The afterschool fairy

Halloween just past, better late than never!

Here in London we do trunk or treat!

Hot coco on a rainy afternoon...

Luke's Irish side coming out. :)

fossil hunters

We made Lulu jump a whole lot of fences on this trip!

Featuring the Carney brothers...

Playing it cool for the camera ;-)

Out for a walk in Dorset

Lost in Britain's oldest maze!

Allie explains

...what it's like to have a rainbow ice brain freeze...

Our budding photographer James.

Cool shot huh!

Babies in a basket

Here are two baby birds literally hanging just in front of the door to
my parents house. We have watched them all day being fed by their
parents. The plant may not be doing so well, but the babes certainly
are happy up there.

Allie has been hinting at something...

A moment of spring and child hood

Just like the flower petals of a cherry tree, that tricycle won't be at our doorstep forever...
Allie liked this picture and wanted me to post it. :-)

Sheer joy, what a dare-devil...

She saw the giant slide and knew what she wanted...She went down several
times with no pause...

Weaving the maypole with a cast on...

This past weekend was May Fair at the kids school. As part of the festivities the 4th
grade did some very intricate weaving around the maypole. It was very fun to watch. :-)
I was impressed to see Luke get through some very tight spaces with his cast still on!
Great job to all and Luke!

The cast comes off!!

Brilliant!

They should have a shop in New York if they don't.

Cool hand Luke

Allie shops for fun in the sun!

Dreams come true at IKEA ;-)

Ah Road trips...

Note that James loves his Pasta so much he prefers to have it travel on his lap!

Just uncovered this...Rose in Luke's arms

And, that's Allie's little hand coming over to protect her. :-)

The gang in Italy

Love Luke sporting my sunglasses, and Allie's chocolate smeared face! ;-)

One smart duck...

Hope you can see this phone picture.. This female apparently for the
last 3 years has returned to this shwanky home depot greenhouse type
store to lay her eggs and wait. Allie and I came across her today as
we were shopping for compost for our tomatoes. I did a double take
because there I was in the back of the shop, no one else, just me and
this duck and her nest. I got allie to come over and she couldn't see
her at first as this mommy was so well camouflaged! She certainly has
outsmarted the British foxes after her eggs!

French Riviera Allie

Sipping her hot chocolate on the terrace.... We are all busy squinting
through breakfast, the kids are going through culture shock to this
sunny climate!

Flower Power

Happy Easter!

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Love those cheeks!

more trumpeting

Back when Luke was 7

Johnny A. giving Luke a try at the trumpet

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

Ooof only a face a mother or father could love! ;-)

Early morning lesson

The easy chair ;-)

Happy travelers

Luke playing this past summer in Ireland

Fun in the school playground!

Ack! Stuck with the camera phone again, but better that than nothing!

Finally!!!

Yes, It's more like her half birthday, but we finally were able to settle a date for Allie's celebration with her friends.
She has planned and planned away for it, talking each week of what we could do at her party...
I think for sure this is the most organized we have ever been for a party!

The teacher...

Allie preparing her birthday friends for some yoga fun!

Reflections of the past...

This was back when Luke and James were 5 and 4, taken at an antiques market outside Brussels.

The Sweet Express

For sure, what cuties. Of course, it's days like these where I resign
to leaving my camera at home and then I come across so many images I
would love to share. This gang was out for a school trip and were
being informed about the London railway. In the least I had my phone
camera. These British uniforms get me every time, kids look so grown
up in them. ;-)

Does anyone know this child???

What a day!

After running around and helping to cook up a big Indian feast, our
three little Indians passed out!

Our pensive Luke...

On the train into Finchley this early morning.

The new Allie...

After seeing James get his haircut earlier this week she was
inspired..and in school today apparently was caught playing
hairdresser! Needless to say she was banned from scissors for the rest
of the week by her teacher. Coincedentally today was the day we had
planned to go for her hair cut, she insisted she wanted it short short
short! Here are the results:

Thanks for your wishes for a Happy Anniversary!

Here we are at the Old Harry Rocks in Dorset.
Brian was under the impression that they were old and hairy, but it turned out they are named after old Harry!
(I set the camera up a top my bag and hoped for neither us or the camera to take a tumble);-)

Our new favorite bookshop

Brian says it give him a headache to look at this pile of books! Thanks to our friend Ellen who introduced us to John Sandoe Books in Chelsea.

Lulu in London! ;-)

Lulu sighting on the Millennium Bridge out on a gorgeous day!

Luke seriously trying to scare James as we wait to enter Highgate Cemetery

Thank you to cousin Brendan, we wouldn't have thought to have gone here if it weren't for his influence! He gave the boys a book
which takes place in the cemetery.

Walking up Egyptian Avenue

The boys were very excited as they had read about this part of the cemetery in The GraveYard Book, by Neil Gaiman.