Jesus Green with Ba-Ba

This is a great tummy exercise plus Ana loves it. We got nice weather at the end of May so Andrew spent part of a Friday during the end of May and had a picnic with us. Ana gets to play 'see-saw' with daddy.

Quack! Quack!

We spent all of Thursday at the Cambridge Botanical Gardens again...sunny days are met to be spent outside. On this day we had some goodies to feed the ducks...as you can see the ducks are VERY friendly and have not problem getting their share of food.



Tymek and Ana having a chat about stradegy for duck feeding.



Chilling out by the pond.

Making a Cake for Ba-Ba

Since Ana's school has encouraged bringing things in your 'Show Me Shoebox', we have started to make little projects. They mostly take days to make so it's a bit of a theme. In the month of May we celebrated a lot of birthdays...Andrew, Uncle John and mine. Ana and I looked at some very fancy cakes at Waitrose and decided we were going to make our own. Below is our attempt to make a 'special' cake for Ba-Ba (Andrew).

Splash Dancing With My Posse!

What is a pool party without dancing and singing even if you are the one making the music?!?!
On occasion Ana will just break out into song and dance. I thought if you had not seen it before then you'd like to take a look at what sort of entertainment Ana provides us on a regular basis.


We are at Aada's house taking a break from the paddling pool :)

Splash splash!

Tuesday was pretty hot so Ana went over the Aada's house to enjoy her paddling pool.



Chasing around the pool...





Ana, Aada and Tymek soaking up rays and goofing around. It was a really great afternoon!

Friends and Family

Ana has 2 cousins around her age. Talitha (2yrs) and Georgina (3.5yrs) sitting together at the annual family reunion (30/08/2008)



Ana and Talitha hanging out during New Year (03/01/2009) at Aunt Helen's house in Tunbridge Wells. Talitha is Ana's cousin and she came down from London for a quick visit.


Ana with Tymek one of Ana's first boy friends in Cambridge (31/03/2009). Tymek is from Poland and he is best friends with Ana and Aada.



Daddy's brothers and sister at Chris' 50th birthday in 2007. Doesn't look like they have aged much in 2 years...still handsome Hicklings at Alistair's party below.


All of Daddy's brothers and sister (L-R Mary, Chris, Alistair, Granny, Daddy) at Alistair's 50th birthday party in Tunbridge Wells (04/04/2009). It was a great party!

Continuing the Festivities...Sunday

Ana has lots of Uncles, Aunts and cousins. She loves to socialize and there were plenty of opportunity for it this weekend. Chris and Aileen Hickling hosted the Sunday gathering in their beautiful garden.



Making Pimms is an English tradition for the summer. It takes many people and tasters to get it right! (L-R) Andrew, Ellie and Chris making the perfect Pimms.



Andrew with his favorite sister Mary.



Andrew with his mom Patricia or Granny to most of the Hickling family.



Granny with Sarah and Ellie (L-R)



Patricia and Uncle John who is her older brother and 90 this year.



Simon and his wife Miriam Broadhead. Simon is Uncle John's oldest son.



Andrew with Sarah Broadhead and Miriam.



Emily, Nick and Ollie having a rest by the swing.



Ana making use of Chris and Aileen's yard by riding her bike like a champ!