family

it’s brother (in law) kev and a big kid sign.

esther likes to write little letters before she gets up in the morning. she often writes little stories in her 5 year old’s writing and spelling.
last night i spotted this in our room and thought it was very sweet.

it says:
Every day is a busy day ! why does bedtime always come. we all need sleep to get us ready for tomorrow

we went to visit brother edd and jacqui this afternoon. here is edd’s alien. it was knitted by our aunt apparently.
there’s a tradition of aliens being knitted. the clangers are the most obvious example.

i took the girls to the post office to post some letters. we were given a pile of stamps and had to sit on the floor and lick’n’stick them on the letters.
it was all very complicated and panicy but we managed.

poor man’s jenga was played at length on our recent holiday to the isle of wight.
kezia is particularly daring when she lunges for her piece. but she knows this and enjoys the danger !
To celebrate the successful removal of each piece she gave it a quick kiss. We thought it so funny we’ve incorporated it in to our house rules for future games

when i come back from work the girls often hide and i have to try and find them. if it’s dinner time they are usually under the table.
but if it’s bed time then they could be anywhere. esther hid brilliant this evening and i failed to find her.
can you see where she is (i’ve helped by narrowing the whole house down to this small area)

here are jane’s sister’s family outside their temporary vicarage residence in Nottingham. we went to visit them for the weekend and had a lovely time.

here is cousin thomas and kezia in the Denby Pottery shop. Thomas enjoyed dangling out of his pram grabbing cup handles and plates as he went past the stacks of crockery !

and here are cousin thomas, esther and kezia in a row by a wall

i was working from home today so jane went in to esther’s school for lunch. kezzie and i had lunch together and then she decided she wanted to do her own work too so pulled up a table and chair next to my laptop.
when jane got home a few minutes later she told her to be quiet and not come in as we were both working.
i’m sure her book of nursery ryhmns were much more interesting than the thing i was reading.

click to download movie (teeny weeny 56KB)
(the photo above looks rubbish as it was a screen grab from the teeny video clip !)

here we are having a picnic in a carpark in some cold november rain. british life at its best.

we went to my mum’s house yesterday and had a very nice day. she even looked after the girls for a couple of hours so jane and i could go speed-shopping.
when we got back it was time for sparklers.

here is esther on a beach. can you see her ? she’s wearing a red rain coat.

click to have any chance of finding her