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Hilton Tries & Candy Highs

Wow! What a day!

Just returned back from a fabulous weekend with my sister and her hubby at their swanky London pad. Very nice, don't you know!

Mr Big, Baby A and I all went up together and we had a ball. So lovely to catch up & great for them to spend some time with their niece. I think she wooed them with her cuteness!

Saturday, we had a wonderful time in the park in the morning, followed by a children's zoo in the afternoon. In true Baby A style, she was WAY more impressed with the massive sand pit play area than with the animals, but I'm her defence, it was a pretty cool play area, complete with interactive water pumps the kiddie winks can control (and Mr Big & Baby A's Uncle's favourites - sit-on 'diggers' - yes, guess who was sat on them 'digging'?!)

After a scrummy pub dinner, the boys were relegated to the nearest pub to watch the (which of course they did under great protest) leaving a nicely tired out sister & I to put an even more tired Baby A to bed while we tucked into some rather nice wine & watched a chick flick. Very nice too.

Today was even better! My sis & I decided a while ago to treat ourselves for our mutual birthdays by going for a spa treatment and an afternoon tea (my calorie controlled diet is going well as I write this as I'm sure you can imagine).

So off we went. To the Hilton, Park Lane, no less, for a hot stone massage and champagne afternoon tea. Neither of us had been to the Hilton for treatments before. Or had tea there. And it's not exactly an everyday luxury we afford ourselves, so it was a fabulous treat.

And I got a few hours off from being wife, or mummy, or business woman, and it was wonderful.

I write this as a new wonder mum. Revived.

Here are some pics of our fabulous weekend.

I'm off to sleep now as it's an hour on the treadmill tomorrow am for me in a vain attempt to redress the balance of today's excess. Worth every minute!

WM x

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  1. Unknown27 May 2012 at 04:26

    Looks like you had agreat time... when you coming to visit Aunty Lucy?????

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