Footprints

Thomas has got a lot of growing to do before he can share Uncle Mike's sandals!

 

Muddy the waters

Despite having an almost non-existent summer, we managed to time our holiday during weather that was warm enough for swimming in the sea. Well, swimming in the Bristol Channel anyway!

It was more mud than water, but everyone enjoyed splashing - except for Mum who was happier just taking the photographs.

 

 

The great outdoors

After the crazy Spring, a much needed Summer holiday was needed, so we headed to a campsite near Weston-Super-Mare with Auntie Jan, Uncle Mike, James and Bethan.

It was the first time that we'd been camping with the children, and we knew that they were going to love it. What we weren't sure of was whether Mum and Dad would love it as much - especially with a nearly-1 year-old in tow!

 

The good news is that everyone had a fantastic time, so we're pretty sure that we'll be doing something like that again next year. The only problem was that, as Will was dragging himself everywhere on his elbows, he pretty much spent the whole week with a brown streak down the front of his body.

Thomas certainly found the sleeping bag and air bed to his liking!

 

Tai-chi!

 

Kids with attitude

They might only be 6, 4 and nearly-1, but Hannah, Thomas and Will are fast becoming teenagers!

 

There's even worrying talk about boyfriends and girlfriends!

 

Thankfully, we still get lots of smiles from all of them, so the hormones haven't completely kicked in yet!

 

Church picnic

Amazingly, a church picnic was organised for today, and the weather actually stayed really nice and warm and sunny!

We headed to Cosmeston Lakes, and had a great time munching, chatting and sunbathing. Will put his new-found crawling techniques to good use by crawling around everybody else's picnic to find out if they had nicer sandwiches than he was getting at our blanket!

 

Hannah and Thomas were admiring the view, although it looks like the fish near where they were standing had eaten a curry the night before...

 

Tastes like dog food!

 

Spiderman up close and personal...

 

And, without the make-up...

 

Animal Farm

Thomas' Lighthouse Nursery went on a family trip to Animal Farm in Somerset today. In the week before the trip, it looked like it was going to rain and rain and rain, but the weather on the day of the trip was brilliant (which was a bit of a relief as visiting a farm in the rain probably wouldn't have been much fun...)

 

 

 

 

Sports Day

Hannah had her sports day today, and she was clearly the most laid back athlete at the games! The only one to compete while wearing shades!

 

The sunglasses may have looked cool, but they didn't much help her aim in the 'Throw the beanbag' contest!