Wednesday, 9 October 2013

The Steam Fair and other pictures.


Hi Folks,

While were are waiting for baby number 3 to arrive we have been out and about at the local steam fair.

Here is a video of the day:


And here are some photos from the past month...


Charlie is constantly surprising us with new words.. on this occasion it was 'stuck!'



Our vege garden has been relatively successful this year and we have learnt what will work again for next year. 




We have had a few catch ups with our friends Mo and Jeremy and their wee man Mylo. Mo is due on the 23rd of October.


On Fridays, it is customary for the boys to head down to the local for a few quiets.


Alby and Charlie have been growing as friends and every now and then they play together really well.



We haven't had much rain for most of the summer so when we had a downpour recently, the puddles were a real novelty.



This was a classic moment and we are so glad we have it on camera. Alby was very upset that we took his pen away from him and Charlie thought the whole episode was quite entertaining. It took half an hour of scrubbing to get the felt pen off the walls.


We have been treated to a very mild Autumn so far, with most days averaging around 18 degrees C. Maybe this is the reason for some really interesting fungi growing in the park. The boys have been helping to spot it while we walk Baxter and we have been trying to have a good look at the fungi rather than squish it.






Here are some snaps we took of the boys with Anna and her bump.






And finally to the steam fair - The Carter's steam fair comes once a year and it is a noisy, colourful and exciting day on the village green for the boys. It is a very traditional fair with several of the rides still driven by steam and all beautifully hand painted.










Hopefully we will have some news of the new arrival in the coming week.

Ciao.



Friday, 6 September 2013

Just So Festival

Our good friends Lou and Washington invited us many months ago to join them at the Just So Festival. So we booked our tickets hoping that we would have a great time with the boys.

It turned out the festival was excellent, we all loved it and we will hopefully be back next year.





We stayed in our tent for 3 nights along with 4,000 other families.



Gabe and Alby performed their own set.




The boys were very tired every night and the ipad was great to get them in the mood for bed.


There was a big sand pit.



 Fairies in the woods.




Cowboy training...





 Acrobatics






                                                                     Face painting...




Indians


music...




and a straw fight!










see you soon!

Thursday, 5 September 2013

The Natural History Museum

A couple of weeks ago we took the boys to The Natural History Museum in London. 



We took the train and the tube


and visited a butterfly exhibition before going to see all the animals.



Then we had lunch in the cafe, where Charlie kept us entertained.



 Alby was asked by his nursery to look after 'Buddy Bear' for a week and document his exploits.





They had great fun together and Alby was very kind to Buddy, taking him everywhere.


Charlie is great friends with Baxter and at the moment loves to drag his buzzy bee or his crocodile around the place too.