Catching up with the family

We're doing well on weekends away the moment: this time we went to Stow, as did Rachel, David, Andy, Sam and Isabel. It was lovely to catch up with the littlies again. Sam is full of his own thoughts and opinions these days, while Isabel has just started to talk and tries to copy everything Sam does. Meanwhile Rachel and Dave were introduced to the delights of Apples to Apples in a hard fought match on Saturday night.
Among other things this weekend we went to the playbarn, where Sam and Issy tried out the slides:


And a roman villa, where there were snails:

Tim captured lots of photos of everyone - there are more on his Flikr page. This was a stray shot, which made me smile:

Easter Fun, Part 2

I know, Easter was a couple of weeks ago, but I'm still catching up!

After the visit of the littlies, Catriona and Ian came over to spend Easter with us. We exchanged chocolate, ate roast lamb and a very nice ginger parfait, and played lots of board games. We also managed a quick trip to Burghley House for a wander round the scuplture garden. Apart from a few hail showers, it was beautiful spring weather and I played with the camera again:

Easter Fun, part 1

Fun things to do when you visit Uncle Tim and Auntie Elspeth:



1. Run straight through the dining room and on through the kitchen, then back again, and again, and again - there are no stairs in the way like at home!



2. Slide down the staircase on your bottom or tummy



3. Help Elspeth make Hot Cross Buns



4. Help Tim play his tuba: