Isn't she adorable?

gifs Even if she does open the door on the highway, we still love her. P.S. Yes, we did just activate the child door lock on the side of the motorway.

August 2011

Some random photos from this month:

Omi visits!

In August Omi was able to visit!

waiting for Omi's taxi with Monkey

We took her to all of our favorite places, and showed her what our day-to-day life is like in Newbs.

Sun in the Woods pub (perhaps not so sunny that evening)

lunch in our kitchen

brushing teeth

Thatcham Discovery Centre

playing with Legos at home

Tuesday open-play at the Children's Centre

Omi and Zoe

Kent weekend for the big kids

in front of Leeds Castle

 Since Omi's here, Kyle and I took the opportunity to go to Kent by ourselves for a long weekend.  We stayed at a small B&B in the middle of nowhere, which had amazing meals.  Our first stop was the Shepherd Neame brewery in Faversham - they claim to be Britain's oldest brewery.

taking a business call at the brewery

a delivery motorcycle!

 The following day we were off to Canterbury.  We visited the cathedral, a ruined abbey (thank you, Henry VIII), and in general enjoyed wandering a town without a stroller.  On our drive back home we stopped at Leeds Castle in Maidstone.  It would actually make an excellent family trip - they had excellent picnic areas, a big maze and small maze, and two different playgrounds for different age groups.

in front of the cathedral on a gorgeous day

taking our time to listen to the audio guide at our own pace

black swans at Leeds Castle

Oxford day trip

Is just absolutely gorgeous!

The Bird, Omi and I went via bus for the day, picnicked at one of the colleges, walked along some canal with folks punting nearby, and went to a museum. Where the Bird proceeded to touch one of the paintings.  Yup.  Finger on paint.  A guard was on her like clotted cream on a scone.  Thankfully, we just had to sit on one of the benches and go over the rules again.  Stay behind the ropes. No touching paintings.  We left pretty soon :)

Bird's portrait of Owl

Z looking at photos of herself

a nice run