Boys and girls

It's been a funny couple of weeks where the girls seem to be doing girl things together and the boys have been getting to do some boy things.

Last week Gran was up from Campbeltown to stay with us and visit Go Ape with Katie as part of her Birthday present. Apparently Hilary has a bit of a history as a tree climber and was keen to get back in touch with her roots - or branches as it were.

Go Ape was an amazing experience by all accounts however my experience of taking two wee monkeys around hilly forest terrain in an attempt to catch a glimpse of the two monkeys up the tree was a little bit less worth recommending to a friend.

 Sophie, Lauchlan and I were up and down hills, visiting waterfalls, bird hides and pulling faces.

 

Meanwhile Gran Hilary was up the tree tops!

 

Earlier in the week Lauchlan modelled the new Autumn colllection in the front garden - the scaffolding you can see isn't ours but next doors - our work might start sometime this year but probably next year.

This weekend was dominated by one big event - Disney on ice! Sophie and Mummy were going themselves and no boys were allowed - at £30 a ticket we were quite happy about that. So we invited Grandad over instead and had a whale of a time.

Sophie meanwhile was loving the show and the lollies and the Haribo with her friend Olivia.

 She also enjoyed some popcorn, some chocolate and yes, she even enjoyed the ice skating and singing - especially The Little Mermaid.

 

Sophie and Mummy went out for a sophisticated pizza meal after the show - ladies that lunch eh?

 

  

We were able to light a fire for the first time since having it put in to replace our horrendous art deco green surround. I won't lie - the fire looks great but died very quickly leaving us with a smokey living room - this is apparently normal and the fire has to bed in.

 

Sophie decided she wanted to take some photos - here is her best........

On Sunday Sophie and Mummy were out and about again, this time at a party, leaving Dad and Lauchlan to amuse themselves by doing wrestling, jumping, couch climbing and other crazy boy stuff like eating hummous and carrots.

And finally, this week Katie was  upstairs and left the kids to it with Sophie in charge - she decided to serve breakfast - dry weetabix for two, on the stairs, lovely.....