There is a scene in the children's film Ratatouille where the mean food critic takes a bite of the rat's ratatouille and gets blasted back to his childhood. Well for me talcum powder does exactly that. I remember being plastered in it as a child and my mum still uses it every day on herself. Whenever she stays with us, I can always smell it in the morning! I love the dusty, chalkiness of it and the smell makes me think of rubbing sand out of our toes when we were children at the beach! Nothing to do with babies at all!

Day number 8 for Fat Mum Slim's Photo a Day May challenge, a smell I adore!

As I said earlier tonight, I am having to post a few days in one tonight, after a blog blackout over the bank holiday. Here are my last 3 days entries for the Fat Mum Slim photo a day May challenge.

Day 5 - Bird

Fisherman's Walk in Southbourne is a mini nature reserve, full of squirrels you can hand feed with monkey nuts and birds of all species, that flock around the bandstand.

There are some interesting statues along the walk that connects the cliff top and the High Street and I caught Big boy and his sweetheart wrapped around a pair of beautiful birds!

Day 6 - You

I love that with our best friends we can totally be ourselves!

So before dinner we all, (including the men!) enjoyed a skin refining face pack and a vodka and pineapple!

Day 7 - Someone who inspires you

For me there has always been, and will always be, one incredible woman who truly inspires me. My Granny was undeniably the matriarch of our family and whilst she was not with us to meet the newest generation of the family, she lives on in everything we do.

Every year at Christmas, we all put on party pieces. Hers was I like you very much by Carmen Miranda. It is legendary in our family and my cousin and I, who have big boys, 6 months apart, taught them the song for their party piece last Christmas! This was taken at my mums old house in 2005.

No I am not singing the Steps line dancing inspired song 5,6,7,8 I am playing catch up after an internet blackout so I am going to post 3 entries in 1 for the BritMums Snap Happy photo challenge! Forgive me!

Day 5 - Blue

You can't get much sadder than this. Small boy was laughing and giggling around Peppa Pig World this weekend. Squealed with delight on Grandpa Pig's Boat ride but as soon as I put him down for a photo in front of this mural he burst into tears! He was so Blue!

Day 6 - View from above

I was spoilt for choice having been on the Windy Castle ride and Peppa's balloon ride but it just had to be this photo for my entry for a view from above.

My 2 beautiful boys waiting for their turn on Daddy Pig's car ride!

Day 7 -Warmth

Late in the afternoon we headed down to the beach with our best friends who have a little girl, who is 3 months older than Big boy. They utterly adore each other, and although they sometimes fight like siblings, they bring out the best in each other. Despite it being freezing cold (to our bodies) they ran along the beach, eventually kicked off their shoes and tried to dodge the incoming waves! Queue wet sandy socks and the most incredibly amount of giggling you could hear. It warmed our very chilly hearts on a dreary bank holiday!