Last Saturday myself and my middle daughter, Joanne, headed off to Manchester to see James Blunt. It's the second time Joanne has see him live, both Joanne and Stevie came with me last year to see him in Birmingham, It was the fifth time of seeing him for me. This was his Back To Bedlam tour, in celebration of the release of his first album of the same name. He preformed all the songs from that album, including the one that is equally loved and hated by many, Your'e Beautiful, along with more recent songs. He was absolutely brilliant, as he has been the previous times I've seen him. His unique voice is easily recognisable and his voice is partly why I like him, that and the fact that all of his songs, if you listen to the lyrics, are a story. We had a brilliant night.
We stayed in Manchester overnight, the hotel, The Maldron, was much nicer than I was expecting and only a few minutes walk from the AO Arena and the center of town. We spent some time on the Sunday looking around the town and the Cathedral. The town has a great variety of shops, all the big name stores and quite a lot of designer shops, It was nice to look around somewhere different, although the inside of the Cathedral was a little disappointing I thought. We stopped off on the way home to have a late Sunday lunch to round off the weekend.
This week has been half term and I had all four of the children on Tuesday, I needed to go to Ikea to pick some shelving up, not the best idea I've had, four children at half term in Ikea was a recipe for disaster, lol. I wasn't going to stop there for lunch but they wanted Ikea meatballs and it kept them quiet and all in one place for a while at least.
Joanne had booked Bonnie and Jacob on a sow and grow activity at a garden centre at 3pm, luckily they let me add Arty and Oliver when I got there, they all decorated a terracotta pot and two of them sowed poached egg seeds and two tomato seeds.
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We have seen our three grandchildren this week, daughter does not work, so she is with them on visits, tomorrow we have the younger two as Will is out with friends doing birthday treats. I love having them sleep over, it's always an early start. I love all the activities through the school holidays.
Four kids in Ikea?!?! You are one brave woman, Maggie :) Glad the meatballs kept them busy and happy. You sound like a true James Blunt fan. I'm in the "love" You're Beautiful" camp myself :) Enjoy your overnight with Jacob and have a great weekend! ♥
Enjoy your grandma time. From what others tell me (no grandchildren here) they grow up so very quickly.
God bless.
I was about to say how brave you were, choosing to go to IKEA, at half-term, and with four children in tow. But the look on those faces already tells me that it was worth it. X
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