we stayed the week in the same holiday house as jane’s parents. we were a bit apprehensive about this (as were they i suspect) as we hadn’t done such a thing before.
in actual factual it turned our brilliantly as they were happy to stay in on the evenings and jane and i could go for healthy walks and pub drinking ! we loved it, the girls loved it and i think they loved it too. hoorah for all.
here they are at the wedding under a red heating lamp:
kezia spent much of the wedding taking photos with the dispensable cameras. where did she get that habit from ?
the reason we went up to scotland was because we were invited to jane’s cousin andrew’s wedding. it was a fantastic scottish wedding and we had a great time. here are a few snaps.
best man giving final words of advice:
bride sticking her tongue out at the best man whilst signing the schedule:
cousin andrew:
jane’s parents and andrew (prime caption contest material):
all the little people:
arty wedding shots:
esther and kezia kept themselves amused during the meal by drawing pictures for the dignatories and delivering them:
staying up late:
more creations from the mind of esther
here is my father-in-law on his sit on mower. he loves his mower and so he should ! more red and green colour coordination for those daily attending the blog wishing to see such things.
enjoying today’s southern england sunshine (before it chucked it down with rain this afternoon) we went for a cycle ride and picnic on a village green.
so, what do you do when you are stuck in a massive stationary motorway queue and your two year old starts screaming at the top of her voice that she needs a poo ?
well, you put up with it as long as you can then you get your wife to lift up the 2 year old whilst your 5 year old inserts a potty under her bott.
you then wait patiently and hope that the matter in question is just liquid (and not a Preecy Egg“)
you then get the 5 year old to hold the potty steady whilst the 2 year old is lifted slowly up and lowered back in to her car seat.
meanwhile the driver (me) needs to be extremely carefully accelerating and decelerating as the once stationary traffic queue starts to finally move off.
i’m pleased to announce there was no physical spillage or loss of dignity in the process, though i fear the emotional scars may take longer to heal.
kezia’s dolls changed names again. tiny baby is now called olivia.
anyone with little kids knows that sometimes you need a ‘code name’ for familiar items so you can talk about it without the child knowing. we used to call Esther’s comfort blanket Bernard so she wouldn’t realise.
Olivia, aka Tiny Baby, is called TB which meant for comedy moments shouting “have you got TB ?” “no, you have” “no i haven’t seen her since we took Kezia for a Preecy Egg” etc.
for esther’s final birthday treat we went to a restaurant in henley which was very nice.
i was particularly interested in their henley 10 commandments:
just popped up to get something for the party and it’s so much quieter up here than down stairs ! lots of pictures coming soon …
it’s esther’s birthday party today so jane’s been busy doing everything. i’ve helped by keeping myself and the girls out of the way.
after breakfast we had face painting practice. kezia went for the rabbit look.
those who know i rushed out of work early to get home for the birthday cake singing and blowing will be disappointed to know that i missed it (and so was i).
it’s esther’s party day tomorrow so hopefully i’ll get another chance then.
it’s esther’s birthday this morning. she was very excited and got up an hour early by mistake.
when she saw me going down stairs to get ready for work she wispered very loudly “daddy, please don’t open my presents”. i assured her i wouldn’t. and i didn’t.
i love kids drawings. here is some esther art work.
kezia has three babies. tiny baby, mummy baby and daddy baby. mummy baby used to be known as baby poo for those who are keeping track. if you haven’t been keeping track then follow the baby poo story back through time.
here is tiny baby with a drink on its head. kezia thought it was really funny so we had to take a photo.
just in case we hadn’t had enough balloons today, kezia and esther got another one.
reading was full of people giving away balloons today. We were offered 9 balloons in the 2 hours we were there. we took just three (one each for the girls and then this butterfly).
