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Did you know that colouring book day was a thing? I’d got no idea until a published 2 colouring books!! So today I’m going to show you my 2 colouring books and let you in on a secret for my next one 🫢

The first colouring book I published was ‘Food with Faces’ because Grace saw one of the pictures and was almost crying laughing at it! I got more pictures together and created a 50 page colouring book which Grace loves!

My second book is a unicorn colouring book. This one is obviously inspired by Grace and has been a hit with her friends. I really enjoyed putting this together as there are so many great pictures I could have used!

My next colouring book is going to be flowers! I’m looking at lot’s of different styles of pictures and ways to present them and I’ve come up with the following to give it a different feel between pages. This should be available in the middle of August so feel free to subscribe to find out when it goes live.

What would you like to see for book 4? Let me know your ideas 🥰

We always knew the holidays we take in the UK ran the risk of just being wet but we’d done really well up to this point. We had booked to go swimming this morning and Phil wanted to watch England in the Women’s World Cup so after a swim we found a lovely pub with great food, a TV and a pool table! Unfortunately that was the best of the weather for the day. We popped back to the caravan to collect a few bits to take to the beach and by the time we got down there it was raining. We went into a few shops and hoped the rain would ease up. It didn’t! A car picnic for tea still didn’t see the end of the rain and Phil had a migraine so we called it a day. Phil walked back to the caravan in the hopes the fresh air might help and I took the children back and got them showered. Phil had been back about 2 minutes when the heavens opened and it hasn’t stopped since! It’s now 10:15pm and it has been raining for 3.5 hours. We are now scouring the Internet for cheap things to do in Cornwall in the rain!! Send help!

I couldn’t decide if this should go in ‘Day 1 in Cornwall’ but it technically falls into day two so here we are. 12:15am, Jonah appears at our bedroom door saying he can’t sleep. Phil, ever sympathetic and having been woken up, told him there was nothing he could do and to go back to bed, lie down and close his eyes. In their defence , they doing normality share a room, but it gets a bit ridiculous now. He apparently tried this but Grace and Jonah appeared at our door an hour later claiming they couldn’t sleep. Phil repeated his instructions and we dozed off again. Then, at 2:10am, I lost my temper! They appeared once more claiming they couldn’t sleep because they were hungry. HUNGRY!!! They had eaten well through the day and the reason they were hungry was because they were up!! So I told them to go and lie down facing away from each other, not talk, shut their eyes and take some deep breaths. After me shouting through the caravan wall at 2:15am for them to shut up, all was quiet.

The rest of the day was fairly standard – we explored some caves, flew the kites, Phil and Jonah explored the little island at the low tide and ended up in the pub for a drink in the evening.

Day 3 was very boring! We visited a very cute museum and then tried to go swimming. The only pool in a 20 mile radius was fully booked. So we drove for 2 hours to try and find another one. Jonah was in tears as he was desperate to swim and Grace was asleep! We found parking (eventually!) and went to the beach. Jonah loved jumping through the waves and Grace was not happy we a wave knocked her onto her bottom! Back to the caravan for some tea and an early night. Bring on day 4!

We set our alarm for 7am with the idea to leave at 8am. Jonah and Grace bounded in at 7:15am and we were up! The last few bits were packed into the car, the fuel was bought and we were off from the Midlands at about 8:30am. 2 stops (one for a picnic lunch) and we arrived in Perranporth 6 hours later. Grace had fallen asleep with 5 minutes to arrival and we were all exhausted. BUT……we could see the sea!!

We had checked in to the caravan and got everything unpacked into the different rooms by 3:15pm and so decided to drive to the town as the weather was lovely. We sat on the beach, played cricket, explored the little river and pools and eventually needed tea. Grace was ridiculously hangry and it was getting cooler. The most delicious fish and chips later and everyone was feeling much happier.

After a little drive into Newquay and collecting the shopping, we went back to the caravan, all had showers and the children went to bed. Grace only got up once and then it happened. The thing which would define the holiday and live with me forever. I was trying to open the superglue to stop my car key pinging apart and I had a disaster. It went everywhere! My finger we’re stuck together, I’d got it on my trousers and top, my phone and up my arm.

Did you know that butter helps get superglue off? I sat for hours rubbing butter on my fingers and phone and most of it came off! After another hour with warm, soapy water and most of it has come off. I’m amazed! My phone is still a mess but my skin is sorted. The trousers and top are in the bin but it’s a small price to pay!!!

Day 2 with hopefully less drama coming soon.