Elvis is still alive, I knew it all along.
This is us blogging from the Algarve. The weather is fabulous, you
have to forgive us sharing that as our friends sit back home in the
rain.
The apartment hotel we are staying at is superb and worth every one
of the four stars it has been awarded. Despite the stars, the pool
is a bit chilly, the children don't seem to mind that so much.
We had a non eventful journey except for me getting a random search
at the airport - sigh.
We have been exploring the area where we are staying and tonight we
decided to head into the old town. What an interesting place
Albufeira is, we experienced many a strange thing here ... Elvis,
did I mention he is alive and well sporting a very nice sun tan. We
saw a one armed fire eater. A man with a White painted face who
wore a gown which looked like one of those dresses the toilet roll
dollies wore.
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What was most interesting was the huge open air escalators leading to and from the beach.
On a more serious note Sol has been I'll, she was sick today and has fever of 102. We are considering contacting a doctor.
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Sunday, 10 May 2009
Wishes
These photos of Sol on our trip to the Wetlands deserved their own post. I just thought Sol was particularly cute today. She kept finding the dandelion clocks, and trying to blow them. Sol calls them 'Wishes'.
Here she is getting ready to wish.
One Two Three Blow!
Harder
Oh no, the blowing didn't work - try something else.
That's it done now.
Here she is getting ready to wish.
One Two Three Blow!
Harder
Oh no, the blowing didn't work - try something else.
That's it done now.
Trip To The Wetlands
This is the first of two blog posts about today.
We visited the Balloo Wetlands Nature reserve today. This was it's official opening, its a new reserve where The Wildlife Trust have turned boggy waste ground into a haven for wildlife. Although its only been there about a year already there are birds and pond life establishing themselves. As you will see from the photographs the weather was very kind to us also.
The opening day was marked with various activities - here are the photos!
The Mayor, Leslie Cree, was visiting to help mark the day. There were a few photographers and a camera man filming, they wanted a child to sit beside the mayor for a photo shoot. So wouldn't you know, not one, but two of my children got in on the action! They ended up in the newspaper that week.
Watching the pond dipping.
Summer enjoying some tadpoles which were on display.
We visited the Balloo Wetlands Nature reserve today. This was it's official opening, its a new reserve where The Wildlife Trust have turned boggy waste ground into a haven for wildlife. Although its only been there about a year already there are birds and pond life establishing themselves. As you will see from the photographs the weather was very kind to us also.
The opening day was marked with various activities - here are the photos!
The Mayor, Leslie Cree, was visiting to help mark the day. There were a few photographers and a camera man filming, they wanted a child to sit beside the mayor for a photo shoot. So wouldn't you know, not one, but two of my children got in on the action! They ended up in the newspaper that week.
This was Seb pond dipping. He caught quite a few living things which we looked at closely before throwing them back.
Watching the pond dipping.
Two swans have already made themselves at home, along with a couple of different breeds of ducks.
~In the bird hide
Summer enjoying some tadpoles which were on display.
Tigers At Large
Sol was playing with her bread crusts! Here she is showing off her 'teeth' while wearing a sun dress and a woolly hat.
The same girl playing football
Monday, 4 May 2009
May Day Wetness!
Went out today to enjoy the May Day holiday in style. Of course it rained, but never mind we still had fun. We took a drive down the Newtownards Peninsula and stopped in Donaghadee for Ice Cream. Drove as far as Ballywalter then headed across to Greyabbey to head up the Mount Stewart Road.
We parked at the old Gas Works and took a walk along the shoreline of Strangford Loch. Our plan was to walk as far as the old outdoor swimming pool which belonged to Lady Mairi Bury of Mountstewart. I have fond memories of 'stealing' a swim in that pool as a teenager, the surroundings were exquisite. Sadly today the pool is filled in and the area is just a mess of briars and such like.
This is a memorial to some of the family who drowned in the loch over 100 years ago due to a tragic accident. I don't know the full history and I may be wrong here but I believe they were in a boat and it sank.
Heading back to the car!
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get
Last night was Seb's last night at Boy's Brigade, this is his first year otherwise known as the Anchor Boys. It was his award night where all the proud mums and dads get to go see their little boys getting their awards.
Well as usual I went to watch Seb, Roy stayed at home with the other children. The boys came in looking as proud as anything and sat at the front. There are three main trophies given out to the Anchor Boys, and unfortunately Seb did not get one. He sat ever so patiently while the three boys who were getting those trophies received them. Thinking hard about this Seb stood up, marched to the front where the two leaders were doing the prize presentation and asked when he was getting his trophy. Everyone was laughing, not in a bad way just that he was so cute. Me, I had my face buried in my hands in embarrassment.
The minister who was sat immediately behind me bent over and whispered into my ear "If you don't ask, you don't get", that just summed it all up.
The next stage of the presentation was the badges so the leaders explained that they had a very special boy who was their youngest member and gave Seb his first year badge. He was happy then and he sat proudly showing his arm band off for the rest of the presentation.
This morning on leaving Sol off to playgroup I met the minister's daughter in law, she was laughing about the trophy incident. She informed me that the leaders had said that Seb deserved a trophy for what had happened.
Well as usual I went to watch Seb, Roy stayed at home with the other children. The boys came in looking as proud as anything and sat at the front. There are three main trophies given out to the Anchor Boys, and unfortunately Seb did not get one. He sat ever so patiently while the three boys who were getting those trophies received them. Thinking hard about this Seb stood up, marched to the front where the two leaders were doing the prize presentation and asked when he was getting his trophy. Everyone was laughing, not in a bad way just that he was so cute. Me, I had my face buried in my hands in embarrassment.
The minister who was sat immediately behind me bent over and whispered into my ear "If you don't ask, you don't get", that just summed it all up.
The next stage of the presentation was the badges so the leaders explained that they had a very special boy who was their youngest member and gave Seb his first year badge. He was happy then and he sat proudly showing his arm band off for the rest of the presentation.
This morning on leaving Sol off to playgroup I met the minister's daughter in law, she was laughing about the trophy incident. She informed me that the leaders had said that Seb deserved a trophy for what had happened.
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