New Year's Day 2015

More New Year malarkey by the style 

Happy New Year 2014

Another year; another shot by the stile. And thence onto the pub....

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A week of cheese

The delights of Wookey Hole, lashing of Cheddar , and pints of rough cider. What more would you want for an Easter break!

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Mollie cheers on the men in green

Six Nation's season, and the little lady can't wait to cheer on the boys from the Auld Country..

Aerobics for little girls

Who needs an expensive gym membership, when you've got the right gear at home....

'Bob' turns 9

A very sleepy Thomas falls out of bed on a cold dark morning to face a pile of prezzies on the breakfast table.

 That's got his attention...






Now we're talking (and now we're dressed...)

Niamh @ 6 weeks

Daddy'd little(r) girl is over 1½ months old and growing.

Latest fun in in her brightly coloured ring, which is very cosy...

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A quiet stroll

...or not, as the case my be.

Today we dragged the kids the full 5 miles around Draycote Water; hoodwinking them with their scooters, which were great fun downhill on the steep sections.

Highlight of the trip was the biccy break halfway around; though being told their second biccy was being retained until the end of the journey didn't go down too well.

Happy New Year 2013

The yearly pilgrimage to the stile to gurn at Dad's camera; this year with a new gurner.

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Christmas 2012

Christmas Eve and Santa's tax is left out by the fire just before bed.

The question is will he visit in the night?

....yes - and probably put his back out shifting this lot

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It's a Girl !

This morning at 4:50*
I took her rather nifty

Down to an incubator
Where thirty minutes later**

She gave birth to a daughter....

Niamh Elizabeth Mollie born at 11.04 this morning @ 8lb 3oz.

*Well actually it was 9:45
**It was 64 minutes later

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It's a grill

Doh!

Sorry, typo.

 

C A K E !

With the new kitchen functioning, Rosie wasted no time in getting the oven up to temperature for...



C A K E !

...and pud.... 

A day with the Tigers

A day out for Dad & the kids in Leicester to watch the Tigers take on the Saints.

We took our seats as the action started...



..saw a penalty head our way..

and Joseph got to quiz the club mascot.

 

Grandad's Birthday

The terrible threesome gave grandad a birthday treat..



C A K E !

 

The Fabulous Baker Boy & Girl....

Finally got around to trying our hand at baking sour-dough bread.



The beast awakens..

I knead the dough, Daddy-O!

Our first loaf 

Proud Miss Baker

First Day Of term

The summer break is over....



.....the new uniforms & shoes ready....

.... It's the first day back at school!

And the monsters line up for their annual gurn by the front door

School Concert

Roll over Beethoven, Rosie's at the keyboard...


..on her recorder...

...and in full voice!

All part of this years epic school concert.

A Fluffy Weekend

It's Joseph's weekend with Fluff, the reception year teddy from Leamington Hastings School. And since saturday is a mad, mad busy day Chez O'Reilly, there was no rest for the little fella.



First stop, Southam Leasuire Centre for swimming lessons....

Joseph has been doing so well, that he got moved up a group - next time he'll be wearing his new orange cap.

Moving swiftly on we went to the barber shop in Southam where Joseph had a USMC style crew cut. Luckily, Fluff's fluff remained untouched.

Next stop, the library where we used one of those computer thingies to check books out and in. What ever happened to librarians??

And to finish off the morning what better than a spot of lunch outdoors. And what better still than fish & chips.

Sunday morning was very easy-going with a late breakfast of pancakes made by Rosie, followed by some phonics practice for Joseph. Then it was into our best clothes and off to Krista's party, where we had fun, good food and...

A Mad Scientist to entertain us all