Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family.

Five Happy Things {Week 495}

Last week was busy. Not only did we enjoy celebrating Easter with my mum but there were a couple of Bank Holidays, which gave us a lovely long weekend. Then we were fortunate to go away for a few days, staying in a beautiful apartment in Ironbridge.

We got two new stamps on our National Trust passport by visiting Attingham Park and Hidcote Manor Gardens. At Attingham Park we took part in their Easter trail and Little Sis was rewarded with an Easter Egg.

Some of the highlights of our trip were a few hours at Paws Cafe in Shrewsbury with some adorable felines; a trip to the Emma Bridgewater Decorating Studio where we painted our own mugs; relaxing at the Boardroom Gaming Cafe; feeding some adorable alpacas at Frankly Alpacas and visiting the Diddly Squat farm shop.

I finished reading Random Commentary by Dorothy Whipple. I wasn’t sure that I would continue reading this book, which is based on extracts from the diaries she kept between 1925-1945. However I really enjoyed reading the entries, the insight into the novels as she was writing them, as well as life in Britain at the time.

I took some sewing projects away with me but we were so busy that I didn’t really feel like doing much in the evenings. I managed a few blocks towards my Liberty tumbling block cushion and that was about it.