After thirteen days back home Mark has returned to Afghanistan for
ten weeks. The thirteen days were
amazing – finally we were just able to stop and be a family, be a team, and to
chill out with our favourite people in a completely relaxed way. Whilst most of my posts are about what Alby
and I are up to at the moment, I’m going to try and dedicate some to Mark’s
R&R – basically so I can show off how amazing my husband and little man
are. I hope Mark also appreciates the memory jolt and realises how integral he is to this little family unit.
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| Possibly my most favourite picture ever |
Starting with my favourite first, I present Alby and Mark at
the Rare Breeds Centre in Kent. Picture a farm, complete with all the smells,
noises and more pigs that you’ve ever seen before and you’ve got the Rare
Breeds Centre. Complete with petting
area, children’s playground, pig racing, falconry and farm themed
restaurant. It was the perfect place to
entertain adults and tiny people together.
Whilst Alby was not keen on touching any of the animals, he still got
pretty up, close and personal with some help from Daddy who taught him how
to be brave and daring in the face of a snorting pig!
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| And you thought Percy was funny looking... |
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| Can it... "strangle you? Yes." |
We started our trip with lunch in their restaurant. Our group was made of five couples, four with
babies and the other with one on the way.
We took up a serious amount of space and managed to make an impressive
amount of mess along with it. On the other side of
the restaurant was a children’s birthday party – twenty children running around
ten harassed looking adults. All of us
looked over at the party with a wry smile on our faces and the same thought
running through our heads: good god, that will be us in eight years time.
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