Polly gets a hair cut....

We got Polly firstly for the girls and secondly as she wasn't supposed to moult, well she does and I CAN"T stand dog hair!!!! It goes every where, the other day I cleaned the extraction unit above the stove and it was covered in hairs, how do they get up there for goodness sake? So Polly went to the groomers, and she came out with bows in her ears. Paddy, Georgie and I all went awwwww when we saw her, she looked so cute! I took her into school to show Emma's class, the children loved it! Anyway has it made it any better with the dropping of the hair, I am afraid not, but the girls love her and thats all that matters really!

Going, going, gone.......

Today we had a huge conifer tree cut down from our back garden. It was such a massive tree and in winter completely shaded our garden which made it a damp place to be! I also cannot stand conifers, they constantly drop mess all year round and they just grow so huge. I couldn't believe the guy up the tree, I got so nervous seeing him up there, with the chainsaw swinging around but he got it down I think in just over an hour, the garden looks great, heaps of light, we are going to plant another tree, one that loses it leaves in winter and also has lots of colour, any ideas anyone?

Emma loses a front tooth

On Tuesday after swimming Emma lost a front tooth on a drink bottle! She screamed so loud John thought she had shut her hand in the car door, Emma is not good with blood, especially when it is her own!! She is very pleased with herself though, she feels like a very big girl, I can't believe how quickly they grow up. It only felt like yesterday when she got her first tooth, and now she is losing her baby teeth!!

A good book.....

Paddy and Georgie are at another birthday party, so Emma got stuck into a good book, in the hammock in the sunshine, blissful!!!!

The van der Peets for dinner!!

Here are the girls enjoying an ice cream after dinner at our house last night. I took about 10 photo's and in every single one, one of them was pulling a face, I think children's photographers must have the patience of a saint!

Old MacDonald's Farm

Paddy and Georgie went to a birthday party last weekend and the entertainment was Old MacDonald's Farm. They had such a brilliant time and they were so excited when they came home and told us all about it. Paddy and Georgie just love animals in fact so much so, their greatest wish is to go and live on a farm!! Can't imagine me in wellies though!!!

Happy Halloween

Paddy and Georgie 'Witch' off to kindy!

The gang off trick or treating

I know I am only a week late, but I had a rather nasty tummy bug which meant I haven't done much and only catching up with things now! John took Emma, Paddy and Georgie plus Saskia and Heidi out 'Trick or Treating'. They had such a good time, and especially enjoyed their little bag of goodies afterwards! The only downside it was so cold, but I don't think the kids minded too much. They are all so cute!