Christmas

Well it's all over for another year. However lots of fun was had over the festive period.

So all set on Christmas eve - stockings out

Brandy and a home made biscuit for Santa

And don't forget the reindeer, a bowl of water, a carrot and some reindeer food

And amazingly Santa delivers

So three very happy children

My lovely girls very happy on Christmas Day

And not forgetting the husband with his Christmas present.

Half term fun

Wow now up to date and putting on something from only 2 days ago !! As it was Inset Day the older girls had a trip to Chessington. Although it was a little cold and damp they still had lots of fun.

Halloween fun everywhere in the park

Some of the girls being brave

And then not quite so brave !!

Watch out for the Kobra !

And despite the cold they still went on the wet ride.

And then finally the scariest of the lot.

Katie's Birthday

Having spent her birthday in Florida at Busch Gardens Katie then celebrated with her friends going climbing

Hannah's party trick is to hang from the pegs in her harness !!

And thanks to Peej and Mimi for all their help

Some got more confident as they went

Katie of course shows no fear and will try anything

 Always happy to pose

A very tricky one but well tried Sinead.

Florida 2012

So a little delayed but here are the piccies from our mammoth trip to Florida. Thankfully only a very small selection. 

The traditional shot outside Cinderella's castle in Magic Kingdom

One of Lucy's favourite parts was Seaworld and of course the Orca show.

Fascinating day at Kennedy Space centre, even though Hannah was being cheeky in this shot.

Hannah's best bit was finding all the characters in one place with only a few minute queue. Of course the best being Minnie Mouse.

A nice relax in our Spa Pool

Our house

Voted by all as the best park - Busch Gardens which we went to on Katie's birthday. Loads of fab roller coasters for all.

The animals were great too. Here you could see the tigers right next to you.

The best roller coaster voted by all (except for Hannah as she was too small for it !) Manta in Seaworld

And of course another favourite of Lucys' feeding the Dolphins

Summer Holidays

Ok so I have not updated this for quite a while !! So here goes.

First week of the summer holidays, what a manic week with 2 extra children to entertain we managed Warwick Castle, Thorpe Park and Chessington amongst other things. Great weather and lots of fun was had 

The gang chillin' in the shade at Warwick Castle

Watching the Trebuchet (not sure I spelt that right !!)

 The fab view over the castle

And the bit we went for is the Jousting as none of us had seen it before.

And Lucy loved the birds of prey show 

(no idea how to get the photo round the right way though !!)

Then onto Thorpe Park and the brave ones on Detonator that basically takes you up really slowly then just randomly drops you !!

The wet rides were the best as it was so hot.

And the girlies on the Carousel

Catch up

So a bit of catching up to do. Starting with the beginning of the summer holidays. Firstly we had tickets to see the hockey on the Olympics. Despite the horrible rain we had a great time watching the hockey and loved walking around the Olympic Park and soaking up the atmosphere.

 Then we had a lovely day out with Jill and Eleanor in Henley where we had a picnic, fed the ducks and went down the river on a lovely boat.