Sunday 29 July 2012

Weekending (A Wild Ramble)

Joining Amanda @ Habit of Being for Weekending...

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Saturday morning we packed up a picnic, spent the day under the sun.
Nola ate a bite of everyone's sandwich and took me on lots of walks.
We sat by a stream for about half an hour while she threw in bits of twig and grass and the odd mouldy acorn undiscovered by a squirrel last Autumn.
She made me go all the way back to our picnic for some bread (numnum) for a duck which had vanished by the time we had returned!

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I got "caught in the act" by Tani, eating a couple of bites of an apple turnover :) He threatened to post them to my blog :0
" I am being very honest about my raw eating habits on the blog" I say. "I'll fess up first thing tomorrow"


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Boo loves to challenge herself climbing.
Fina loves to follow the big kids wherever they go and even surpass them if she can. She is such a determined little character. She nearly slid right off this fallen tree right into this new flood created bogland!
Luckily Daddy came to the rescue.
She may have disturbed a few ducks though.

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Finding beautiful bugs in the grasses! It is amazing what an alive little world you find deep among the grasses.

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The girls love to take turns being the leader and leading us off into adventures and unexplored routes.

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This little girl is becoming far more adventurous. She loves to run and find that she is being chased by someone :)

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The girls have come to a beautiful stage now where I can give them so much freedom without feeling worried that they will get lost etc... They had so much fun exploring and playing hide and seek in the long grass and behind trees.

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They also love to take turns looking after little Miss Nola, and she relishes the attention of being the baby of the family :)

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Boo has discovered a real passion for birds recently. Here she found a fledgling still covered in pieces of down. She took it into her own hands to alert reception about the bird. She is a shy girl and finds it hard to talk to new people. I was so proud of her that she wanted to tell them herself because she had found the bird and felt it was her responsibility.
She really loves birds :)

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Emmy got braces about  two weeks ago. She never used to smile in photos because she had been bullied in school for her "buck teeth"
I am so happy that she has rediscovered her smile and her confidence to show it :)

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My Matilda has an affinity with all animals. This dragonfly alighted on her hand and she was so excited!

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18 comments:

  1. Beautiful ~ made my heart ache {but in a lovely way} what adventurous girls you have in your life x

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  2. Gorgeous photos Suzy, thanks for sharing them.

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  3. Your daughters are lovely! Braces are great-my son had them and I remember his smile during braces and after. Glad to see your weekend had such lovely weather :)

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  4. Such a beautiful family you have in all ways, Suzy. It's wonderful to see Nola changing so much, and I particularly love that Emmy's smiling for photos again!

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  5. what a beautiful family you have!

    and we loooooove picnics and just being outdoors. so much to see and do and it's funny how being out there brings us all closer together :)

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  6. A wonderful weekend! I love the games of chase that we have with Kate. The giggles go straight to my heart!

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  7. GORGEOUS pictures! Following from the GFC blog hop. Looks like you had a good weekend :D You can find me over at dalayna.dillon.com

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  8. Thank you so much for stopping by my page! Made me smile :) Following back ;) LOVE the pictures in this post! They are so beautiful and capture the essence of nature and children so well! love it! Looks like you guys had a delightful time there. It's so good to remember the simple things that delight children the most! Although i can't do as much since I'm expecting, i've been trying to make a point to go take walks more often and do something other than just the day to day busy-ness! Happy Tuesday!!

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  9. Your pictures are beautiful!!! I'm here from the Blog Hop and clicking through your posts enjoying all your scenes. I'm off to get lost in some of your blog posts.

    Nice to meet you!

    Lauren

    http://meandmybeautifulmess.blogspot.com/

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  10. What beautiful children - I think it's in their eyes - they're happy. Well done! It's a mighty thing you and you're husband have achieved; having happy children!

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  11. Looks like a lovely weekend! Beautiful photos!

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  12. Great pictures! So glad I found your blog via the blog hop!!!

    http://thebees3.blogspot.com/

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  13. what a gorgeous day and gorgeous photos!
    love that 4th one and the dragonfly - how cool to capture that!
    the best part was that your girl refound her smile.

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  14. gorgeous photos, gorgeous family! so glad I found your blog on the GFC blog hop-the name caught my eye! look forward to following!

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  15. Such lovely photos, love the lighting!

    come say hi over at nichollvincent.blogspot.com and happy Wednesday!

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