Category Archives: play

” Hardy and Lily are my best friends “

“”I am sad 😦 My two best friends in the whole wide world have gone home.  Their mom and dad came back yesterday from a weekend away and took them back to their house Hardy is always running around the house and barks … Continue reading

Posted in Beagle, dogs, friends, Hardy, Jack Russell, James, play, puppies | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

This little cutie is Georgia

She is the nearly-8months old baby girl of Robyn and Mark (Elaine and Bryan’s good friends) and I have a playdate most Thursdays with her and coffee with her Granny Sandy 🙂  Last Thursday I remembered to take my camera in … Continue reading

Posted in babies, friends, grandchildren, Grandparents, play | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Frog and dog get washed

No words necessary 🙂 🙂 🙂   (James’ favourite toys)

Posted in dogs, frogs, James, play, puppies, toys | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Happiness is … getting a new soccer ball for his 9th birthday

It’s not just any soccer ball … it’s a match ball replica of the ‘beau jeu’ (beautiful game) match ball which will be used in the 2016 UEFA European Championships held in France from 10th June – 10th July 2016 … … Continue reading

Posted in birthday, children, Connor, grandchildren, play | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

I taught them how to sew !

Yesterday the boys had a lesson in sewing!!   I must say, Connor did extremely well!  Bradley, who’s proud to say that he was taught cross-stitch in Grade 2 and therefore ‘knows how to sew’ ,  decided not to stick to … Continue reading

Posted in Bradley, Connor, learning curve, play | 4 Comments

Connor’s upside down tower

Smaller to bigger … narrower to wider … a feat in engineering 🙂 Blowing the aerial off without toppling the tower .. wow !  … Let’s see if Papa can put the aerial on without it toppling  … Did he … Continue reading

Posted in Connor, play, toys | 1 Comment

Wordless Wednesday :

For more contributions to Wordless Wednesday go here and here

Posted in Connor, play, toys, Wordless Wednesday | 2 Comments

Scooter fun !

While Jeanette was out at her photo shoots this weekend, and Lance was working, the boys came to our house and brought their scooters.   We have a cobbled driveway which makes it tricky/bumpy but makes them need to balance more.  They have … Continue reading

Posted in Bradley, Connor, grandchildren, play | 2 Comments

The little girl and the naughty little dog

Once upon a time there was a little girl and her name was Erin … One day she came to visit her Granny and Grandpa who had a little dog called Jackie.  Now it so happened that Jackie was a naughty … Continue reading

Posted in dogs, Erin, garden, Jackie, play | 11 Comments

Tug o’ war …

“Naughty Jackie has the hosepipe … let’s take away from her … … let go, Jackie … .. shake it … shake it …. … shake it some more … .. and really pull hard …. “ This was late … Continue reading

Posted in Bradley, children, Connor, Jackie, play | 5 Comments