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One day last week I took the children into town to get a few bits and bobs.

We took the bus in, mainly because there is apparently something really exciting and fun about getting the bus when you’re little.

As we were waiting in the bus station to head back home I noticed a woman standing next to me, smiling while watching the children playing together with little toys they’d just bought with their pocket money.

She commented on how lovely it was to see them having so much fun together.

And it reminded me once again how lucky they are to have each other.  Especially now they’re that bit older, they can really play together well.  Some mornings I’ll wake up to the sound of them both in Nerys’ bed, happily playing with soft toys together, and it always makes me smile.

During the Easter holidays we went for pretty long walk from the Guildhall into town, and then back along the seafront.  When we stopped for a little snack Steve lifted the children up onto the wall so I could get a few photos of them together.

I absolutely adore the photos of them with their arms wrapped around each other, although I can’t actually take credit for them.  Steve was the one who took those photos, I was the one hiding behind his back and making Rhys and Nerys giggle.

The last photo is one of mine though, and I love it too, mainly for the way Nerys is throwing her head back and laughing.  I just wish I knew what it was that she was finding so funny!

We’ve all had such a great time this Easter, not really getting up to much but just spending time together away from the usual day to day routine.

I think we’ll all miss each other a bit tomorrow when things go back to normal.

We’re halfway through the Easter holidays here, and we’ve all been really enjoying the break from the normal routine.

Steve was off work all of last week and it was so nice to have all that time to just pootle about together.  We had a few really chilled days at home, which I think we all really needed.  On the days we headed out we ended up walking for miles and were really impressed with how well both the children did.

We popped out to Swansea marina one day and had a good walk around before visiting the Tram Shed and the Waterfront museum.

The Tram Shed is tiny, but has an old double decker street tram that you can get on and pretend to go for a ride.  There is also the last surviving part of a Mumbles tram from the 1960s that you can climb into.  The children loved exploring the vehicles and learning a bit about how people used to get around Swansea.

At the weekend we drove down to the Guildhall and then walked from there to get a few bits from the shops, and then walked along the beach back to the car.  We walked a fair distance in the end, with a stop for cookies and a drink and a few photos.

Nerys had a little moan once or twice about how far we had to walk back to the car, but for the most part she was brilliant and just kept going.

We didn’t plan to go as far as we did but it worked out really well, and we all got home feeling so much better for the exercise and the blast of sea air.

Now we’re into the last week of the holidays and I’m hoping things will be just as chilled, so we can get back to the school routine next week feeling nice and refreshed!

Have you been up to anything exciting this Easter break, or have you been just taking it easy too?

With it being Easter weekend I felt like I really had to go with some Easter themed photos for this week’s Living Arrows post.  So when we had a break in the rain that has been falling for most of the week I asked the children to pop outside with their Easter bonnets on so I could take a few quick photos.

They had made them for the Easter bonnet parades that they do at school, and they were both so pleased with their creations.  Rhys had made his bonnet pretty minimalist to start with, but the day before his parade he decided to add quite a few more stickers and flowers to it.

I’m so pleased he did because it looked so bright and colourful when he had finished!

Nerys on the other hand went to town with hers from the start.

She had flowers and stickers and feathers and bows all over it, and was so proud of her efforts.  Which made it even more of a shame when her parade was rained off.  I was really looking forward to seeing her and the other children in her class, there’s something so sweet about seeing the little ones show off their creations.

I did get to see Rhys’ parade though which I was really pleased with because it’s the last one he’ll do at his school.  He’ll be moving into the Juniors next year and they don’t do parades, which I’m partly sad about and partly happy because it’s one less bonnet to have to worry about organising!

Not that I have much input to honest.  I buy the plain hats and dig out various spring-themed stickers and decorations and let the children pretty much do what they want.

Do you take this approach to Easter bonnets for your children, or do you normally get stuck in and create something for them?

British summer time arrived yesterday and brought with it a day of glorious blue skies and sunshine.

For the first time in a long time it was warm enough out in the sun to brave leaving our coats at home and it was just wonderful.

We made the most of it by heading to Cwmdonkin Park for an Easter egg hunt.

By the time we arrived not long after two o’clock there was a bit of a queue to register and get started, but the children were really patient and happily waited to get going.

The whole thing was really well organised and the queue moved pretty quickly and then we were off, searching the park for four letters to make into a word to then claim a chocolatey prize for the children.

It took us a while, and a lot of walking round (Cwmdonkin Park is surprisingly big!) but we eventually found all four letters and Rhys worked out that G-S-G-E could be changed around to make eggs!

We had a sit down in the sun for a few minutes so Rhys and Nerys could devour their chocolate prizes, then they had a few turns on the slide and zip wire before we headed home.

The park was the busiest I think I’ve ever seen it, and it was absolutely lovely.  There’s something about things like this, when the local community all gets together and has fun, that just makes me smile.

Now I’m just hoping the nice weather sticks around for next weekend so we can carry on the egg hunting fun at Brynmill Park.  I think the children are hoping we’ll do a little egg hunt at home too.  We did one last year and they enjoyed it so much, I seem to remember re-hiding the eggs a couple of times because they had so much fun looking for them!

Are you and your family heading to any fun events this Easter?  Or do you organise an egg hunt of your own at home?