elo15e's bloggins

What sort of bird do you think this is?  I mean, besides being a dead one.  I found it today in our garden, under the rose bush.  I'm fairly sure Elly hasn't attacked him, because he's fairly intact - he just looks like he's crashed.  I reckon I'll either put him in the bin, or bury him, because I'm sure Elly cat will take a fancy soon enough.

Oh - and please do feel free to take a look at my video of the first part of a our road trip up there on the right!

birdy

...as the legendary Don Hoyle used to say.

Well - it has been a bit tricky, nipping out between showers, but the fruits of our labours have been harvested! We've had purple carrots and red carrots - even Snuffles the hamster got to try some - which he loved!  Rich has pickled a whole lot of tomatoes and the garlic is very tastefully plaited.  I can't wait for the apple crumble!  Recipes anyone?

We're back from hols!  Sam had a fabbo time at Grandma and Granddad's house - he learnt to swim loads and how to ride a bike and was a really good boy.

March House, quite rightly, stayed right here and was looked after very well by MMM, MMD, MM and MMS.  I'm glad they had a lovely time here!

Me and Rich for our fantastic road trip around Europe - 13 countries.  I videoed a great deal of of, so watch this space!

One of the highlights of our tour, for me, was Barcelona and the Sagrada Famila - the huge cathedral, designed by Antoni Gaudi.  Absolutley amazing and Barcelona is so cool to walk around, the Ramblas and the Parc Guell were very great too!

He's coming to take you away ha ha!

Here's Sam, trying on his school lab coat.  He's really proud of it, because there are secret pockets, that actually go right through into your real pockets, but shhh!  don't tell anyone.

Having successfully located the carpet in Sam's room - I have mananged to hoover it!  Any tips on how to get a 7 year old boy to tidy his room up would be gratefully received!

So far, I've tried bribary (in several different guises), withdrawal of fun (like play time), withdrawal of toys (like taking away stuff) and good ole fashioned shouting and screaming (I think they like that one best).  He's more than happy do the laundry - taking the clothes downstairs, loading the washing machine and pressing the buttons and he's even happy to push the big ole dyson around (as long as it doesn't start eatting the curtains - then he screams a lot), or do dusting.  It's just tidying up those troops of Lego figures and heaps of books he will not do.  Mind you - has anyone ever seen rich's desk? :)  (runs and hides)