A Spring recap!

 

 

February was Ownie's first Birthday. The Birthday Ring that Opi brought back from Germany came out. It's still mostly me that gets a kick out of seeing it...though both kids liked blowing out the candle.

 

 

A rather unprofessional-looking robot cake was made. Tasted good though! 

Woolly pants were worn...mostly by Ownie thank god. Children grew and played and learnt to walk...

Some of us briefly channelled a "Miami Octogenarian"  look for a while....thanks Mam!

 

Flowering red current (one of my favorites) blossomed outside the house. Smells like cat wee but it always remind me of the time I was falling in love with my husband...am not sure what that says about us!

My best friends came to visit!  They've been multiplying too!

 

Ownie and I had a fantastic trip to Cornwall. It's such a cool place. For instance at the town where my friends live they have a bubble room just for babies (and their tired Mothers). Some of my favourite people live there too!

To cap it all off a purple hen came and laid a bunch of colourful eggs on our table! Hope she comes again next year, although all that messing with dyes and three year olds wanting to be involved and dyed eggs being thrown across the room I'm not sure she will...

On the beach...

We took a little holiday to Tramore recently. Our first as a family of 4! Clonea Strand is a beautiful beach outside Dungarvin. When we got there it was actually sunny, so we built a little sun shade for the sleeping baba.

I find it impossible to stop staring at him...so why try?

Rockpools were discovered, crabs were found, sandcastles built, it was a wonderful day.

Back on Tramore Beach a gypsy princess was seen dancing across the sand. She was accompanied by her faithful friend Murphy. As always partly delighted and partly tormented by her games. 

 

Here's hoping we'll get a few more beach days in the midst of this rainy Summer we're having!

Happy Dada's Day!

You make up new games for her, you give her toy's names and (sometimes wierd!) personalities. You can throw her in the air and swing her around for as long as she wants and yet be tender and gentle too. She gets so excited when she hears your car in the evenings...and when she sees you it's with pure delight. I watch you watch her and the expression on your face says more than a thousand words. I know you can't believe how beautiful she is. But it's no surprise to me....she's the image of you. She's Dada's girl.

the laneway

We've walked up and down 'our' lane way in sunshine, rain, snow, thunder! We've dragged our groceries up in a sleigh when the snow became to deep to drive in. I walked it the day before Maisie was born with our midwife and have carried her countless times up and down it since.  Now she likes to run full pelt while I watch and try to resist the urge to tell her to slow down! On days where we don't stray too far from home it's our little fix of the outdoors.

At the moment the hedges are veiled in white and smells heavenly with hawthorn and gorse. Primroses and wild violets are everywhere and if you're lucky you can catch a glimpse of a bunny or two! Summer will bring more growth, the trees will get greener and the glorious pink foxgloves will arrive. Then it's a berry paradise with rowan, sloes, hawthorn and blackberries to fight over with the birds! Then the trees turn to orange and brown and winter strips back everything so we can see the moss covered stones of the walls and old ruins.

It is my favorite "part" of this house and I can't help but feel sad to know we will soon be leaving this place we have come to know as home.

Christmas Fox

Happy Christmas from the Christmas Fox!!