Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Beach time again


Fash
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Summer is so near that we headded to the beach this aftee. Both the kids went swimming at Pembroke, Meriel paddled and Lenny (naturally) flew his kite. Beautiful day, first of many.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Mum by Jo


Mum by Jo
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
He particularly like the placement of the head. So do I, as it goes.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Holiday


Going in
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
We just had Georgie, Russel and Sarah to stay. It was a lovely time and now we all think it's quite sad that they've gone. The pics of the holiday in Flickr start with this one of Jo and Georgie walking into the sea (and then running away from the waves).

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Rockstar


Rockstar
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Cara is winding up for summer. She's so glam.

Out on the bike again


DSC_0013
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
It's been really cold recently, but a break in the weather means that Jonah was straight out on his bike, despite being sick the previous night and morning.

Thursday, March 30, 2006

MPG update

This is probably not at all interesting to anyone else out there - but we've got a new figure for fuel efficiency to make ourselves feel smug about having a Prius. 27.5mpg on the Peugeot this time and still averaging 50mpg on the Prius.

Mmmmm - smug :-)

Monday, March 20, 2006

Job done, tea up


Job done, tea up
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Jonah seen with new tower and cup of tea. School is good and reading is progressing well. Both the kids are settling into the routine here, shortly before Summer and the move to the new property upsets the apple cart once again.

More bunches


Bunches
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Things obviously aren't moving too quickly for us to be concentrating on bunches, but at least we have a better picture.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Bunches


Bunches
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Cara's hair is now long enough for us to be tying it back - sweet.

Monday, February 13, 2006

The Prius really DOES make a difference

After a deeply scientific experiment we are now in a position to publish the results of our test to gauge the worth of the Prius.
Not only is the Prius a pleasure to drive and a novelty which still hasn't worn off - it is also twice as efficient as our Pergeot 306 (a less powerful, smaller car). On Guernsey's winding lanes we get 25 MPG in the Pergeot and 50 MPG in the Prius.

Phewww!

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Shifting gravel


Shifting gravel
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
At Grandma's house the kids shift gravel. It's quite slow, but you can't knock cheap labour. They have (yes, really and honestly) shifted over a ton since September.

Cara's hat


Cara's hat
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
She inherited it from Bebe. It's nice.

Jonah's truck


Jonah's truck
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Jo and Dad built a truck - Jo did the paint job. What a beauty.
He's still enjoying school - although we only have a few grunts of approval as proof of that. He's been put up a reading group, which we assume is really good, especially since he seems to be the youngest in his year - clever boy.

Friday, January 27, 2006

Gherkins


Gherkins
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Cara loves 'em. Why? I couldn't tell you.

Meanwhile Jo's reading skills are progressing apace and he's doing really well at school.

Today he went swimming and got his sixth swimming badge (this one's for water skills).

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Cara the tiger


Cara the tiger
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Jo and Cara are really starting to play together, which is enormously satisfying to watch.
Here Cara's nicked Jo's tiger mask and is running around terrorising me.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Shoes


Shoes
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Cara has some new shoes - these aren't they, but there's more growing space in the one's she's wearing here. Always being practical, us.

Monday, January 02, 2006

New year kayaking


New year kayaking
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
A morning kayaking today - in the surf. This was a small wave - they weren't all so small (the photographer had left when they got bigger!). A couple of the bigger ones left me swimming. It's cold in that water! No surprises there!
Yesterday we decided to chase away the hangovers and begin the new year with a swim (in wetsuits)in the (much wilder) sea.

Cara sporting her new coat


Cara sporting her new coat
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Another favourite is here

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Jonah's party outfit


Jonah's party outfit
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Jo went to Jamie's party on Saturday. It was fancy dress and he went as Santa's little helper.
On the school front, his reading is coming along really well and he seems to enjoy it too.