Tribal Gathering in Hereford

We are in Hereford this weekend for Charlotte's first birthday tomorrow. What with all the grandparents and Adam and Hannah, Callum is very excited!!

We headed out this morning to Hay Bluff (big hill!) where the scenery in stunning.

In case you are wondering, Charlotte is behind me in the backpack.......

By the way, do have a look at From The Four Corners.....Andrew has added a post from California. Weird and wonderful photos!!!

One Year On

It seems hard to believe that it is exactly 12 months to the day that we started this blog. So much has happened since then! Of course, Charlotte was born. Another historic moment was when Callum had his first haircut. There have been trips to Scotland and Hereford, and we have had many comings and goings.

There have been a total of 100 posts in the last 365 days and lots of great comments - they are the best bit!

My favourite blog moment? Its probably this!

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Today marks the one year anniversary of A Seaside Perspective, and what a year it has been! More on that later..........

It is also Mum's/Granny's birthday, so Happy Birthday!!!!

Guitar Man

This picture was taken at a birthday party on Saturday afternoon.

Is it me, or does Callum look like a complete natural?!

Setting an Example

Now, I'm not proclaiming to be some sort of parental expert. But I reckon I've learnt some basics over the last nearly three years.

One of the things I've learnt in the importance of setting an example to your children. If you want them to behave in a particular way the best thing is to demonstrate what you mean. In this instance I'm talking about furniture and how it should be used.

i.e. Its best not to stand on the coffee table, and sofas are for chilling on, not jumping. If you want to jump, use the bed etc, etc.

Anyway, after my shower this morning I came down stairs to be greeted by this............

......Extreme sofa jumping!!!!

It was very funny, and if I had not been wearing a suit already, I must admit I would have had a go too!!!

Early Start

It was a scarily early start to the day today with Callum waking up at 4:45!!!!! Although we managed to keep sending him back to bed until 5:45 at which point we gave up!

The upside was that we caught the best part of a beautiful day down at the play park.

Callum has learnt how to climb up and down on this........

We even managed to watch some of the skateboarders.

Its always good to be in the beach.

We all went to the theatre at 10:30 to see the Gruffalo's Child.

"A Gruffalo? What's a Gruffalo?"

"A Gruffalo, why don't you know"

You know the one!!

Happy Independence Day!

To those of you living State side, Happy holiday!

A Sneaky Beer

Yesterday we jumped in the car with a plan of a quick walk on the Downs. However, both children fell asleep within minutes. so we took the opportunity to grab a couple of minutes with a beer.

This is the Shepherd & Dog in Fulking. The children were sleeping in Vic's car in the background. The best bit was when the guy on the horse turned up. He was dressed head to toe in all the leather gear - he really looked the part. The only thing that looked slightly out of place was the Bluetooth headset sticking out of his ear!

Playing with Picasa

New Born

Victoria's cousin Tara has just given birth to a beautiful little girl, Aliénor Maisie. Picture over at The Four Corners. Congratulations to both Tara and Jan.

News from California

Forgot to mention that there is now another post on From The Four Corners (or Four Seasons as it has quickly become known!), this time from the US. Check it out.....

Rambling with the Ramblers

I'm now in Scotland too, and today we headed to the east coast for a three mile walk with the Ramblers. I had Charlotte on my back in the backpack, but Callum managed the whole walk.








This part of the Scottish coast line is beautiful.

Afterwards there was a BBQ!

Charlotte demonstrating that she could have walked some of it!

Back at Grandma and Poppa's

More extreme base jumping!

Just in case there was not enough water around.

Missing - Wife and Children

Victoria and the children took to the skies this morning heading for Scotland. Look out for some Scottish posts later in the week!

Strange Photo!

I meant to add this picture to a previous post, but managed to miss it off. Perhaps this would be better suited to From The Four Corners. Any how, quite what these seagulls were up to on this pile of gravel at Shoreham Harbour I do not know!!

The Hove Express

This video footage was taken using the camera that Tessa gave us. Might be a bit fuzzy, but lets see.........

The End of a Long Week

Luxembourg Calling!

Excellent - another post over at Four Corners, this time form Karen in Luxembourg.

Looks like a great party!

So, that's now Londond, Scotland and Luxembourg on the blog, but what about the rest of you??

Don't forget, leave a message on this post if you need the invite again.

Action Man!

Living life to the extreme, Callum bombs down to the beach on his bike.........

.........where he performs some extreme base jumping.

Okay, so it's not that high, but when you're not even three, it's high enough!!

New Old Camera

Tessa and her friend Josh stayed with us this weekend on their way through to LA. Tessa gave us her old camera, as she now has a new one, which the pictures below were taken with.

All the photos of Tess etc were taken with her camera so I don't have any copies (Tess, if you could email them at some point that would be great!).

Say cheese boys........oh well.

Gotcha!

Never a problem getting a picture of this one!!

The Isle of Arran on The Four Corners

Another entry now on The Four Corners blog, this time from Scotland! Check it out here. Welcome Norma!

So, what's happening in California, Boston, Canada, Dubai, Australia, Luxembourg and the other parts of the world/UK that our extended 'family' covers??

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