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July recap | 2024


July has been an emotional one, one full of tears and closing of chapters but one full of fun and memories. 

We started off the month with a lovely badge ceremony at Guides where we learnt that lils has earnt both her bronze and silver awards along with some other badges too. Olivia also had a fun start to the month with a teddy bear picnic at her new school, this was an opportunity to meet other children that are joining along with meeting their teachers again before joining in September.

We then get on to the moments that brought a tear to my eye, firstly was Lilly's year 6 prom, an evening to celebrate the years 6's together before them breaking up, she picked a beautiful dress off vinted which was a lipsy one and had photos on the red carpet before going in. Lils had an amazing time and will hopefully take those memories with her.

Me and the girls took part in Pirate day in Hastings, its a huge day for our local town and we currently hold the world record for the largest gathering of pirates with 14,231 together on the beach. Each year now we have a pirate parade, music and stalls. The girls love joining in and so do I

The next day was Lils last ever day at her primary school, she had a leavers assembly where they had graduation caps, they sang songs together and got to go and collect their certificate before throwing their caps in the air. She came home with a leavers t-shirt and a framed photo from prom. It was such a lovely day but I did shed a tear or two at moments as it feels like such a big moment. 

The same week Olivia had her leavers party, she does have another few weeks at nursery but others have finished so they all got together and had fun, she came home with a leavers t-shirt, a certificate and they also took a cute photo with her in a cap and gown. I can't believe that my little lockdown baby is down to her last month of nursery.

We have ended the month with a heatwave, we have reached 32 degrees which is hot for the UK, we have made the most of it with walks, a park picnic, and water fight at Nanny's and a trip to Batemans for their summer challenge.

Roll on the rest of the summer holidays,

Victoria
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