Last week started off with a 4 a.m. unpleasant wake-up call, to spare you the details I will just say that Daisy and Chinese buffet restaurants do not mix well. She had spent a lovely day out with her nanny and granddad in Southport and was absolutely shattered when she got home but she didn’t get much sleep that night as you can imagine.

Daisy wasn’t well enough for school on Monday which was really sad as it should have been her first sports day, we had our own little sports day at home on Tuesday once she was feeling up to it.

We have had such a mix of weather this week, July started off a little rainy and miserable but we also saw temperatures that broke records, on the hottest days we stayed inside playing but as soon as it cooled a little we were out in the garden where we couldn’t get Jake out of the little car.

On Friday we had a lovely walk down to the fair, you can read all about it here if you would like to.

After practicing standing up all week Jake has taken his first few wobbly steps, I could be wrong but I think I might be telling you that he’s walking by this time next week.

This morning I woke up in the mood to do some baking and some gardening, I feel so much better when I keep myself busy but I’m about ready to drop now, I think an early night and a few episodes of Marco Polo on Netflix might be in order.

Slow cooker chocolate cake ( not burnt it’s dark chocolate sauce)