Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s 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. This week I’ve missed a week so I’m going to catch up all our news from the last two weeks.

Five Happy Things {Week 503}

We had a busy week with the kids off school for half term. The school year is nearly over for them! We took a few days off and I went Go Karting with TeamSport in Watford for the first time (the rest of the family had been before). I didn’t love it but I’m always proud of myself for trying something new. We also went to PuttShack and finished off our day out with a trip to Tim Hortons.

Last week I finished reading The Glass Maker by Tracy Chevalier. I adore her books and this is another historical novel set in Murano and Venice. I will post a review of it this week.

We had a day out at the Royal West and Bath Show in Somerset. This was a bit of a strange day out but we like to try new things. We watched a sheep shearing competition and motorbike stunts and spent all our money on old fashioned fair ground rides.

I’ve been struggling to find a craft project to get into recently. I updated my little book of Liberty fabrics and found an old cross stitch initial kit from Cotton Clara so made that. Cross stitch is quite dull and repetitive, but sometimes just what I need. Another free embroidery kit came with the latest issue of Love Embroidery and I bought a Wild Olive pattern so hopefully I will feel like making one of these.

We all watched the D-Day 80 commemorations last week. I thought they were really moving and I wished we had done something to take part. We are visiting Normandy this summer and will try to visit the Bayeaux War Cemetery where some of the commemorations took place.