days with daddy

for the last two weeks, eamon's poor daddy has been recovering from his hernia op, so he has been home from work and hanging about with the cool people of the family (a.k.a eamon + i).

although ben's recovery was a little more painful than he expected, he did manage some outings with us and it was also an opportunity to spend some quality time with his little boy. eamon LOVED all the attention and will be sad to see him go back to work this week! play-times were excellent, especially one's like this at the park. eamon could practice his walking (and falling over) skills and have free access to his daddy all at the same time!

needless to day, eamon was exhausted by the end of our 'holiday' with dad (which co-incided nicely with easter)...so much so that he's wound up with a nasty cold. poor little fella :)

you have to love...

...the weekend!

since becoming a mummy the pace of weekends has really changed compared to that of pre-parenthood life.

back then we would earnestly cram every possible task/housework/car-washing/baking/adventure/bike-ride/late-night activity into the two tiny days that make up the weekend.

whereas now... we kick back a little, take in the freshness of the little world around us and really enjoy the time that we have together as a family. we've especially loved the last few weekends since ben has been home to enjoy them with us - time for long breakfasts, extended playtime with eamon and winter country drives.

family is indeed a beautiful thing. it doesn't get much better than this :)