‘Face of a mummy who got to go for a run!’ Helen Flanagan makes the most of the heatwave as she goes for a jog… before sunbathing with oldest child Matilda, four
Helen Flanagan made the most of rising temperatures on Sunday as she ventured out for a run before enjoying some quality time with her children.
The former Coronation Street actress worked up a sweat while jogging close to her family home as the country continued to bask in glorious sunshine.
Taking to Instagram, Helen, 29, admitted she was relishing the opportunity to take a rare moment away from footballer husband Scott Sinclair and their children, daughters Matilda, four, and Delilah, 23-months.
Working up a sweat: Helen Flanagan made hood of rising temperatures on Sunday as she ventured out for a run
Sharing a selfie with followers, she wrote: ‘Face of a mummy who got to go for a run on her own for the first time in a week.
‘Mummy’s that parent full time on their own you are amazing. I ran out that door @scotty__sinclair.’
However the actress was soon back to shower her daughters with affection as they adhered to lockdown rules ahead of of their softening on June 1st.
Just us girls: The actress was soon back to shower oldest daughter Matilda with affection as they adhered to lockdown rules ahead of of their softening on June 1st
Updating her Instagram page for the second time that day, Helen shared a picture of herself and Matilda as they sunbathed in the back garden.
Paying to tribute to her oldest child, she wrote: ‘Always my baby… something so very special about this girl… so in love with her and she’s the biggest mamas girl.’
The actress later admitted the brutal death of 46-year old black man George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th had left her angry and confused, not least because her children are of mixed ethnicity.
Unhappy: The actress later admitted the brutal death of 46-year old black man George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th had left her angry and confused, not least because her children are of mixed ethnicity
Sharing a throwback shot of Matilda, she wrote: ‘My beautiful baby on the night before her 2nd birthday x I’ve been thinking about what the right thing is to say with everything that’s been going on in the news recently.
‘As a mother to mixed raced/black children it is scary and it makes me feel really so very angry. Anger so deep.’
She added: ‘I am so very protective as a mother is. I don’t understand racism I have family and friends I love of all different races and religions.’
Speaking out: Sharing an old shot of Matilda, she wrote: ‘I am so very protective as a mother is. I don’t understand racism I have family and friends I love of all different races and religions’