7 August 2010

It was a very sad day for us tody as we had to say goodbye to Sam, our oldest cat. Despite being ill for many years he loved life, especially when he was running around the garden or sunbathing on the picnic table. We all loved him very much and will miss him enormously.

2 August 2010

We have just returned from a fantastic holiday in Italy. We had two lovely weeks at Chloe's Mum and Dad's villa, relaxing, reading, swimming, and eating. Then we moved on to Rome where we had four exhausting days seeing the sights and eating our way round the famous landmarks.

Huge thanks to Chloe's Mum and Dad for being such good hosts, tour guides, chefs and company. Huge thanks also to Camilla and Kieran who made the whole holiday possible by looking after our cats, hens and vegetable plants!

19 July 2010

Happy birthday Paul! Another year older and wiser (or is that greyer?).

24 May 2010

Apologies for not updating the website for so long, hopefully the news and photos dating back to 5 February will bring you up to speed! We are now enjoying the warm weather before we jet off to Italy for the summer!

22 May 2010

Recently, Cissy, one of our battery hens decided to move out! She is getting far more treats around at a neighbour's house so doesn't come back to see us very often and doesn't sleep here anymore! Kids eh!

With this in mind, Chloe and the children went across the county yesterday to a farm specialising in hens. They came back with a stunning Black Rock called Minny (Minerva), a beautiful Bluebell called Lavender, and a pretty little Light Sussex called Luna. For those of you with good memories you'll remember we had a hen called Luna before, but as she was technically Malfoy from the start, and as Luna is such a cool name for a white hen we're using it again. Here's a photo of them (in the order above) settling into life in Cottesmore.

12 May 2010

Joshua is 4 today! He is so delighted to finally be 4, as he has been counting down for over 6 months (I guess that happens when you're one of the youngest in the class!).

He enjoyed his birthday with presents and cake and then his party at Monkey Maze the following weekend with 10 friends, more cake and more presents.

Thanks to everyone for the terrific presents, there hasn't been a minutes boredom in the house since he opened them.

8 May 2010

Joshua took part in a gymnastics competition today, really enjoyed himself and got a medal for taking part!

29 April 2010

Emily has just finished the second of two performances in the local theatre this week. Her entire school put on a production of Music from the Musicals and Films and were excellent. Emily and her class were performing songs from The Sound of Music and she really enjoyed herself, remembering all the words and actions! Well done Emily!

25 April 2010

A weekend away in Dublin. Chloe and Emily went to the theatre to see Disney Live's 'Three Classic Fairy Tales'. It was excellently done and Emily loved every magical moment! While the girls were at the theatre Paul and Joshua went to the cinema to watch 'How to Train your Dragon' with their 3D glasses! Cool was the word Joshua used when he came out!

17 April 2010

Emily took part in an Irish Dancing Feis (pronounced fesh) today. She enjoyed it and was given three medals for effort. Considering she has only been having lessons since January we were all very proud of her for doing her best and not seeming at all nervous.