Posted in School hols on January 28th, 2010 4 Comments »

On Tuesday we headed out to the Botanical Gardens in gloriously, hot sunshine. We parked at the top of the cable car, with a plan to walk all down hill, via the playground, duck pond, Sound Shell, Rose Gardens and into the city, before riding the cable car back up. However, poor Sophie [...]
Posted in School hols on December 22nd, 2009 5 Comments »

The sun rose at 5.45am and set at 8.54pm and what a beautiful day it’s been. There’s such a holiday spirit in the air. At the beach this evening folk were kicking back and enjoying the most perfect time. The sound of the waves gently lapping on the shore at Princess Bay [...]
Posted in Charlotte on March 7th, 2009 4 Comments »

A week ago Charli’s entire school ditched the books and headed to the beach on foot for the day – how cool is that!
They had a splash of a time, with classes taking it in turns to swim in the sea, whilst the rest of the children delighted in building amazing sandcastles, drawing in the [...]
Posted in Charlotte, Dan, Sarah, Sophie on December 31st, 2008 2 Comments »

Phewie, the BBQ has been steaming over the past few day’s. Dan’s got the whole week off work and we are so blessed to feel like we’re having a holiday at home in our beautiful garden, with the sea just a short walk away. Kathy and Mark came round on Sunday, with their [...]
Posted in Charlotte, Sophie on August 28th, 2008 3 Comments »

SJ is approaching two and three quarters and is such a little chatterbox. She’s an absolute delight to spend the day with and puts a smile on everyone’s face. This week has followed our usual pattern of visits to the library for story-time, swim lesson, play-dates and time enjoying the outdoors.
Today, was a [...]
Posted in Charlotte, Sophie on June 18th, 2008 2 Comments »

Today was glorious. The air was calm, not a cloud in the sky. There was the distinct recollection of summer in the air (though of course we are not that easily fooled!). After many afternoons tucked up at home or at the museum it was with great relief that we could return, [...]