here is esther with her rosette for being Highly Commended. She was so proud.
and here is a photo esther took of me with my trophy (and kezia who suddenly decided to remove her t-shirt and come up with me to collect the trophy- i think she needs to get out of this habit quick !):
and esther in the car-park:
it’s been a bank holiday today. esther and i did really well at the Swallowfield Show. we both entered stuff in the craft show. here are our award winning entries:
esther got Highly Commended for her butterfly and vegetable chariot:
i got a second place for ‘transport’ and 1st place for ‘about the home’:
i also got second place for the song title (as seen here)
but my best was my ’24 hours’ collection which not only won 1st prize in the category, but also won best photo in the show:
This year i only won £6. not quite a lucrative as last year.
jane now has her own camera so can take photos of things when i’m not there. here is a good shot of esther going down a slide.
no children were hurt in the taking of this photo:
like the rest of england we went to henley to feed ourselves and the ducks. it must be the olympic rowing which made it so popular today. or maybe the sight of the sun in summer ?
kezia in the church window again. there’s something about this window which is so completely photogenic.
esther won second prize for her rock cakes. so she’s an award winning chef which is impressive for a 5 year old. i got a second and a third place for my photos so i was pleased too !
we went on a massive bike ride today.
here is kezia waiting to board her bike seat:
we had a picnic in a random field:
and the girls picked (and ate) blackberries:
esther’s art
being a father of girls is a worry. especially with little plastic chaps like this about. his tongue was hanging out and everything. luckily esther wasn’t too impressed and the moment passed without trouble.
here is my lovely wife jane. she is lovely. (i hope she’s reading this so she knows).
esther is hiding in the bushes. can you see here ?
esther and kezia giving a belated birthday present to my mum.
i don’t know about hose-pipe bans, but i recon we should have age limits on garden hose using. they are crazy little people normally. give them a hosepipe to water your garden and you get that and a whole lot more !
just how many times did i have to shout “watch the washing” causing her to look straight at the washing line whilst subconsciously aiming the water in her direction of gaze ?
when we were in scotland we visited jane’s aunt who excavated a number of old toys for esther and kezia to play with. it turned in to more of a trip down memory lane.
here are two generic people who most people our-ish age will probably recognise.
i’m not sure what kind of person this is:
but this is a playmobil one:
check out the playmobil site and observe the strange floating heads
32. what kind of an age is that ? oh well.
(drawing by andy)
i like going supermarket shopping with esther and kezia. i think this is because i do it so rarely it’s still a novelty.
here is a game you can play to bring even more fun to a shopping trip. get a massive multi-pack of crisps and try to get your youngster to balance it on their head whilst you whizz them about on the trolley.
kezia did quite well, although she found the bag of oven chips we tried later a little cold.
