I had a great
Easter this year (as usual) and I hope that you did too! Ben and I spent much
of the weekend driving around the Yorkshire Dales with the kids, taking in the gorgeous
villages and beautiful countryside. I especially enjoyed visiting the gorgeous
town of Grassington, having lunch in one of the lovely little tea rooms there and
walking by the river. I also enjoyed walking from Malham up to the top of
Malham Cove (which was featured in one of the Harry Potter films) but it was
quite a climb and the kids were less than enthusiastic, to say the least.
In our family, there’s
a long tradition of giving clothes as well as chocolate at Easter and this year
we were very happy to continue that tradition. However, Ben and I decided that
it would be fun to have a little competition – he would buy presents for me and the
girls, I would buy presents for him and the boys, we would set a £35 per person limit
and we would let the kids judge who bought the best presents. And the winner
would gain complete control of the TV remote control for a week!
So what did we
end up buying? Well, I bought Ben a lovely bath robe from Marks & Spencer,
I bought Keith three stylish black shirts from Cachet Kids (which I knew he’d like as
he’s going through a ‘black’ period at the moment) and I bought Simon three
patterned leather belts from Cachet kids (which I knew he’d love as he loves
leather belts).
Ben bought me a lovely side zip crepe jumper from Marks &Spencer (which I adore), he bought Crissy a lovely Mayoral blue and white outfit with striped top and three quarter length leggings from Cachet Kids and he bought
Sarah a Mayoral girl’s navy legging outfit with handkerchief from Cachet Kids
(which may have been the best value of all at only £19.99 in the sale).
Anyway, after
giving the presents we let the kids decide the winner of the
competition and (after bribing them with chocolate) I was declared the
winner! Hurrah! Now where did I put that remote? J
