Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit...

Camp Bestival have announced that the theme for the fancy dress is Mad Hatter's Tea Party so we've gone Alice in Wonderland crazy here. Conor is being roped in for his artistic abilities and I am going to be stockpiling paint and cardboard from here on in! Sylvie will make a very cute doormouse and we'll persuade Joe to be the Rabbit!

Michael row the boat ashore

As if spending two weeks in a campervan in Germany wasn't stressful enough we're having our bathroom done at the same time in the no doubt vain hope that it'll be finished by the time we come home! Everything's finally ordered now so we can relax, just the delivery to worry about now!
Conor has persuaded me to join Facebook so if you're on there come and find me and be my friend!
Meanwhile here's Joe and Sylvie doing Row Row Row your Boat to brighten up your weekend.

Down by the riverside

Fun packed day today. Took the children to Richmond on the paddle boat from the lock. We passed by Trevor Bayliss sitting on his balcony having breakfast. Had a lovely lunch then went to sit on the Green in the sunshine while the cricket was on. Caught the boat back and tried out the new local pub for some food. Joe was worn out with all the excitement. We're meeting some friends for lunch tomorrow, their little girl is called Iris and Joe is in an Iris frenzy at the moment, God help her!

The story of the blues

Gutted after last night. I really thought when Cech saved Ronaldo's penalty that we were in there. Still it was a great game, but a terrible way to lose.

Hangin on the telephone

Joe's new best friend this week is Conor. He spent about 20 minutes on the phone to him on Saturday. It seemed to make him happy so I left him to it, not sure what Conor got out of the conversation though! Lots of Hello Conor and JoeJoe...
Bought our new bathroom on Saturday. Next time it rains I think I'll just take Joe to Bathstore, he can spend hours in the baths and showers, 'washing' his hands and his wellies like he did on Saturday. I felt sorry for whoever keeps the showroom clean, they're not going to be very happy.
Feelings of glamour inadequacy continue in Teddington this week. Found out that my friend Zara is going to be producing the ITV coverage of the Latitude Festival in July. I think I'll buy her an autograph book to take with her for me!

Sunshine of your love

Piccies!
Have been enjoying the sun this week

And above is evidence of Joe & Max on 'the cars'

Also, in Geneva this week I was annoyed to see that the 400ft fountain in the lake now has a large football on top of it to celebrate Euro 2008. Doh!

Feeling hot, hot, hot!

Been a long time, sorry about that!
The paddling pool has seen lots of action this week in this heat, Joe is in last year's shorts, breathing in obviously, until I get some that actually fit him.
Sylvie is sitting up now and has decided to finally start eating. Current favourite is spaghetti - nice and messy!
Went to Richmond Green Fair this weekend and met the Magees and Vartys. Joe developed a fierce passion for carousels and car roundabouts - I spent a fortune on rides, he wouldn't get off the bloody things! Today was Chestnut Fair in Bushey Park and lo and behold more rides - we managed to ration him to just one go today thank goodness, otherwise we would all have had sunstroke in the fierce heat.
Simon bought a mammoth family sized tent the other weekend in the tent sale on Kingston Green and we're hoping to try an al fresco night before the campervan trip in June. It's so big it doesn't even fit in the garden. I'm thinking of moving in permanently.

It's a Family Affair

Hello. Niamh's weekend away (Oxford Hen Night) and my weekend of visitors was great fun. Here are some photos.

And here are some more from recent weeks