Wedding in Surrey

 Lovely weekend away in the UK (sans enfants - thanks Mamie and Papy!)  We had a day / night in Winchester (stuffed ourselves with an amazing pub lunch, followed by a fab River Cottage Canteen dinner!),  before the wedding the following day.  It was a lovely break, and then a beautiful wedding.

The wedding venue had lots of peacocks - as below pointed out by our friend Gemma!

Horse Driving and Strawberries

Earlier this month, we went to see a horse driving competition in the next village.  Well, I went to see it.  Rhys went to see the cranes / diggers that were sponsoring the event.  Hazel went for the park.

It was the first time I've seen a competition.  

There are obviously different categories depending on the size of the horse, and if there are one or two horses, and it seemed to start with novices and continue to the more experienced.

  

They start with dressage.

And then they do a timed obstacle course - points off for going over time, or toppling the balls on top of the orange cones.   The fastest teams have the passenger standing in the back, and leaning around the turns.

Thanks to Antoine for looking after the kids whilst I watched!  They had a good time.

Earlier this month, we also planted up some strawberries.  Hazel was very happy, and Rhys liked to help.  She asked every morning for 4 days if we could check if we had some strawberries to pick yet...

Big boy bed

Took some photos of the cot bed so as to sell it online now that the big boy bed has arrived. 

Got a free demonstration as to why it is surplus to requirements...

More outside fun

The weather continues to improve, and so we were outside again on Tuesday.

This time, with chalk!

Rhys had a go at pedaling.  He figured it out, but found the whole learning process somewhat frustrating!

After that, he went for a run around the garden, which is looking fab now the cherry trees are in blossom!

Scooter!

Eggs and scooters

Sorry for the delay uncle Pally.  Here are some pics for you!

Easter egg hunt - how clever is the Easter Bunny to put eggs in ziplock bags so they didn't get wet??!

Rhys didn't really get what was so exciting about going around picking up plastic bags, and decided yelling to the neighbourhood from his cubby house was a more fun idea.

This past weekend, Mamie came to stay.  Hazel and Mamie went to pick out some scooters, and the kids both enjoyed ridding them round the terrace.

Some holiday pics