On Tuesday, my mother treated Honor and I to a trip up to London to see the ballet, Cinderella at The Royal Opera House. It was very exciting travelling through the big city on the coach. It is such a contrast to our countryside surroundings. The buildings are so huge and the streets so busy with people coming out of work who all looked so tiny. We passed The Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral to get dropped off at Covent Garden. We wandered around the square for a bit, looking for somewhere to stop for a drink, but everywhere was packed. So we decided to go straight into the Opera House and have a drink in their very grand bar. We pre-ordered our drinks for the interval (which has always worked well whenever we've been to a show at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury. Saves queuing. ) But when we came to collect our drinks, mine had been knicked and so we spent the whole break queuing for a refund. The ballet was very lovely, though. Isn't it amazing how a story can be told without using any words? Honor was thrilled by the performance, particularly at the comic moments of the ugly sisters. The journey home was painfully tiring though. We finally got home at 1.30am. I was hoping for a lie-in in the morning, but little Hope woke up as usual loudly announcing that it was "Timmy-Time!"
The weather has been very hot. Yes, hot. I don't know how I'll cope when the summer comes! Hubby and I have been doing lots in the garden. We got some wooden pallets given to us by the church and Hubby has made a large planter and a wheelie bin screen out of them. Honor has helped make an Easter grotto in one corner of the garden. We put up a crucifix with a crown of thorns hanging on it and built a tomb out of rockery stones. I shall try and get some pics tomorrow when we have our egg hunt.
Here are some slightly late pictures of the Easter Grotto that Honor and I made in the garden. 
I got these little blue angels to hang over the 'tomb' on Easter Sunday.
I think they are made by Gisela Graham. I have quite a few decorative bits and bobs from her.
It has been a busy morning already and the clocks have just gone forward one hour. I don't think this has made much difference to us, though. Last night Hubby spent the night in the caravan with the two eldest children. This gave me the chance to sleep in Honor's bed and not be disturbed quite as much by the baby. She woke at 3.30am and began to fuss, but I wouldn't feed her and laid her back down in her cot. She was very angry, but it helped to be able to go into another room while she settles back down. I fell asleep again and the next thing I knew it was 7.45 (really 8.45) and the others were coming in from the caravan. I could hear the baby but she wasn't crying. She was chatting to herself and playing. So I don't know how long she had been awake. It was good not to have been disturbed though.
Today is Palm Sunday. We went to church last night but Honor had to go again this morning to assist her Brownie pack. I now have the Easter decorations up over the fireplace. It's very jolly and will help make the place look nice for Hope's first birthday tea which is on Friday. 
