family

here is poochy (esther and kezia’s granny). it was her birthday yesterday so we had a big slap up sunday roast and birthday cake.

kezia and i had an impromtu day out in london yesterday.
we started off at little venice (now a very short walk from Paddington station) where there was a canalway calavcade (it’s on until 1st may, so you should pop along if you live near/in london). more info here.

we then tracked down the canal boat stop and got a canal to Camden (more info here). the canal trip was very nice and stops by London Zoo which might be a neat way or reaching it from paddington.

we then wandered round camden looking at people’s hairstyles and enjoying the various smells and sounds, before dropping down the Northern Line to Bank where we got on a DLR driver-less train. unfortunately the one we were on broke down so it was driven a little of the way, but it was still good fun to sit at the front and pretend to be the drivers before it broke down !

then we had a wander round Canary Wharf and West India Quay before heading back on the Jubbly Line.

despite all the loveliness of the canal and the crazyness of Camden, Kezia loved the Docklands and the dark tunnel on the DLR (as it leaves Bank) best

last saturday night we had a family feast. it was a formal affair and i wore my dinner jacket. we also had a family disco. here are esther and kezia waiting for jane and i to sit down and enjoy the raclette.

jane and i have just been away for a couple of nights for our anniversary.
here is jane dancing at Blenheim Palace. Lots more photos of follow. but first i’m off for a few days with work.

photos from both trips should appear before the week is out !

it’s our tenth wedding anniversary today. hooplah !
it’s probably a good time to thank jane for being a fantastic wife. so. er. thank you.

here’s to another 10.

here are esther and kezia doing some comedy walking styles. practising for the ministry perhaps.

for the third and final time we sang happy fourth birthday to kezia.

we turned off all the lights and hadn’t realised it was going to be quite dark once she’d blown them out. here are the final glowing moment

(candles on what remains of her birthday cake!)

… letting your little sister wobble your wobbly tooth

we had a party at our house last night and poor old kezia had to stay in her room because of her potential contageousity. we think she might be going down with it though as she went straight to sleep without complaining.
but to be sure i made these posters to warn people of the danger.

kezia and i went to henley yesterday to get out of the house whilst esther stayed at home being itchy with her ‘chicken plops’ (as kezia calls it – she knows what it’s really called but thinks the word ‘plop’ is quite funny. which it is).
we went to the ‘toad house’ which is the Wind In The Willows exhibit that we went to before. kezia stops being 3 in a few weeks time so we’re taking to everything that’s free for 3 year olds and under whilst we can ! Actually, this was her choice anyway.

in my thanks to you the blog reader, i didn’t thank jane my wife for allowing me the endless hours i’ve put in to funkypancake over the last [insert number here] of months.
jane’s patience with me isn’t limitless of course and i went too far on new year’s eve by taking photos as we rolled over in to the new year.

for a while it looked like this would be the only photo i’d have of the period around midnight

(i was the only willing subject i had left)

here are cousin thomas and his cousin kezia (not to be confused with his imaginary friend ‘kezia’) out walking in Burnham Beeches. it’s a great place, so you must go.

i like the fact it’s run by the Corporation of London which sounds very ‘industrial revolution’.

here’s bother in law kev, who’s here for the new year.