Photo-a-day | Week 4

25|365. Silly faces on the trampoline

26|365. This kids got pedalling skills.

27|365. My beautiful birthday flowers.

28|365. The beginnings of the slow and painful process of packing up an entire house.

30|365. Getting ready for school.

32|365. Sometimes I'm woken at 4 a.m. by my co-sleeping baby, who is no longer sleeping, but being drawn to the light like a little moth in the night. 

33|365. I have given up trying to keep him away from the toilet. Instead I sanitise it pretty much every hour. Cleanest toilet and best toy ever.

Photo-a-day | Week 3

16|365. Tess's window. A few of her favourite things.

16|365. Blue Monday, the third Monday of January – supposedly the most depressing day of the year, when we in Britain are at our most melancholy.  Christmas is over, with little to look forward to, a hammered bank account, a bulge around the waist, gloomy weather, a return to work, already failed New Years Resolutions. (Does not apply to Americans who usually have the third Monday in January off, thanks to MLKJ).

17|365. Outside play after school.

18|365. Daddy has been working evening shifts this week, which means we get to have him around during daylight hours. We've put him to work on some outside clean up!

19|365. In love with that gap-tooth smile.

20|365. Her signature hair style. Messy braids, one on each side.

21|365. Running on cobblestones. One of those things that is such a normal part of their childhood, but so completely different from my own childhood.

Photo-a-day | Week 2

7|365. We are making progress in the continuous saga of potty training this four year old. The kid will actually WILLINGLY wear a pair of underpants now! Hurray!  Slow and steady and in his own time is how he likes to get things done.

8|365. Tess has become such a great little reader. I often ask her to read books to her little brother while I get the baby to bed. I love seeing them snuggled up together and hearing her read, and Lewis asking her questions about the story.

10|365. Presents from someone we love in America!

11|365. In the baby buggy.

12|365. Testing boundaries

13|365. The baby bouncers, the baby swing, the Bumbo chair have all been sold or donated. Now it's the baby walker, and push along toys that I look forward to clearing out as this little guy continues to grow. I love all the gear that has made life with my three babies a little easier, but I can't help but look forward to never tripping over these bulky baby items ever again.

15|365.  Bedtime stalling antics!

Brother & Sister

Minster Lovell

Playing and climbing among the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall

Egg Hunt

Searching for eggs in our back garden on Easter morning

Lewis Painting

Keeping the boy busy while sister is away at pre-school this morning.

A Boy and his Train

 

Snow Day

Our one and only real snow fall this year happened a couple of weeks ago in early February.

This is Lewis's first real experience playing in snow.  He highly approved!

 Tess has been dreaming of playing in the snow all winter.  She even woke on Christmas day certain that there would be snow outside.  (There was none, much to her disappointment.)

It's hit and miss whether we'll get any snow during an English winter.  Last year we didn't get any snow, while other years we've gotten a good handful of snow storms. 

Cold fingers!

Tess stayed out and played long after Lewis got too cold and gave up and went inside.