Bollocks to the weather!

What a crap summer so far. When the BBC reporter Alan Johnston was freed in Gaza he said he hadn't seen the sun for nearly 4 months - I think we all could have a great deal of empathy with him. Still Helen has been determined for it to be a good summer and here wea re picknicking!

Now thats what I call a "screen break"!

Just snuggling

We wondered how Rosie would take to her brother Mike after he came back from Oklahoma - after all he'd been gone for a third of her life. Last night I asked her to sit in the chair ... and lo and behold she just snuggled up to her brother - lovely!

And then there were ... four!

Here they are together on the blog for the first time, all of my babies; Ben, Michael, Rosie and Emily. I always said that I'd never do three things, One - have a relationship with anyone from work; Two - Have four children like my sisters and Three - never support anyone other than Leicester City. Well one out of three ain't bad ... looking forward to the new season at the Walkers Stadium!

Some new photos

A while since I blogged ... so how about about a phlog session - just some pictures to keep you updated!

Noodle Bar Girls

Here they are, my two little darlings, out for lunch at the Noodle Bar round the corner on Queens Road. Poor me - I was stuck at home working away at my e-mails while Helen Rosie and Emily were living up the high life.

Just the weather for a picnic

Phew. What a scorcher! Well not quite as hot as the Sun and the Daily Express would have you believe but good enough to let the girls have a picnic on Victoria Park - just down the road from where we live. Helen did it all in the traditional chav fashion - bought the sandwiches in packets from Sainsbury's etc ....Rosie loved it. She also kept telling Emily off for touching the sandwiches and wraps! Good girl! The heat though, while welcome, is a bit worrying. Is it global warming coming home to roost - will our choice of a North facing garden prove to be a boon in our warmer summers?