its the last day of summer….

Ben is back at work tomorrow and it feels like that was it…and amazingly the sun turned up today..so we all have a few more freckles and and a little bit of the beach in our shoes….

We went Kayaking today with some friends and the kids had a great time. Perhaps more than that though was one very happy outdoor education teacher who doesn't often get to do the outdooor things that much now…..

The kids had a blast. The water is not the best up there at Crosby beach and i do remember saying to the girls 'don't swallow any water!" but i think they probably did because they all insisted on swimming in it.

We finished it off with setting a lantern off (kind of like a silent firework) and the kids having a midnight (actually 9pm) feast with some hot chocolate.

Perfick..but sad to see the end of the summer.

because monday it is….

1. Nearly the end of the holidays….back to school in sight….*sigh*…i could really do without the school run nonsense…

2. My camera and I are separated for the time being. It is visiting Canon for some repairs..its a looong story, i won't go into it but it involved some incompetent Canon customer service people and a long and wasted 3 hour round trip for us ;(

3. Ben has started begging me to delete/archive some photos on our computer….*cough cough* i think the photo files are now taking up pretty much all the space we have. Things are getting pretty bad…one time i tried to load files the computer actually said 'there is no more space lady!" …well in words to that effect anyway…

4. How far can i get without mentioning this awful summer weather we have had? It is the traditional british rainy season here in the North.

5. I am enjoying watching this

6. We did the 'shoe' shop the other day. Shopping with kids isn't the most fun you can think of and shopping with kids for shoes is even less of the most fun but we needed the schoolio shoes so we went to a local outlet to pick some up. The kids were armed with a bit of left over pocket money which they blew on a trampoline bungee type thing.

Poppy threw in two backward somersaults..(which irked her highly over competitive big brother)..

7. The girls had their hair cut..well the big girls…its only the second time that they have actually been to the hairdressers. Poppy wasn't keen at all. Maisie lapped up every second and even had her hair washed. They are both sporting much shorter hairstyles now…easier for school…i hope…

not a great picture but you can see that we went for a fringe….after her little DIY haridressing efforts a while ago the 'stump' of hair that was left as her fringe has grown enough to be incorporated in a real fringe. I like it on her and she seems fairly happy.

8. Isaac didnt have a hair cut but did eventually loose the other front tooth that has been hanging out nearly all summer. His grown up teeth are starting to push through…how in the heck did he get to being nearly 8…i have no idea….

9. i borrowed a pretty amazing macro lens from Dad..only to have my 5d decide to up and quit working…but meanwhile the little 400d that i have is standing in and trying to cope with a lens that weighs about twice its weight. But this lens is pretty incredible….

yes that is my reflection..in the tiny edge of my phone…..i lo-ve this lens…

10. This picture was taken at the Eureka kids museum….we had a fantastic day there, i have more photos but..maybe next time…You have to get up pretty early in this house (which i did this morning) to have any sort of time by yourself and my time has just ended…*morning to Isaac and Poppy**

Even when you are a nearly five year old school starter with a sometimes exasperating attitude towards us…

mum and dads bed is still the place you come when you had a nightmare….

it's the little moments and trying to find the outright gold in them right?

Packing up your extra large tent in the chucking it down rain is quite possibly the most miserable thing I have ever done on an AUGUST weekend….

It's official… 

The british summer (?) and I have fallen out….. 

I'll be in touch from Australia…..