The weekend of June 2nd was an absolutely historic occasion. The whole country celebrated our Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee marking an amazing 60 years reign as Monarch of England and the United Kingdom (and the only other to reign this long or even live this long before her -in the whole entire history of the British monarchy -was Queen Victoria). And so, did we all go into town to visit Buckingham palace and push past some 12,000 revelers from up and down the country and beyond to catch a glimpse of (and in these times that glimpse is more likely via a big-screen) of our elegant and iconic matriarch -Pah! 2 young kids (one still requires the boob), over-crowded streets, overcrowded London transport, rain (of course!) and grey cold weather (in June) -FORGET IT! Lizzy, we really wanted to come to your party but, such big occasions for young families are logistically quite horrifying! And so, keeping with the British spirit we put all our patriotic efforts into a good old family knees-up! (would have been a garden BBQ if the bloody weather was nice!) and conduct our very own celebration at home...Pilgrim style!
So, up with the Union Jack on with the silly bowler hats and a dodgy queen mask! No one drunk the Pimms but we drank ALLOT of Champers and wine! Kellye rising to the occasion whipped up some amazing lamb cutlets (of which she doesn't even like much!) and then the Pièce de résistance...a traditional and classic Victoria sponge cake with crushed raspberries and whipped cream...
...which of course was all that our girls were interested in!
After that Daddy got busy with the face painting much to everybody 's delight -
that is, until Olive and Charlotte decided it was their time to paint the grown ups faces!
Hurrah!
And not forgetting our little Baxterpotamus who had himself a right good old time (almost) crawling about.
And so, all-in-all I think the Queen would have been very "amused" with our fitting family celebration:
God Save the Queen! Hip-hip! Hooray!
