and finally Sebby's birthday

Sebby's birthday always a Halloween affair. After a trip to the UK for half term we threw a quick birthday tea, with some Halloween bingo thrown in (thanks Michie for the bingo - brilliant)

Bingo

Bella and Oliver

Birthday cake from Marks and Spencers, can't beat it.

Birthday cake on head...

Down by the lake

Happy

Grumpy

Autumn is approaching

and the trees are starting to change colour, we went fo a walk in the arboretum close by.

Freshly caught fish for dinner

a short hike and then must time for snacks..

Fishing (in the trout farm) very succesful funnily enough. After Malc and Richard gutted them, we took them home, and had them on a BBQ later for dinner.

checking out the wolves and bears and buffalo in the Jura park

my birthday surpise

My birthday was a public holiday and malc and I snuck away for a weeked in Lyon sans enfants, whilst his parents looked after the kids. On our return they had prepped a birthday celebration, and had had lots of fun making the cake.

Bella's next birthday party

We had another birthday party for Bella for the girls at school after the Summer Holidays. We did a girls only T-shirt party which worked really well.

opening the presents (wearing a beautiful present from Michie, Nick and Marisa)

some of the T-shirt creations

Spot the kids..

We're all going to the zoo today

It was Malc's dad's 70th birthday, and we all went to Chester Zoo (UK) for the day, on a coach, before a little celebration at home.

Bella lit the lantern she and Seb had made the previous year at a festival close by.