The Pingu-Watching Sisters

Sunny Sunday Chez les Reids

We've spent the afternoon in the backyard with 2 of Ailsa's friends, trampolining and picnicking. Friend number one said, "I think Claire is hot. She should have a hat on." Ooh, minus one point for Mum. Friend number two said, quietly, "It feels like Heather is bossing me about a wee bit". Minus one point for little sister.

Coptic Stitching it Ain't

What it is is the twinkly piano I bought at a flea market in Trenton last year and a book we made last night of a few tunes that small fingers should be able to learn.

England's green and pleasant land

We're back from a weeks holiday down souff. Started with 2 days in Manchester with Deirdre - a lot of dancing by the girls and catching up. Visited Chinatown for some food. Then we headed to Avebury - this cute English village (http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/avebury_village.html) with this huge circle of standing stones (?100m diameter) +sheep grazing round them.We stayed at this thatched cottage in a churchyard we'd stayed at before. The church bell rang every hour and one evening there was a churchbell practice - Ailsa + Heathger got very excited and did some interprative dancing. I tested out my low whistle on the cool church acoustics.I realised again why it is so cheap - some of the ceilings are about 5 ft height - so despite my best efforts, I bumped my head a few times. It has a fire burner to appeal to pyromaniacs like me. The photo above is from 2005.
We visited Jake in Southampton and checked out his 3 baby kittens. This is Claires first swing ride.
We had a day with Lou in Oxford and her cool 3 sons. Visited a farm and got to feed animals. Ailsa learned to walk a goat
We crossed the border into Dumfries and rounded the trip off with a relaxing stay (for us at least) with Geoff + Jen to celebrate Maes Bday. Happy 4th birthday!

John

Please stand by

Championing the Arts...

...Council for Scotland Head of Dance Ms Anita Clark!!!!

This is the woman who pulls me out of the abyss and invites/directs/free tickets/accompanies me to all sorts of fantastic things: children's dance shows, unique Canadian dance shows, pantomimes, open days, etc. Last night was the Cirque Du Soleil and it was a great night!!

Not quite Goya but Gooey

10am on a Sunday morning

10am on a Saturday morning

Didn't she do well

Just basking in the glow of last night's parent-teacher evening. Ailsa loves school and it turns out school loves her right back.

God is like a breakfast cereal.

This is the Easter banner in our church.

And here's a close-up. That says, "Wake up to Easter", and lying below that is an image of an egg.

There is too much to say about the design/purchase/display of this banner that I just don't know where to begin.