Hedges & ONJ

OK... Because you've asked for it, by popular demand, here is the latest development on the hedges....!!!!   Righteo, I'll come clean, no one asked, you've all got lives!  But I'm going to bore you anyway...

Can't say I've ever thought about hedges before, not exactly riveting are they?  But I tell you, after the amount of work we've put in over the past couple of weeks, I live and breathe hedges now!
C'mon ask me anything!!  So here are some truly boring photos (but not one of me driving the tractor, that would be a sight!)  By Summer, it'll be a gorgeous new hedge, fresh from the ivy trying to strangle its way in and we'll also have a fence so the darn dog Matilda doesn't keep escaping!

Thanks to my Aunty Pat, JP and I were able to go backstage to meet Olivia after her concert last week at the divine Royal Albert Hall.   I was in 7th heaven watching her perform and being so close to the stage singing my little heart out!  I'll try and get the photo of us 3 together to post here.

Before

half way there...

At the Royal Albert Hall

Perfect snowy weekend

This dire weather England is having brought us quite a bit of snow this weekend.
It's the coldest March on record, which I couldn't disagree with.

Ella, Finley, Jennine and Andrew from HK arrived on Friday for the weekend.  It was the perfect excuse to sit by the fire with them and eat, drink (and repeat!)  The kids loved playing in the snow.
Although we did manage to go outside once for a walk and to a pub for a very cosy roast lunch!

We have 3 days left of school before we head to France for Easter.  We're going to give skiing in Les Arcs 1950 a go.  http://www.arc1950.com/  This is our first time there skiing as we've only stayed there in the Summer time.

Finley & Jaimie

Icecream in the snow?!!  Crazy cats!

Ella sledding

Tanzin trying to hit me with a snowball, ha you missed!

Walkies

Words with friends

Scrabble. Addictive. Brain hurting. Good o'l fashioned fun. Tucked up in bed, I play each night with my Ma, cousins and best friends in Oz and Hong Kong.
(Notice I'm beating Mum by a fraction? It won't last long, so ill take this glory and run with it!)

Spring has sprung..

I wanted to share these photos of Granny's gorgeous little lambs.  In the past few weeks she has helped deliver about 12 lambs.  The girls love going around to bottle feed them.

And with spring, comes daffodils and snowdrops.  The daffodils are just starting to rise but our garden is fully scattered with bunches of snowdrops.

Happy Mothers Day!

Today is my first English Mother's Day - I'm not allowed to have two, so whilst in Rome (or Norfolk) it makes sense to join the crowd.

The kids were super happy, singing "Happy Mothers Day to youuu".  They devoured the pancakes that Tanzin cooked for me and presented me with flowers, cuppa tea and handmade cards in bed.

Plus, we all woke up to a light blanket of snow on the ground, which looks so very beautiful.  JP and Tanzin sneakily created this, then Tanzin cried out "Mummy, there's a deer on the lawn"!!....

The girls then went put on their snowsuits to go sledging, but ended up with more mud on their backsides!  After watching Pitch Perfect on DVD, a fantastic birthday present, we went to the Black Horse in Thorndon for a roast lunch with G&G.

Tanzin & Taylor's homemade vases

Belmont looking so pretty in white

Matilda catching snow.  

Classic

Aiyyyya!  Jacki Chan!

A ver snowy photo outside the pub