Holly's House

Lucy is at a party at Holly's house. Lucy checks to see if she is taller then Damon yet. Nearly.

Mummy and Wig chillax.

Holly and Ellen are both in their party best.

Wig and Olly sit in the middle of the carnage that the kids have created.

Oscar and Damon.

Damon and Marcus keep the kids in line

Damon and Marcus are looking after Olly, Lucy and Holly.

They are all having a lazy afternoon.

Holly is very happy.

The Grand Performance

Mummy and Simon prepare for a spectacular show

Ali is amused that Damon does not have a chair

The start performance. Millie, Olly and Oscar dance to some popular tunes.

Everyone loves it. Except Lucy who ignores it.

Marcus arranges a great day out

Marcus arranged a great day out for us all at The Lookout in Bracknell. It is pitched as "Berkshire's premier hands-on interactive science and nature exhibition!" - but that ignores the fact that it has a brilliant play ground as well. To kick things off Marcus had laid on an excellent picnic lunch for everyone.

Lucy and Holly the two person springy horse.

Lucy tries the single springy horse. "It's a bit wobbly"

By the time she gets the hang of it's a bit dull.

Much better with a friend. Back onto the two person horse with Oliver.

Wig and Damon

Mummy and Lucy are waiting for their friends Wig, Damon, Oscar and Oliver to arrive and play on the bouncy castle.

Oliver gets a big cuddle from Wig.

Lucy and Oliver work on a fantastic Duplo creation.

Oscar sits on Damon!

Little Friends

No wonder Lucy is giggling. She has gone down to the park with some of her little friends (l to r) Oscar, Holly (in the rather fine Parker - she could have got a roll in Quadrophenia), Oliver and the Sprockmeister.

Next it was down to the river to throw bread at the ducks. Ellen is helping Holly whilst Wig is helping her two, Oscar and Olly. Frankly Oscar is the only one who is really putting his back into it. While Mummy is taking photos Lucy is relying on Jelly Bear for moral support.

OJ's 1st Birthday Party

This fine sunny weekend we headed up to Lincolnshire to our top mates Wig and Damon. It was their youngest son OJ's birthday. They call him Odje Podge. I bet he won't use that nick name when he grows up. Here is the little man himself looking rather more stern that he ever does in real life. He is such a happy little fellow.

Wig and Damon's oldest Oscar and our goddaughter Milly pose with Mummy and the Sprock. Lucy looks a bit like a cabbage patch kid here.

Mummy decided that Lucy needs to lie down for a rest but Milly and Oscar decide that she doesn't need a rest at all and decide to play with her instead.

Then they decide to "play" with Damon. It isn't really a birthday party if all the kids haven't piled onto a poor innocent adult.

Milly and Oscar decide that collecting snails and trying to stick them to the grown ups is a much funnier game.

Lucy gets a big huggle from her Aunty Wig.

Wig and Day

What a treat! Our good friends Wig and Damon with their adorable little sprouts Oscar (3 ish) and OJ (1 ish) came down from Lincolnshire to see the little Sprock. Of course the first thing Day had to do was restrain Oscar. He is full of beans.

Wig holds Lucy and checks out Damon's performance with OJ at the same time. It turns out that women can multi task.

Marcus and Ellen (Mellon) arrive. Marcus drinks beer and laughs at Ali and Lucy.

Ellen tries to lighten the mood but Holly is still taking things pretty seriously.

Yeah! Three momas with three babies. Note Oscar being naughty in the left hand corner!

Wig gets a good look at Lucy.

Dad takes Damon on at Ping Pong

Oscar has a cunning plan to beat Uncle Ports

Actually Marcus whipped the pants off both Daddy and Damon but we didn't get any good photo's of that so here is another one of Dad beating Day.