Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Cara's wet teddy


Cara's wet teddy
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Cara dropped her teddy in the bath (we'll never know why). When she saw it on the washing line she was a bit distraught - she does love teddy.

Friday, June 24, 2005

Jonah's photos


Fire Station
Originally uploaded by Jonah Lenfestey.
Jonah got a camera for his birthday. He now has his own Flickr account. He'll be choosing HIS favourites to put up there.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Jonah, Cara and the tractor

Jonah has been taking Cara for a ride in his tractor. He waits for her to walk over and get in to the trailer, then he just cruises round the car parky area of our house - they both love it.

Sunday, June 19, 2005

New Kayak


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Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
We decided YES.
Meriel went to Jersey yesterday for a kayaking trip and came back with this. It's a sit on top kayak (Islander Hula for those who care) which we can take to the beach and anyone can use. It's easy to paddle about but can also surf.
We took it to Vazon today and tried it in the small surf - it was fun:-) Even Jonah got to have a go. Modelled in this picture by Drew.

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Try out Kayak day - Grand Rocques

Today we helped out at a try out day for people who want to go kayaking. The sun shone all day and there was an excellent turn out (I reckon about 60 or 70 people got to have a go). Even Lenny got to go in a kayak.
We're very temped to buy a sit on top kayak so that Lenny and anyone who visits can get out on the water (My kayak is very customised to my size). Even Jonah could have a go. Watch this space to see what we decide!

Monday, June 06, 2005

Jonah is 4


Jonah is 4
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Although he still had to go to school today.
He's got a camera from his mum and dad and a tractor from his Grandma.
It's going to be a busy day.

Boogie!


Boogie
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Cara can now walk a decent distance (I think 58 steps is the record so far). She's also cornering quite well, which was a problem for her in the early days of walking. Now she just needs somewhere to walk to.

Friday, May 20, 2005

swing swing

Cara & Jonah at Ladies Bay
Cara, standing
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Cara has a tummy bug - but she still manages to be a delight.

Friday, May 13, 2005

Cara's walking

It happened on the 11th May, I think. So we didn't get it on camera (although looking at the event through an LCD screen is highly overrated and can't really be classed as watching the actual thing), but Cara really walked. She didn't even seem to notice it, it was just a way to get from A to B without having to go through the hassle of getting down, crawling and getting up again. Of course we couldn't get her to do it again and it's been two days now without a repeat performance.

Friday, May 06, 2005

Sequence of Cara standing up

Nothing up her sleeves and no camera trickery. Hoorah!

Friday, April 29, 2005

Cara, standing again


Cara, standing
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
We haven't see a huge amount of the standing recently, but it's getting slowly more frequent. Ok, so to be honest we rigged the last (and first) image of Cara standing, but that was only because she had been standing before we got the camera out and wouldn't do it again - it was "representative" of her first efforts. This is the real deal as is shown by the face.

Nook


Nook
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Good to have the cats back living with us again. They're clearly enjoying being around us - shame it's only until the building works start on the house.

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Cara on the phone


Cara on the phone
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
After speaking to Catherine on the phone, jonah and Cara started playing with it. This is a picture of Cara copying us, although when there is really someone at the other end, she just turns her head to the earpiece to see what's making the noise - which slightly defeats the object of using the handset.

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Jo's Bike


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Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Jo is really into his bike and is currently enjoying riding around and around and around the Saint's View carpark (which isn't that big). Still, keeps him out of trouble.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Jonah's portraits of Spencer from Balamory


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Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
His drawings are starting to be recognisable. It's interesting to see that most body parts are correctly positioned except for the arms which come out of the sides of the head.

Cara's standing


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Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Cara stood up (in fact it was yesterday), she crawled up on my leg and let go. It must have been for a while, because I had time to shout "Meriel, Meriel, Meriel, Meriel, Meriel, Meriel, quick, quick, quick, come here, come here" and she did and she saw - I make that about five seconds. Cara was naturally oblivious to her achievments.

Friday, April 01, 2005

Crikey!


Crikey!
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
This man looks SLIGHTLY SCARED - and this is the BIG one.

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

A long awaited day for Lenny

This man looks VERY HAPPY- and this is the SMALL kite.

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Monday, March 28, 2005

Cara's painting

Cara had a busy morning...

Cara paintingThe masterpiece

Friday, March 25, 2005

L'Ancresse age illustrator


L'Ancresse age illustrator
Originally uploaded by Lenny & Meriel.
Good Friday - a walk up to the rifle range at L'Ancresse (no shooting today). Couldn't resist lining the kids up against their (approximate)ages and stocking up on birthday invitation materials.