only took a couple of goes with me using my knees as a tripod so still a bit of camera shake. But getting the tripod up and sorted when there are four over excited kids around can seem a bit of a faff. So i lent hard against the door frame and used my bent knees to support my elbows…

Isaac ( i think he was attempting his name!)

and ben again just showing of a lil bit methinks….

We had a good firework night. Great fun to celebrate the burning at the stake of a couple of people huh!! 

*tumbleweed…**

Yah…..

so anyway..we went to some friends for hot dogs and fireworks, the kids had a great time…

and couldnt resist this cute girl eyeing up the cake 😉

we came home, did jammies and hot milk and watched some of the displays from our bedroom window. perfick 🙂

brb x

Anyways ..isaac in a luminous green tree..lol..thanks to lightroom…

We see this face quite often round these parts *sigh*

the hair bear bunch…no brushes were hurt (or in fact used) in the making of this shot…

you might notice a faint watermark on the pictures, im just practicing at the moment. Im hoping to start a little photography, mainly portraits etc in the new year and am just playing with the pics in lightroom at the moment but mostly im doing it because i keep getting a lot of referrals from google images, people searching for pictures of babies, kids etc and ending up here. Which if you think about it too much can be very creepy *shudder* but i dont, so im protecting my pictures and also my family is the way im looking at it. I have so much more to say but i am relocating to a horizontal position and shall be examining by eyelids for hopefully 7 ish hours. Wish me luck.

brb :)

its the bad one….thats if you have kids…little ones that is.

The clock change..spring forward…fall back..even though you actually loose an hour in the spring, the kids are up later so its a psychological thing but it 'seems' better. 'Heck yeah…kids slept in till 8am..was brilliant' Today we had 5.45am (which was in fact 645 in old money) but it felt so so so wrong…..

that was after little Matilda had coughed herself awake at 3am and so was hanging with us and getting pretty chipper about being up and about early…gah…

BUT…spare a moment for my buddies at work who had to watch the clock go back an hour overnight. I mean we have all been there at work  when it feels like time is going backwards but when it actually does? That has got to suck the will to live from your tired bones….

So this morning…me and the kids watched the sunrise…Ben had decamped to Isaac's bed…..so, i think, got the benefit of the 'extra hour' in bed. Well at least one of us did…

and on the up side..half term from tomorrow…woohoo…

But he is 7. I can't even begin to tell you how much we love this kid. He is our pioneer and we think he is the best. 

• At seven you are
• Confident around adults. You amaze me with your front when it come to talking to grown ups. Just march right up and ask them a question dude.. 
• Still love your trains. Can't see that one coming to an end any time soon 
• So focused..on whatever is getting you fired up at that moment, dog with a bone, cant put it down until you have touched, looked, read, watched or pushed it! 
• Coming to terms with your girls..those lovely sisters of yours. You told me the other day that you think they are all pretty cool.  
• Love to sing. Pretty much anything that gets into your head. 
• Loves knock knock jokes..or any sort of joke really..we get to practice laughing at the same joke over and over…..
• Loves cars. you like the petrol head type cars, like your daddy. 
• Favourite thing to do is ride your bike. You have surely got this one from your dad. A fact i said to you recently and it practically lit up your face. You love your bike, you ride it well with confidence  and care. Two wheels are better than walking whenever.  
• Reading comes easily and naturally to you. You storm through your reading books. You read the titles on cbeebies out to your sisters. They both ask you all the time to read to them. Very cool. 
• You are deep. We work hard to understand you and try to help you see things in a way other than your own. So single minded, so intent on what you want to do. Your mind is speeding along all the time.
• You have never ever lost your wonderlust. ever ever ever..you sometimes, even now, remind me of your toddler days when you just couldn't not explore a new place regardless if that meant being away from all you knew…. Its not as heart stopping as when you were little but can still be frightening when you suddenly disappear.  
• Dont worry about those teeth dude. They will fall out in their own good time. 
• Only instrument you are interested in is the drums. i think its more about the amount of noise you can make personally… 
•  You have to work very very hard at coping with not winning. Its a constant challenge for you to accept not coming first. Remember your greatest moment is not when you fail but when you get up and try again after every time you might fail.

 You are a regular little boy who finds farts funny and smiles when Matilda blows raspberries or when something falls on the floor.  In our family you are right up there at the top of the run of kids and I realise that sometimes that can be a hard place to be. But you are up for the job buddy. We have every confidence in you and believe in you. You are a fun kid to have around. A little bit sensible but delightfully silly at times too. Happy Birthday to our Isaac. You are a gift.