Fleur Davies Photography: Breakfast

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Thursday, 1 June 2017

A Mother's Dream: A breakfast for champions.

A Mother's Dream blog circle: 'A Breakfast for champions', by Fleur Davies.

Have you heard of the Harvester pub restaurant chain? I bet you have. But have you tried their breakfasts? Well, if you haven't - get a move on. I first discovered the wonder of their morning time menu a few months back with my son when we had a Mummy and Son date. We wanted to try somewhere new.

We'd been to the Derby Pool in New Brighton a few times as a family over the years for dinner and have frequently visited for a drink and crisps on a warm summer evening. But breakfast was a new venture.

Basically, for me, it's breakfast heaven! With any 'all you can eat' cooked breakfast ordered (and this also goes for the kids) you get free access to the continental buffet offerings too. AND the option of unlimited coffee. Can I get an "Amen"?! All this for around £8 per adult and £3 per child aged 10 and under. Of which we have three - with hefty appetites. Bargain and a half.

Now I'm obviously very excited about this, and I'm sure I have friends who will be dragging their bacon, sausage and egg loving backsides and offspring down to their nearest Harvester asap. And why not? You get to stuff your face like some sort of gorging animal with no need to eat again for like a week. If you are familiar with the Friends TV show, refer your memories to the scene where Joey is left alone at the restaurant dinner table while everyone's meals arrive and he says to the waiting on staff: "You boys are about to see something really special." That's kind of how I approach a buffet style meal... #sorrynotsorry

We had this breakfast in the diary for a week or so. It's half term right now on The Wirral and keeping the kids occupied and alive is a must. Breakfast is always a winner for us as we talk the kids into a lie in, bribing them with tablet time for half an hour or so. Then we head out at about brunch time. Knowing that we're in no rush and can take our time. I always make a note to explain this to the kids. I don't know why but for some reason it's like a survival skill in our household that eating as quickly as possible is standard practice.

I knew I wanted to document our morning that day. I was excited about it. It's been a little while since I purposely took my camera out to document a whole event. And I got everyone in on this one. My hubs took some photos. AND my middle kid did too. She has a great eye and surprisingly strong arms to hold up the decent sized camera body and lens I took with us.

So here you go. Our family brunch together. This Mother's Dream - not only for spending some quality time with my nearest and dearest, but also unlimited bacon.... mmmmm bacon....

Thanks for viewing peeps.

Fleur xx

And once you've had a peruse through my set of images, you can follow the rest of this month's A Mother's Dream blog circle here: Its by the lovely Julie Grant Photography.

(As always, click into the images to see them at full resolution. Cheers loves!)

Photo by Carl

Photo by Poppi

Photo by Carl

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Toast at Marino Lounge...

A long over-due Mummy and Daughter date!

I documented our morning at the lovely Marino Lounge in New Brighton. We love this place. We were the only ones there for around half an hour, so getting my camera out was a must. Best toast and marmalade around according to my date. Lovely staff, relaxed atmosphere and surroundings. And with some beautiful views too.

Thank you for looking. ~ Fleur x

(PS - the trick to seeing better quality versions of the images is to click on them... Cheers loves!)

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

The Davies elves of 2016 - (we're half way!)

THEY'RE BACK!

Oh how we missed these mischievous and fun little things! Seriously. My kids would be very upset if their elves couldn't make it. Our first Elf arrived in 2013. She's called Twinkle. Twinkle is the Head Letter collector Elf and my middle child has taken to her and called her her own. Then in December 2014 Twinkle got sick and had to recover for a few days. This was when Toddy arrived to cover for her. He is now a Reindeer Reconnaissance Operative. And a bit cheeky. So obviously my youngest little one - cheeky being his middle name - has claimed Toddy as 'his elf'.

In 2015 my youngest started school. And that was the year that Miss Thistle joined us in December to make our Elf Duo a Trio! She's a Teacher Elf and does take it upon herself to remind my kids of the importance of good behaviour and attitude, kindness and helpfulness - I like Miss Thistle!

So we plodded along this year wondering as December grew closer what our elves would have up their sleeves for us all. There was panic in the last week of November. The children received an urgent message from the elves. Toddy was missing a Reindeer! Our elves told us that the RT that the reindeer was wearing (Reindeer Tracker) had been logged at our home. The elves left us some tracker images and asked the kids to help find him. His name is Flash.

And would you believe the kids found him behind the laundry basket in my bedroom?! They followed the instructions that the elves had left so that Toddy could come that night and take Flash back to the North Pole... Little did we know that Flash would then be allowed to come along with Twinkle, Toddy and Miss Thistle to spend December with us.

And now we are half way through their stay. I have managed each day to capture their antics before they disappear back to the North Pole each evening! So here you go - day 1 to day 12 of the Elf craziness in the Davies household. Day 13 to day 24 will follow after Christmas. Have wonderful festive season and all the best for 2017. Thanks so much for reading.

Fleur xx

Day 1 - Flash arrived with Twinkle, Toddy and Miss Thistle!

Day 2 - locked out of our living room. What are the elves up to?

Day 2 - ahhhh, look! They decorated for us.

Day 3 - Daddy's birthday. The elves always bring something wonderful for him to try out... One year was penguin poop, then another was polar bear wee (all delicacies, we were assured) Grinch milk this year! YUM.