The garden at Epi and Carol's

As a kid, it's a great feeling to have your dinner and still be able to play outside afterwards. That's what my boys have been experiencing over the last two weeks of the Christmas holidays. They've spent them with Epi and Carol (not Lewis, he and I went to pick up the boys yesterday so unfortunately for him, he only joined in on the last night, but I'm sure over his childhood he will have many of the same opportunities as Daniel and Oliver are having now!). The old swing broke during their holiday, so a new one was purchased and installed and a great time was had by all.

Tree climbing was also the go last night,although Lewis didn't last long up his tree.

Henry and Daniel are ol' pros.And, of course, there had to be some twilight cricket played.

Happy Birthday Daniel

It's Daniel's 9th Birthday today.

Daniel explains to Lewis how the "robosapien" works. He looks very interested!

Daniel's piano concert

Today was Daniel's end of year piano concert. He played two pieces and did a wonderful job. We all sang 12 Days of Christmas at the conclusion and on the line "Five golden rings", all the kids rang bells.
Lewis was very good and slept through the whole concert.
This is Daniel with his teacher Alana. She is off to Spain in January for most of next year. We will miss her tremendously. We are yet to find another teacher!

Lounging around

Some recent photos