having signed up for a virtual race that needed to be done this month I had to get out there... I was so happy to be running that I shot off pretty quick but then eased off after a couple of kilometres as my stamina wasn't too good. A reasonable 5 k time of 34 minutes which was only 3 minutes off my PB. Hopefully I can get out during the holiday next week.. This is how pleased I was to finish:

3) House move

Both my parents have been working really hard on trying to get the new house ready for us to move into. This weekend the children both did their bit by helping to paint the kitchen:

Some boxes of kitchen bits have already moved in to their new cupboards and drawers which makes it all feel real! More stuff has been packed up at home too even though its a slow and steady job.

What is making you happy this week?