Holiday Photos

WEEK 1

View from our room:


On the train...


Hot and tired...


Cars on the kitchen floor...


Playing cards outside apartment...


11pm. Time for a trip to the play park...


On way out for night...


Thomas enjoying his pizza...



Ice cream...


In Florence...



Then Pisa. Thomas and the tower...


Fergus and the tower and if you look carefully a little model tower at Fergus's feet...


Fergus's second hastily improvised Italian birthday cake so far in his lifetime. Where can you buy a cake in Italy??


WEEK 2

Location:


Fergus was born on the previous World Cup final day. Here he is on World Cup final day 2010, outside the apartment of our Dutch neighbours...


More late night ice creams...


Meal out...


Fergus's friends...


On way out for the night...


Fun in the pool...


Last meal out...


The image Fergus is staring at is the outdoor cinema in San Gimignano...


Youth Orchestra playing in the square on our last night...


Watching the show...

Thomas Diving

Just back from Italy. It was ace.
At the second place we stayed, the pool had a diving board.
Thomas practiced every day. Here is his progress:

#1 - Funny


#2 - Floppy


#3 - Faultering


#4 - Fair


#5 - Flawless

Karting

Thomas's football team went on a karting trip recently.

Getting ready...


Awaiting the race...


The human swan vesta...

A little bit of Thomas is action (he was good!).
Thomas is the one the camera follows...




Some race analysis...



Chilling out post racing...

Thomas Birthday

Also very late, a few pics from Thomas's birthday...
Bowling and then a barbecue...


In the unfinished garden...


A more civilised and chilled out affair now they are 11...

Fergus trying to get the part started...




Totally out of sequence, but here is a pic from Sunday just gone, in our new garden with the table tennis table set up...

Christmas 2009

Better late than never I suppose.


Curlers on the Gadloch...

Preparing dinner...


Christmas outfits...