family

here are lots of people eating nuts and other breakfast options

jane has the gift of hospitality as can be seen in this photo,
Richard, along with his wife julia and daughter bethany, stayed the night at our house. Richard and Julia slept on the inflatable bed which takes about an hour of manual labour to inflate. By the time i had finished i was ready for bed.
Depending on what you think the photo looks like then it’s not what you think it looks like. it’s actually jane and richard checking whether there is enough air in the bed.
you’ll be pleased to know there was.

we decided against sewage and went to hillier gadens instead. it was most excellent and the weather was excellent.
here is the entrance:

and here are jane and kezia amongst the folliage:

i’m working from home today which usually involves getting up early and trying to put some hours behind me before the family wakes up.
that’s my best working time and it also means i can finish my working day earlier.
sitting wirelessly in our dining room, listing to Air’s Moon Safari very quietly in the background i spot the door stop.
i know that if i pull it back and let it go it will make the most amazing boinging noise and wake the whole family up.
i know that’s a very bad idea, but now i’ve got the idea in my head it’s difficult not to do it …

it’s esther’s first day at school today:

and here’s a sad jane and kezia:

it was raining so esther and kezia made some hats. they are made of paper. and so were the hats.
esther’s hat is actually a paper canoe, whilst kezia went for the simple chef’s hat .

we were invited for lunch round at rachel’s house today after church, along with our friends clive and heather. it was very relaxing and the food was great.
here are esther and kezia with Rachel doing some plo-doh (as kezia calls it):

and here is clive playing with some nails:

and heather with kezia:

kezia has been most entertaining this morning. she started the day by marching round the house banging her drum whilst playing the kazoo.
and later she instisted on carrying the plastic santa all round town whilst we went shopping.

here are esther and kezia on the train:

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esther takes photos at Polesden Lacey. At least she did last year.
Here is a family portrait.

(tony please note – i’m smiling in this picture)

we had a second easter egg hunt later in the day:

jane hid one in the lock of the garden shed which seemed a nice idea until it got stuck. oops:

we had our friends over today. it was tony and his family.
it was nice so we sat in the garden. jane served the drinks through the window. but it didn’t open enough. so people had to stoop to order.

i’ve posted pictures of esther and kezia shifting our guitar gear in and out of church many times before. kezia is really getting in to it now though. in this one she appears to be smoking a fag (it’s actually a white chocolate finger biscuit)

we all got up at 7am this morning to search for easter eggs in the garden. it was a bit chilly, but good fun.

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we went to Clandon House which is a National Trust place today. When we arrived it was raining so we became our own parents by suggesting we had a picnic in the car. jane really didn’t enjoy it (as seen here).
Then the girls did a quiz to find easter eggs in the growns which was most excellent.

mmm. chocolate. lots. everyday.
here’s some of what’s in the fridge:

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