A bit of a lot!

I know it's been forever since I've posted anything. We've been without our computer for a while so loading photos has been a problem. But, I'm back online now. Photos are now posted on:



Enjoy! x

My New Camera

For my birthday this year, I got a new camera! It's a digital Canon SLR and I'm still getting used to all the fancy settings. There's a vast amount for me to learn, but here are the beginnings..

I took the camera with me to this petting zoo/farm with Debbie and Francesca. It was in a very nice area of London and as a result this "farm" has paved pathways and 2 hand sanitisers every other post!



We spend many of our weekends at Shenley Park. There's a playground, a field, a cafe and an apple orchard. We all "scrumped" an apple from a tree. Xander picked the most gnarled looking one (fine, just a bit scarred) and I had to resist every GM-advertising-influenced bone in my body to not convince him to take a better looking one. But, he happily ate the whole thing and seemed pleased to have picked it first. Yum yum.






Reading at Emma's Birthday party. It's the best photo because he's actually still in this one!

Playing diggers at home

Xander's birthday: Nick calls it Peppa Pig Day because every party we've been to this month (ours included) had Peppa Pig cards, napkins, plates, cake...

Xander's actual birthday was on a Friday so we were all at work but came home early to have a nice family dinner. I actually made it to his nursary in time for me to dish out his birthday cake there! It was vey special to hear all the kids chant his name and sing happy birthday to him.

Christie came home from university for the weekend (asking for money and toilet paper - ah, remember those days?) It was so nice to see her. It feels like ages!

Xander's gifts were plentiful and well received. He said a thank you after each one - even if the people were overseas. His shirt, by the way, says "I am two" and is covered in diggers.

Summer 2010

So... there were so many photos that I've put them onto a video. Not as slick or as good in quality as Uncle Phils, but after 3 hours of trying to figure out a new programme, it'll do!



Photos that for some reason didn't get on the video...

Spring/Early Summer 2010

Fun in the sandpit

And relaxing after a hard day's work

Fun with the water snake

Cheeky monkey

GQ boy. Look at how he models the dummy and doggies!

Go En-----glllllll-----aaaannnnndddd!! As they sing. We had a BBQ for the last game. They lost 4-1 and were played out of the World Cup. I knew there was a reason I never watch football!

Easter 2010

I had a nice three weeks off school and spent most of the time enjoying the sun in the garden. Nick worked for a lot of it on the Prime Ministerial Debates as he was organising the security for one of the events.

We worked on getting Xander to eat more... it worked, but it had to be fun (and messy).

We went to visit Nick's brother's family for the Easter weekend. I can't believe I don't have a photo of the outdoor morning Easter Egg Hunt!
Oh well.... I did take some photos of playing in the garden.

Is he a baby or a bin man?

Policeman?

Then a warm bath with cousin Louis at the end of a hard day.

We went to Paradise Park with Jack and Christie. About a year ago we went there and I took a video of Xander petting a zebra. This time we spent most of the time feeding the alpacas. If I can, I'll post a video later, but Xander LOVED it. He loves animals and can now say most animal noises. He can snort for a pig, tweet for a bird, moo, baaa, kkkkk for a duck and Pfthhhh for a horse, he even makes a cute eating noise for a rabbit! Don't know what sound an alpaca makes though....

Playing Pirates
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Chilling out in our garden.

Spring Break 2nd Half

We played in the garden

Went to a playground where Xander amazed us with his strength, agility and fearlessness.

And learned animal names at a rare breed farm

Say cheese!