Go Team GB!

I am not a sports fan.  Ordinarily I would not choose to watch any sport on TV but the Olympic fever has caught me in its grasp and I am hooked!  I wanted to take the boys to an event so we can all say 'I was there' but didn't fancy going up to London due to the crowds etc.  When browsing the ticket website and seeing there was football on at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, I got tickets for us to see the Quarter Finals on Saturday.  DH and I were shouting at the TV on Wednesday night as if Team GB won, it would mean they would be playing in the QF we had tickets for.  Woo hoo, how lucky was that!

We'd kept it a secret from the boys, they knew we were going to Cardiff but they thought it was to visit the castle :).  The drive took longer than we expected due to traffic and the weather, so we only had the chance to see the outside of the castle and visit the Lego shop.  We had to walk past the stadium to get back to the park and ride so we said we would go and have a photo outside.... and then we told the boys we could go in as we had tickets.  This was the reaction:

The atmosphere was amazing, all the volunteers were so helpful and friendly and despite the match not being the most thrilling of games, it was well worth going.  The boys were waving their flags and inflatable hands the whole time, and loved doing the mexican waves.

I really hope that the memory sticks with them for years to come.  They have loved watching all the different sports on the TV too, and every time they go outside they play something and then announce they have won a gold medal for Team GB lol.

Short back and sides please....

Clyde had his first haircut back in the middle of June - we only had a little bit taken off because it was his first time and he looked good a bit scruffy.  Problem is that with the heat we have been having, the poor boy was suffering, and he was beginning to look a bit too scruffy.  So today he went for a 'proper' cut.

Here's the before......

and here's the after.....

Think we can safely say we got our money's worth this time lol.  He does look a dude though, and his coat is so soft to stroke along his back.  Groomer said he was as good as gold too, so thumbs up all round :)