Just booked our holiday for July this year - we are going to hire a cottage with our friends Cathi & Dave, who live in Ireland - they have two little girls, Aine, who is a few months older than Alex and Aisling, who is about 9 months old. We're going to the West Country (my favourite part of the country) - near Exmoor this time. Should be fun & the kids will really enjoy being able to hang out together - my girls love the little girls & Alex and Aine are just getting to be old enough to actually play together rather than just fighting over who gets what toy...

We were considering going to France, but it was just too expensive for us this year, so we decided to split the difference between London & Waterford and get something in the UK, but not too far from where the ferry comes in from Ireland. Here's the cottage we've found.