We went to see Mickey and Minnie...

Oh my gosh if I could bottle the excitement that Daisy and Samuel had in the run up to this holiday I would be very rich. We left for 16 days in Orlando at the end of May and had a blast. Daisy, Samuel, my sister Jo and I flew out first and then Uncle Murphy joined us for a week in the middle.

We went to Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Seaworld and Aquatica, we tried out the fastest roller coasters, went on the slow family rides, enjoyed the shows and hugged and had our picture taken with lots of characters. Daisy turned 9 and I turned 39! We spent many hours in the swimming pool and escaped to the Gulf of Mexico to feel talc-on-powder white sand between our toes and spent the night at Clearwater, staying right on the beach, cruising with pirates, spotting wild dolphins and visiting the star of Dolphin Tale, Winter.

Mummy goes on holiday on her own...

for the first time in 12 years. 

Finally after nearly a year of planning 12 lovely ladies (including myself) left for the party island of Ibiza to party for my niece's hen holiday and what a fabulous time we had too. 

Look who we bumped into in Jamie's Bar... the man himself

My little tipple for the hol's

The glamorous 12

One of the many bathrooms at our luxury villa

 Our pool side bar

Our luxury villa for 5 days

Taken whilst the school run was happening in rainy England

The Hen

My beautiful nieces and I