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.

Five Happy Things {Week 508}

Last week I made a delicious elderflower and lemon cake, I found the recipe in a previous issue of The Simple Things magazine. We used homemade elderflower syrup as we managed to pick elderflower a few times this season and made the cordial using the recipe I shared a few years ago.

We went and watched Despicable Me 4 at our local cinema. We haven’t been to the cinema in ages but we thought this would be worth watching. My kids loved the other films when they were little. Sadly the 14 year old didn’t want to come with us but the 12 year old enjoyed the film.

We had a house guest! We dog sat for some friends and looked after their dog over the weekend. He was so well behaved compared to our naughty pup. It was definitely a lot of fun having two dogs around the house and it wasn’t as difficult as we thought, not that we’re thinking about getting another dog.

The rest of the family had a day out at Goodwood Festival of Speed where they watched a lot of car racing. They had lovely weather too (which was lucky with all the rain we keep experiencing.

Over the weekend we made homemade pizza in our Ooni pizza oven. Both the kids are really good at making pizza dough and we made red onion and goats cheese pizzas which were really tasty. It’s a fun addition to our garden and we’re managing to use it most weekends (despite the British weather!).

What’s made you happy this week?