Back at Christmas time Aunt Susan and Uncle John bought Joey a huge Lego model which can be built as a cargo plane, a hovercraft and a ferry. First we built the cargo plane, which was then a favoured toy for ages. Now we built the hovercraft. It took about 4 or 5 hours, with Martin finding the pieces for each stage and Joey putting the whole model together. it comes with two cars to transport too. A good way to pass a couple of days of the waning school holidays. (Martin)

Today, Jo and Ella and Sassy came over. We went blackberrying and then we had a lovely picnic in the old cowfield. We went to the Bourne playground. This was all a trip down childhood memory lane for Jo and Martin who used to play here all the time. Finally, back home, and into the pool with the kids spraying each other with the hose. A great Summer holiday day!.(Martin)

New Olympic Swimming Champion

Tolka loves watching the diving and swimming from the World Championships (and loved the olympics last year too), and here he is winning his own race and diving competition.

Tolka

On 22 July it was finally Tolka's turn (see last entry). We had an impromptu birthday party for Tolka's 5th birthday, 15 kids came to the park, and they all had so much fun! He was so happy to have a day of his own. I made American-style cupcakes and they were all chocolately messes..

I love this little guy, so much...

(Joey's still waiting for his trip to Legoland...soon...soon...)