we had a fantastic last-day-of-daddy’s-holiday day out to Whipsnade Zoo yesterday. Cold as anything it was, which the siberian tigers seemed to be ok with. i’ve got tons of pictures so i’ll just put up the interesting ones over the next few weeks and link to a gallery with a few more shots, if that’s ok with you.
(colour version here)
this angel ate all the christmas pies. i think jane’s de-knickerating the house tomorrow, so thought i’d put up the last few deccy photos. (if you want to know about the knickerations, see here)
jane’s mum got jane and me these excellent suction hooks for christmas. that in itself was worth a picture
but i particularly liked this note on the back telling us they were ‘foreign made’. which is like the opposite of ‘buy british’. and how do they know they weren’t made in the country which they were currently in ? foreign seems a little too vague for my liking.
here is my bother-in-law kev who has been staying with us for a couple of days. they head back north tomorrow and i’m back to work tomorrow so the normal mundane funkypancake will return, rather than the recent geocaching and family/friends pictures.
jane arranged a new year’s day party for everyone yesterday. the highlight for all involved was the pass the parcel with forfeits written by jane’s sister. Party (jane’s dad) was a star balancing for 30 seconds on one leg
and thomas, sarah and kezia enjoyed being wrapped up as mummies
and breaking free.
and esther built this lovely hat.
jane’s dad was interested so joined the kids behind the sofa to have a go himself.
and of course, as soon as the kids were called away for tea, he and poochy (jane’s mum) both settled down to master the shrek game
this was just a strange pin thing in a post
another couple of geocaching with jane’s parents and sister’s family, one of which took all 11 of us well over half an hour to find.
thomas took full advantage of the deep puddles and his wellies
even granny got involved in the ford paddling
as with all good marbles games, some became lost under a chest of drawers. here is kezia and thomas attempting to retrieve it.
this is me even after nearly three months without any chocolate (the cravings continue)
i really don’t like New Year’s eve. i find it highly depressing – which for someone who’s generally fairly jolly is a bit of a disappointment. i think it’s related to having to stay up to midnight, whilst knowing i need to start getting back in to the routine of getting up before 5am in a few days time, and fearful of carbon-free self induced jet lag. or perhaps it’s just fear of progress.
whatever, i find it a bit sad. which is in itself a bit sad. so sorry to our visitors who will be staying with us for a couple of days.
but anyway, thanks for another fantastic year in blog land. i’ve enjoyed doing this immensely. see you on the other side !
seen through a christmas cracker kaleidoscope. could you imagine if real life looked like this.
ian and carolyn came over for dinner yesterday which was very lovely. here is carolyn admiring our lights.
here is kate conducting the singers at church yesterday morning to keep them in time with the organ at the other end of the church. she’s using a flashing fairy wand. make of that what you will.
