doodle do

back to school

this is quite a contrast to last year when i didnt even take a picture on Isaac's first day because he hated his uniform so much. This year he even dragged himself away from cbeebies to indulge his mother. ah...bless..

and like i said...

we went camping. Not of the Canvas holidays camping type but in a field in the middle of cheshire somewhere with a few itty bitty tents and a mishmash of camping equipment.  Only for a night, how bad can it be right?

it wasnt that bad, honest. But we did all fit inside what is probably a slightly generous two man tent and that was a little...er....snug. 

It ended off our summer holiday with a little adventure though and that was fun.

so hello september!!!!

10

thats the number of pairs of knickers that Poppy went through on her second day of Potty training....

yeah.....

thats 10!!

we had tried to get her into the potty habit just after we came back from France but what with my horrible shifts i had to work to catch up on my hours and...well, her essentially weeing all over the place, we just gave up. 

Until this week when i got fed up with fighting her into a nappy. 

and i think she is getting there...slowly.  

Its day 5 now and i think she had one accident today.....

progress, its all progress.

and no, we dont make her take her potty trips outside in the rain, we went camping last night and predictably it rained!!

a little bit of sunshine....

just enough this weekend for the kids to play in the garden and for us to meet a new member of the family. I almost feel resigned to rubbish weather in this country. I mean combined with the credit crunch and near recession of the economy its not really surprising that the lack of summer is getting everyone down right? 

But heck, didn't those athletes in China lift your spirits. I love the olympics and seeing so many british athletes succeed is a tonic which im sure the Government in this country are more than grateful for!!!

I watched the handover to the 2012 on sunday and despite giggling at Boris being like a schoolboy next to the other two very formal looking bods, i did feel a surge of excitement. Go London. 

and finishing with the lovely chunky bit of sweetness that is my cousin's little baby boy. 

 

The (little) Stig.

petrol head

on thursday ben got his birthday present...late but worth the wait. 

and apparently the little ginetta, which is the one in this last shot is only £12,500 to buy and thats new and really would we need a new one??? 

yeah, well everyone has to have a dream right?

i hate to be boring, predictable and so regrettably british...but...

you think its ever going to stop raining??

'i want to be a world champion rower'

the olympic spirit is catching. i reckon he is up for it too!!!

the fairest of them all...

a very tired and very sun kissed little two year old. On our second to last day when there was no sun but lots of clouds we discovered that you can still 'catch' the sun. Look at her blonde eyebrows and eyelashes. There is a sufficient dose of her mother's Irish blood in this child thats for sure. She didnt have those freckles before we went on holiday!! :)

another favourite...

can you just about hear that sea?