Now that all the necessary parts of the camera have been reunited we can post some of the pictures from Christmas!!!
Peasants!
Its Scotland, its Christmas.......lets have a Barbeque!
Charlotte and Granny - and a slightly sinister looking gentleman at the door!
I've just taken these of Charlotte. She was really enjoying the camera! She is sitting really well now and as a result is happy for longer periods without being held. Callum is asleep otherwise he would be in there too. It's quite a squash but they seem to manage okay!
Pictures from the "missing period" to follow!
We have turned the house upside down and inside out in a desperate search for the missing bits to the camera, namely the charger!!
I'm sure it will turn up at some point, but until then my phone will do the best it can!!!
We woke up (early!) this morning to snow falling. Not an everyday occurance by the sea and a certain young lad was very excited! There will be more on the way tonight apparently and hopefully we'll get to make a snowman.
The neighbours car outside the house.......
The view from my office........
This appeard on the Sky website today.......................
Brighton Boy: DJ Norman Cook It’s home to super fit celebrities including DJ Fat Boy Slim, wife Zoe Ball, Heather Mills McCartney and Chris Eubank.
Now, the seaside city of Brighton and Hove has been named as the healthiest place to live in the UK.
Residents of the city indulge in a lifestyle of cycling, yoga and eating greens which puts them ahead in the fitness and happiness stakes.
A study for Sky Travel showed there is a higher than average number of gyms, personal trainers, cycle and healthfood shops in the south coast city.
And a lower than average number of fast food joints.
Brighton topped a list of 15 cities, followed closely by Bristol and London – with Liverpool and Glasgow coming in as the least healthy places to live.
Brighton is best Brightonians are eating their way to a healthy image, with nearly a third of residents eating at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day.
They are also more likely to leave their cars at home and cycle or walk to work instead.
The research also revealed you are twice as likely to find a yoga club in Brighton as opposed to any of the other 15 British cities.
The healthy lifestyle leads to Brighton residents living to an average age of 78, more than a year longer than the average age of the other 15 cities.
London is second only to Brighton in terms of healthy eating. However, the capital’s standing is hampered by having the worst air quality in the whole of the UK.
The healthy league table in full:
1 BrightonI must charge the camera so we can keep posting pictures. These pictures were taken on Dad's camera last week when he came down to spend a couple of nights while Mum was in Dubai with Tessa.
We had a lovley lunch at Tony and Laura's last weekend with Ruby and Bee, but once again we did not have the camera!
It’s been a quiet couple of weeks down here by the sea, plus the memory card from the camera disappeard for a short while hence the lack of photos.
I was reminded of this video clip again the other day and I had to laugh!!
This is a special picture from Callum for his Daddy - inspired a little by his Poppa!!!!!!!!
Callum Charlotte and I arrived in Scotland on Sunday having had a very exciting trip up on an "eleplane". We were blessed with the presence of someone else's grandmother in the seat behind who was happy to entertain Callum while I fed Charlotte. Callum has enjoyed the seasonal weather
Charlotte on the other hand has been less happy about getting dressed up to go out - although how she could object to wearing such a lovely hat (knitted by Lally) is a mystery!
A few more pics just relaxing...
Washbrook Farm in Hurstpierpoint has a fantastic childrens' playground as well as a few farm animals.
Callum loved this slide!!
Charlotte takes to the skies for the first time tomorrow for a visit to Scotland with Vic and Callum. Can you believe that babies have to have their own passports these days? Bonkers!
Fly well my little one.
Charlotte started the week with a lunch date with her friend Cora - Joe and Trish's daughter - born just 3 and a half weeks before her. These pictures really make me laugh!
Callum's big news of the week was his graduation to a bed. The picture below was taken this evening, 5 mins ago - the lump under the duvet is Callum. He has made the transition really well and we've only gone in to him once to find him standing by the window rather disorientated.
The focus of our weekend was a visit from Adam and Hannah.
Highlights of their visit included champagne for Hannah's birthday (which was last week) a fabulous curry prepared by the two brothers and a sea kayaking adventure for Adam. Callum loves the trip to and from the sea.
We spent a lovely weekend in Hereford for the children's first bonfire night. The weather was fantastic although blimin' cold! This was the view on Saturday morning from the house!
Charlotte was clearly happy to be there.......
............and she loved the walk up on Hay Bluff.
We were joined by our friends Peter and Sabine, with their four year old Julius.
Right behind you Granny!
Charlotte and Vic at sunset.
We took Callum and Julius to the local firework display. There was a HUGE fire which gave this incredible light. However, there was a really long wait for the fireworks and Callum kept asking if we could go home to bed. Once the display started though, he was very impressed!
This weekend Sveta and her two children, Sofia and Maria came to stay. They are Russian but live in Holland so they can all speak at least three languages - sometimes I am so envious!!
Callum and the girls got on like a house of fire and was particulary smitten with Maria.
By Sunday morning we had the making of a really good rock and roll band, although I think some of us may have been taking it slightly more seriously than others!!
On Saturday we spent the day at Middle Farm, a fully working farm and visitor centre that is great for small people. It also happened to be the Apple Festival which meant there was music, a fun fare, lots of food and plenty of Cider (which made it great for bigger people too)!
Grandma and Callum were very excited to be there.
Charlotte was slightly less impressed!
You could taste every single one of these if you wanted to. Norma and I did our best, but I know one man who would have done better - there was plenty of Gwatkins cider there too.
Our friend Dave (left) had organised all the music for the weekend which was really good, a real country flavour.
These guys were getting really into it! They are Welsh Morris dancers apparently.......
..........who did a rather entertaining fertility dance!
