Elly the unicorn!

Halloween brings many things. Witches, Warlocks and kids knocking on the door for a sugar fix. But this year we had a unicorn come and visit

Google streetview of our old flat in Galway!

Google streetview now does Ireland. After a quick search we found our old flat in Galway - looking exactly the same as we had left it.



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Muppet name etymology

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We're in Pompeii

And we're walking. While one of the few things the Romans did for us was roads, they didn't really do nice smooth roads. Or smooth footpaths for that matter. And so here we are walking.... without our pram.

When the day was 36 degrees, with a hot sun beating down, father and daughter became worried about sunburn. And since there aren't many roofs left in Pompeii after the volcano, then the best we could hope for was standing in the shadow of tall walls.

While mum flitted around snapping photos, we had to dash from one shadow to another to keep cool. Which involved dad carrying both 4 kg of water + 12kg of wriggly tired child. And you can see from the photo above how successful we were at keeping Elly's hat on.

My poor widdle finger!

It turns out stoves are hot as Elly learnt today. She now has a little burn on her finger, but it's not too bad and hasn't stopped her from enjoying her breakfast.

I can play the piano now...move over Mozart!

Elly and Thomas the Tank Engine

Fathers day

I got a cute present today.
And this glass is definitely half full.

Happiness of cat over time

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I can drive now!

Spring! And Elly is in the park

We took Elly and her little pram to the local park for a bit of a run-around. So young and she already has the urge to follow the ice cream van.

At the Parthenon

After climbing the steps and carrying Elly all the way, we managed to talk some lovely Japanese tourists into taking a photo for us. Unfortunately Elly wasn't so keen on the photo...

Overall we were very impressed with the Parthenon and the new museum. Ironically the museum is finished and the Parthenon is still being rebuilt, but there you go. Bridie was so impressed that she has changed her stance on the Parthenon Marbles - they should go back home.

We're now planning a trip to the British Museum. Steve will need to keep an eye on Bridie just in case she starts dragging large and heavy bags out of the museum.

Of course the fun part was climbing down again, while Elly slept on daddy's shoulder.

On the plane to Athens

How gorgeous!

Chicken Girl

Here is a cute photo taken at Elly's nursery.
You can see a mixture of impatience for being forced to wear a hat, while enjoying posing for the camera.

Elly drawing

Elly the musician

Elly learns that Xylophones are for music and crayons are for pictures

Outside Elly's window

Fun in the snow