Liecester

We had a lovely Autumn trip to catch up with Anna and Isaac, take a look at the New Walk Museum and stop by the university.

Fortunately for me, there was an exhibit of one of my favourite photographers August Sander (German portrait photographer 1876-1964). They had a large collection of his prints many of which I had not seen before from his Face of Our Time project. The kids enjoyed the new dino area. I've not been in the museum for a couple of years I think and they've done a very nice job.

Gorgeous crisp leaves up New Walk and Anna attacking Amy!

We were rather impressed with the new Student Union building, they've got really nice big open social areas. Very different from the old Percy Gee Building with it's long narrow corridors which all looked the same.

Bobbie exploring the corridors of the Geology department. It was nice to be back and chat to Norry and Jan to name a few. The welcome wasn't quite so warm in Geography where the secretary asked us if we had permission to have children in the building until Kevin Tansey turned up and we had a good chat.

Bob is 1!

We had a little birthday gathering to celebrate Bobbie's first birthday. She thoroughly enjoyed the present opening (although Amy did most of it).

 Bobbie was delighted with her new dolly friend and her little picnic basket. Helen Made a gorgeous quilt for Bobbie's doll but she insisted using it as a picnic blanket to sit on rather than to tuck her dolly in.

 I was pleased with how my caterpillar cake turned out. I had fun mixing all the colours for the icing.

 The kids all made absolute pigs of themselves and thoroughly enjoyed all the birthday food treats.

Bob is 1! Horay!

Back To Lincoln and Patisserie Valerie

I'd been itching to get back to Lincoln to spend some time with Patricia. The girls and I spent the morning in the Bail popping into all our faourite places. I don't know who won a medal but in my opinion our old victorian postbox looked far better in red!

 Just after lunch we met Patricia and Pietra for cake and hotchocolate. Yummm, I really enjoyed my lemon cheesecake. Totally delish. It was fanatastic to see the girls and we had a lovely catch up.

Bobbie enjoyed opening her first birthday gifts. I absolutely adore the poncho.

Ward Temple Trip

I had a fun day on the ward temple trip with Lydia. It was lovely to be able to spend the whole day together and have a proper catch up. It's not often I get the chance to go off and do things without the kids so it was a real treat to be able to have the day free while mum looked after the girls.

Bike Trailer

We were excited to try out our new bike trailer, that I purchased from ebay. I wanted an easier way of carting the kids about, mainly to get Amy to playschool, which is a bit if a long walk for her.

We got the kids suited and booted and headed for Holme Pierrepont Hall, which in all my 20 odd years of living just around the corner I had never seen.

 Bobbie wasn't so impressed to be snug with her sister.

 Exploring the adjacent church yard St Edmund's.

A lovely sunny Autumn afternoon, perfect for a little trip with the kids.

Unlce Joe Pays a Visit

It was fantastic to be able to spend the day with Joe before his flight back to South Africa. The girls were ever so pleased with their ballet outfits and all the trimming. Thank you Uncle Joe and Auty Stayci!!!

When The Flinn's Get Together

Another fun General Conference weekend surrounded by family. It was great to have all my sublings and all the kids in the same house.  We had a lovely walk down the canal after dinner, then had a photo session in the garden with all the kids. Amy ran upstairs and dressed herself to look smart for the photos, I don't think she realises wellies are not smart, but hey ho if you have a sparkly cardy on I guess anything goes.

 This is about the best we can get.

 Then everything starts to fall apart...

 Robin and Niki's kids are definitely the most normal out of all our bunch.

Poor old Asher!

Abbey Park

More fun in the October sun this time at Abbey Park. Bobbie is so happy when she's exploring, she just loves doing her own thing in the park.

London Calling

Dan and I were lucky enough to have a couple of days in London to ourselves. We spent abit of time in the West End with lunch in China Town. After we headed to the Southbank to take in a couple of the galleries and go for a wander along the river. Art by Offenders at the Southbank Centre was really enjoyable, lots of interesting and funny art. We also popped along to Tate Modern and I enjoyed seeing the new tanks areas that they've opened up. It's a really interesting new exhibition space.

Into the evening we headed back into the West End and decided to catch a show so got tickets to Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap (the World's longest running play). We saw the 24943 show! It was a fun little play and in true Agatha Christie style we didn'y know 'who dunnit' right until the closing scene.

It's the first time I've had time away from the girls since before Bobbie was born, so it was lovely to be able to enjoy some quality time with Dan. The trip also marked the end of me feeding Bobbie. She wasn't concerned at all, since about nine months old when she had fully established eating solids she wasn't really bothered about her milk.