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July recap | 2023


This month has flown by and we are fast approaching Autumn, if for one cannot wait. We are finally in the Summer holidays, well Lilly is as we have made the decision to keep Olivia in nursery over the holidays to keep the routine. 

July started off with another trip to Brands Hatch for the Super touring power event in which we met Jake Hill and had a great family day out. This month has also been a big one for dressing up as pirates. Our town is very big on pirates and actually holds the world record for the largest gathering of pirates which was 14,231 all together. This year Olivia's nursery had pirate day and she got to go as a pirate with pirate themed activities to keep them amused and over the weekend me and the girls took part in the pirate parade together, its such a lovely weekend and the girls seemed to love it.

Lils had a busy month with sports day, rugby trial, a beach party and the end of year 5 just being part of it, the end of school has made me a little emotional knowing that when she goes back she will be entering the last year of primary school, which seemed impossible. 

We ended the month with a trip to A&E after Lilly suffered an allergic reaction, we have no idea what caused it, she was licked by a dog but has been licked by dogs before and been around animals all her life, Lils left side of her face swelled up and her eye was barely able to open which was scary, she was sent home with antibiotic ointment and some steroids to help.

All in all July was a good month apart from the blip at the end, I am looking forward to August and what is in store for us.
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