I'm not going to lie we've been finding the summer holidays hard. Blake has been very tricky to keep entertained and he is more than ready to be back at school. I also feel like we haven't really accomplished much this month. Saying that Blake has been playing outside whenever the weather has been nice which has really helped. My mental health has been a bit all over the place though and I'm on new medication.
Anyway let's jump in to some of the things I've been liking and loving in August.
Umbrella Academy season 2
I absolutely loved the first season and was looking forward to season 2 which felt like a long wait. If you are into fantasy and superpowers than this is one to watch.
August has been a great month for a wide mix of reads and ticking off some more Popsugar reading challenge prompts. I love that the challenge has got me picking up books I wouldn't have usually have gone for.
This month I have read 6 books and ticked off 4 prompts.
The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
This one ticks off the prompt A fiction or non fiction about a world leader. I love thrillers and if I wasn't doing the challenge I probably wouldn't have picked it up due to it being a political thriller, however I really enjoyed it. If like me it's not a read you would normally opt for but love the crime/thriller genre I definitely think you should give it ago as it may surprise you.
I'm glad that Blake follows in my footsteps and loves books. He may not be able to read himself just yet, but he loves us reading to him and also sitting and looking through books by himself.
We recently got sent a lovely new book for him called Granny Franny's Big Red Bus by Sonia Beldum.Granny Franny's Big Red Bus is a fun, action packed picture book for ages 3 to 7 years.
Whilst over at my in laws last weekend I decided to order Blake his first football shirt which arrived this week.
My husband is a Manchester United fan and Blake had a Man U footie baby grow when he was a few months old. However my dad who Blake has never got to meet was a Fulham fan.
Both my sister and I had Fulham shirts as children and went to a few matches at Craven Cottage with him and my mum. So I decided on a a spur of the moment to order Blake a Fulham shirt.
Blake doesn't support any team atm but he does like seeing football on the tv. I think it's really special that his first football shirt is for the team his Grandad in the sky supported. Who knows what team he will support in the future if any. But to me his first shirt is definitely special.
Ad – review. I was sent a copy of this book for review purposes and all thoughts are my own.
Today I'm involved in the book tour for The Quickening by Rhiannon Ward. Rhiannon Ward is the pseudonym for Sarah Ward, the bestselling and critically acclaimed crime author. Sarah has a masters degree in Religious History and has long been fascinated by the long tradition of spiritualism in England and is a member of the Institute of Psychical Research. Sarah is also a crime reviewer and book blogger at Crime Pieces.
This week Blake and I finally got round to having our haircut. Blake's needed his doing for awhile now. I had tried during lockdown but it didn't go well as he hated me going near his head. I can't believe how grown up a simple haircut has made him look. As for me I had an inch off and my hair is feeling more easier to manage.
We have also got new school shoes for Blake this week, so now we only have a new lunch box to get him ready for when he goes back in September. I've purchased a stamp recently so that it's easier for labeling his uniform. We've used iron on lables before which we found after awhile would peel off easily so I'm hoping the stamp is a better alternative.