family

camera, wallet, phone, pedometer and prescription pain killers:

26 questions

(20 questions)

jane (my wife) (20 questions)

sometimes face painting is deliberate. sometimes it’s not.
esther went yellow and kezia was a rabbit until she started eating a chocolate covered cake

three play marbles

we took esther to the west end last night to see joseph and his amazing technicolour draincoat. it was very good. tuesdays are half price.
first we had some food

then we went to the theatre

here are two of kezia’s babies: poo and tiny.

(i took this on my negative day but forgot to post them)

here’s a photo of me taking a photo. just so you know what you are looking for if you are stalking me in london.

it’s cold and not sunny. but kids love sandpits. and sunglasses

i went to Asda last night to get some milk. i had a great time. i didn’t take any photos whilst i was there, but there was millions of bizarre things going on. i think i’ll do another trip (if i can afford it) and blog the event in detail.
some of the highlights included a pair of shoes by the CD counter which looked like someone had simply stepped out of and left behind, multipacks of crisps spread around aisles (like they had been set free), bottles of alcopop-type drinks by the toilet rolls and, my favourite, a bra hanging in the last minute impulse-buy section with the chocolate at the checkout.
the guy doing the announcements about bargains of teh day was fantastic too. he should have been running a mobile disco for the over 60s. i even phoned jane up so she could listen to his comedy banter.
here is my haul (mostly consisting of light bulbs)

it was story-time for kezia this evening and she pointed at her books and said “kezzy choose”. “of course” i said trying to be encouraging.
she grabbed something as quick as a flash and said “this one”. this would have been fine, only it was a shoe. my response was to take this photo. we both thought it very funny.

about 4 hours later i’ve realised that she was probably saying “kezzy’s shoes” which were on her bookshelf and not “kezzy choose”. oh well.
it’s her fault for not being able to speak properly.

kezia loves my christmas shoes. anyone who comes to the house gets a quick guided tour which starts with a visit to my shoes “daddy’s chrismas shoes”.
kezia loves wearing other people’s shoes. So it was only right she combined her two favourite things.

it’s mothering sunday today in the UK. esther and i made breakfast in bed for jane:

jane’s parents came round after church for lunch then we went for a walk:

here is esther with our friends who read this blog. we had a lovely fun day.
on the train to henley:

in coats:

here is the complete esther picture. notice the kite. i didn’t.

here are two pieces are art drawn by esther. the one on the left seems to be a person riding a horse. the one on the right is a person with an eye patch next to a winnie the pooh sticker:

here is a slightly older picture. once again we see the hidden eyes. a key feature of esther’s current art.

here is kezia with her self-made frog hat on. she insisted on wearing it when she was having her bedtime prayers. it restricted her view slightly.

sunday afternoons are a good time for board games and the like.