Farnham Carnival

It was the Farnham Carnival on Saturday so I meet a friend there for lunch and an afternoon at the fair. 

The fair part was your typical fair ground. But I did win a toy from the grab a duck!

The rest of the stalls were in the meadow. And the most popular tents were the food and beer tents. There was also a stage with live music, so we chilled on the grass with a drink listening to the music for a while. (This was thankfully the part of the day not throwing it down.)

There was also a parade around the town. It definitely beat the one in Preston. No funeral cars to start. The theme was by the sea side. 

The prince and princess of the parade.

Brass band,

Not sure.

They got every one out.

Minions!

They danced the whole way! 

I am not sure.

After the carnival, there was some more music and drinks before I had to drive home (so soft drinks for me). It started to rain on the way back to the car. Which is the point at which I realised I had lost my car keys. :( Thankfully someone back at the fair had handed my keys into the lost and found. (And frankly my car is about 15 years older than all the other cars in the town!) Though I was thoroughly soaked by the time I got back to my car. Need a new water proof!

The rest of the last few weeks have been just general everyday stuff. I went for a few walks and runs in the sun and realised my walking sandals are also dead. 

I went to my first Krav Magra class which was fun. And then just work and planning holidays! :)

Visiting Joseph

Last week I spent a few days in Preston, catching up with Katherine, Philip and Joseph. Joseph has grown so much in the last 3 months! As soon as I got there I got a cuddle which made me very happy. He is also smiling and giggling now which is one of the cutest things I have seen. He was a little unsure of me at first, but we are fast friends now! 

Katherine and I made our social plans for the next day before I went over to my hotel.  However the next morning, everyone changed/cancelled our plans! So we just played with Joseph instead and gave him a bath - not as messy and wet as I expected but give him time. (I was trying to teach him to splash!)

Trying to eat the sofa

Encouragement from mom to do push-ups

Nearly

Given up

We tried to get him to push himself up. He thought about it. Then tried to eat the sofa.

Teased with the hair.

Big boy

We had lunch in town and did some shopping before heading back to Katherine's for more cuddles. :)

Loving the bouncer.

I also managed to catch up with Danielle and Daniel and meet their little Jonathan, who is also a cutie, even when he was being sick on me.
I am already planning my next trip up and keep buying baby things. My little nephews are both going to be very spoilt by their honorary aunty.
It did snow a little here last week but not enough to even warrant a photo.
The only other news is I managed to get onto the Science 2 Data Science course for March. As it is the second best in the world (the best requires you to live in the USA so no thanks), I am super happy and very excited. So it's official. I am leaving astronomy. :)