Friday, April 23, 2010

First Picnic of the Season ...


On Wednesday we had our first picnic in the backgarden - and Grandma, Grandad, Auntie Sarah and Kezia joined us!

James is ALL about mud pies at the moment ... the ingredients for this one where particularly disgusting!


Kezzie was proud of her "mucky" hands! ;0)

ANother day ... another chance to get muddy ...



Time to clean-up .... ?

Proof that James isn't the only one who likes driving cars!

Happy Birthday, Auntie Cat!

Last weekend it was Auntie Cat's birthday and so we went up to Norfolk to help celebrate! We had a brilliant time.

Waiting for drinks and snacks at Blicking Hall!

Bring Bekah to a 400 year old house ... and guess what she's excited about? STONES! Typical! ;0)

Walking around the lake


Time to inspect the back garden ... spring is sprunging ...


James hitches a ride to the bottom of the garden ...

The Wheel Barrow Races are on!



Bekah tries a different tactic and drags the wheelbarrow behind her!


Little Miss Red Brick Dust Bottom ...

I love these pictures ...

One of our little monkeys!

Grandad got out the sit-on mower ... James LOVED driving it all around the garden!

Who else thinks Grandad might regret not paying attention??? ;0)

WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!!!

Our Little Dare Devil was less keen ...

In fact at one point she ran up the garden shouting "monster coming! monster coming!" ...

Our munckins aren't the only ones who love to get mucky! Auntie Cat's dog, Chloe, is pretty at home in the compost heap! ;0)

Our little man ...

Playing Downfall with Auntie Lin!

Old MacDonald had a farm .... eeeeee - iiiiiiiiiiiiiii - eeeeeeeeeeee - iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii- ooooooooooooooooo!


Got the farm stuff out of the loft/attic the other week - they really enjoyed playing with something different.

Obviously it wasn't long before the farm became a car park ...

This is Bekah's "surprised" face .... ;0)

Naughty Bus ... the re-make!


The other week when I was at the book conference I got James a book called "Naughty Bus" by Jan Oke. It's a bit of a weird story but all the pictures are real-life photos of a toy bus in various situations. It really captured James' imagination (as I suspected it would) and one morning he asked Daddy if they could set up a scene from the book using blocks and then take a photo. We did another scene later in the day. I realize these photos won't mean much if you've never seen the book but still ... was quite fun to do!

Next scene ... the bus "queue" .... A number of random toy figures waiting in line for the bus ... and it doesn't stop ...

I just LOVED Bekah's accessorizing ..... she's obviously got an eye for Props! ;0)