Saturday, 26 December 2009
Happy Christmas Everyone!
We spent Christmas in Seascale with Geoff's family, and had a good time. More pictures may follow later, but for now, here is Ruth in her new dress from Godmother Amy.
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Progress report - Everyday Life
So far today, in no particular order, we have:
- Got up late (no surprises there!)
- Gone to church
- Gone shopping
- Washed 4 loads of laundry
- Dried 3 loads of laundry (one is still drying)
- Put away 5 loads of laundry (two from earlier)
- Run 3 loads through the dishwasher
- Gone for an adventure walk in the dark with the kids (so David can try out his new flashlight)
- Cooked 2 proper meals and improvised a snack breakfast
- Admired the ripe red peppers & chillis in the garden (Geoff is amazed they ripened in November, even if they are under glass.)
- Harvested a pumpkin.
- Shredded 1 bin full of old paperwork
- Thrown out two bin-bags of other rubbish.
- Taken Chrissy's old PC off her desk and made a laptop docking space for her.
- Emptied one "mystery box" from the study
- Repaired two books
- Laminated "Spy Kit" from Ruth's favourite library book (with library approval.)
- Chatted/Webcammed with Matt in the US.
- Continued to clear&sort Chrissy's Desk
- Watched an episode of Planet Earth with the children
- Played on Facebook/browsed the internet.
- Forgotten a couple of other things we wanted to mention
- Posted first Blog update in two months!
- Got up late (no surprises there!)
- Gone to church
- Gone shopping
- Washed 4 loads of laundry
- Dried 3 loads of laundry (one is still drying)
- Put away 5 loads of laundry (two from earlier)
- Run 3 loads through the dishwasher
- Gone for an adventure walk in the dark with the kids (so David can try out his new flashlight)
- Cooked 2 proper meals and improvised a snack breakfast
- Admired the ripe red peppers & chillis in the garden (Geoff is amazed they ripened in November, even if they are under glass.)
- Harvested a pumpkin.
- Shredded 1 bin full of old paperwork
- Thrown out two bin-bags of other rubbish.
- Taken Chrissy's old PC off her desk and made a laptop docking space for her.
- Emptied one "mystery box" from the study
- Repaired two books
- Laminated "Spy Kit" from Ruth's favourite library book (with library approval.)
- Chatted/Webcammed with Matt in the US.
- Continued to clear&sort Chrissy's Desk
- Watched an episode of Planet Earth with the children
- Played on Facebook/browsed the internet.
- Forgotten a couple of other things we wanted to mention
- Posted first Blog update in two months!
Thursday, 17 September 2009
A bedtime story
About 15 mins after he was put to bed, David walked into the study. Before I could say anything, he told me that he wasn't being naughty, he was just letting me know he needed the bathroom, then off he went.
A few minutes later, after the expected sound effects, he trots back in holding a tube of bubble mixture out and proudly announces that he has managed to solve the little ball puzzle in the lid. I look closely, and sure enough, he has. He is obviously very proud of his trick, so I ask him if he'd like to do another. Of course, he says "Yes."
I tell him for his next trick he should get back into bed and stay there until it's time to get up for school.
"OK" he says, and off he goes.
Then, he stops in hallway, half-way to his room, and looks back at me.
"You're a cheeky monkey Daddy." he says with a big grin. The he trots off to bed.
A few minutes later, after the expected sound effects, he trots back in holding a tube of bubble mixture out and proudly announces that he has managed to solve the little ball puzzle in the lid. I look closely, and sure enough, he has. He is obviously very proud of his trick, so I ask him if he'd like to do another. Of course, he says "Yes."
I tell him for his next trick he should get back into bed and stay there until it's time to get up for school.
"OK" he says, and off he goes.
Then, he stops in hallway, half-way to his room, and looks back at me.
"You're a cheeky monkey Daddy." he says with a big grin. The he trots off to bed.
Delays...
Well, the rest of the cruise posts are going to take a bit longer to post than planned....
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Well, we're back...
...and very tired, but had a great time.
The final cruise updates will appear in the next few days, I hope.
TTFN
The final cruise updates will appear in the next few days, I hope.
TTFN
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Tuesday 25th August 2009 - Half-Moon Cay
Half-Moon Cay is a private island in the Bahamas. It is owned by the Bahamas Government, but leased to Royal Carribean as a cruise destination. The island is 5 miles long and 2 miles wide, but is almosy hollow, with a huge lagoon in the center.
We spent our day here on the beach, enjoying warm seas, white sands, and waterslides. Lunch was listed as "beach barbecue", but was actually a short walk inland, where there is a big cook house and a series of covered dining areas amongst the palms and sea-oat trees. All in all, a fun, relaxing day.
Oh, and if you look on a map, you won't find Half-Moon Cay. On the charts it is properly named Little San Salvador!
We spent our day here on the beach, enjoying warm seas, white sands, and waterslides. Lunch was listed as "beach barbecue", but was actually a short walk inland, where there is a big cook house and a series of covered dining areas amongst the palms and sea-oat trees. All in all, a fun, relaxing day.
Oh, and if you look on a map, you won't find Half-Moon Cay. On the charts it is properly named Little San Salvador!