In the beginning...

In the beginning there was a great flood, and it caused the laminate to be without form or void. Chris said "let there be oak floor" , and the insurance company said "ok", and there was oak floor. Chris looked at the floor and saw that it was good. And evening passed, and morning, the second day.

Chris said, let there be skirting, let it fill the whole edge of the floor. And the insurance company said "ok", and there was skirting, and Chris looked at the skirting, and saw that it was good.

Evening passed, morning came, the third day. Chris said "let there be paint", and the insurance company said "ok", and there was paint, ancient white in colour it teamed over all the walls. and Chris looked at the paint, and saw that it was good.

Evening passed, morning came, the forth day. Chris said "let the room be put back exactly as it was", and the insurance company said "no, do it yourself", so verily Chris spent a whole evening moving things and putting things away. And the whole evening passed...

Urban potholing

Mark minus miners helmet and lamp. Budgy in cage out of sight behind the washing machine.
Work starts today on the new kitchen floor which means catherine starts work on childminding in a significantly reduced space.

Standing up

With a fair amount of falling and bumping Aidan is having a fair crack a standing up. Here's the evidence.

Holiday snaps

A collection of random shots from our week on flanborough head. We spent the week in a cottage and went to my cousin Maddy's wedding in the local church on Friday.

Self propulsion

There is less pushing involved in taking owen out on his bike now that the pedals have become more than footrests. Still needs a little support on the uphill bits but as you can see from the photo he is very her pleased with himself!

Owen's birthday part 3

Random pictures from weekend in Southampton.

Unfortunate balloon arrangement

Catherine put some balloons up for Owen's third birthday, this was the unfortunate result.

Owen's new glasses

Owen doesn't wear glasses, if he did, they'd probably be the best glasses in the world...

Marble run re-visited

With a new extension section taking it into the loft room (thanks Mum and Dad for giving up all your cardboard tubes!) its now a two story marble run. Marble drop too quick to film but here is the run from start to finish...

Grandad's tractor

Dad uses it to cut grass and hedges. Owen uses it for rides.


Check out the mower and hedge trimmer attachments, pretty mean looking.





Video of it in action to follow once I've got round to uploading...