Olympic closing ceremony at Auntie Jo's house

We went to Jo and Murphy's for a olympic closing ceremony party, the girls and Daisy and Sam had a cocktail competition mixing together lots of juices!

They then had lots of olympic challenges including a run around the block!

It all ended with a medal ceremony and uncle Murphy on the roof with a streamer gun!

 Cocktail testing

 Tils and her fruity combo!

 Elsie and Sam testing their concoctions

 And the winner of the gold medals is..... Samuel Parker

 Team Sam!

 Waving their flags!

 Upside-downies!

 Streeeeeeamers!

Reach for the stars!

Eastbourne Airshow!

We went to Eastbourne air show and watched the Dog show, had an ice cream, bumped into Auntie Jo and Daisy and then met Nanny Pineapple and Angie for lunch, We sat outside in the sunshine and ate whilst the air show was going on over head! We had a lovely day! Matilda even got to try on some soldiers gear!

Elsie Daphne's Barnyard Bash!

Today was Elsie Daphne's 5th Birthday Party!

We had a Barn yard Bash at Washbrooks Farm, Elsie was dressed up as a cow girl and loved having all of her friends in such a lovely environment.

The children enjoyed a tractor ride, petting the animals, playing on all the equipment including the climbing frames, mini diggers and zip wire.

We then had some dancing and games with Billy from VIP kidz in Hove, They took a parachute outside and played altogether.

We themed the room in red gingham and cow print and had dairy milk, corn on the cob, apples and carrots amongst lots of other things to munch on! Each child had a cowboy hat on their place setting ready for them to get into character!

We finished the party food with.... 4 metres of ice cream sundae in guttering running down the centre of the table!

 Birthday Girl and Sam waiting for their tractor ride to begin.

 Elsie and her 'portion' of gutter sundae!

 Birthday girl blowing out her candles!

The 'tash bro's!

 Place settings

 The beautiful cake grandma made with the milk bottle favours.

 Dairy milk for the mini Cowboys / Cowgirls

 Girls in the trailer during the tractor ride!

 The Gorgeous 5 year old Elsie Daphne

 The parachute game!

 4 whole metres of ice cream sundae waiting to be 'topped'

 The finished article! 4 metres of Ice cream waiting for the little people (and adults) to tuck in!

Happy Birthday to you!

 Place settings!

 Elsie cuddling Sam!

 An apple a day!

Elsie and her guests!

Olympic Torch Relay & Rizzle kicks

Anna and Natasha collected the girls form school today and bought them down to Hove Cricket Ground where Mummy had been working all day in the pouring rain, getting the flags and dancers ready for their performance at the torch relay for when the Olympic flame arrived in Brighton.

Sam came and joined us when he finished work and they watched the concert with Rizzle kicks, Mummy was working back stage and got to meet Twist and pulse and had to have some teeshirts signed by Rizzle kicks

Today we found out......

.......That we are having a little sister!

 Matilda and Elsie arrived home to find a box waiting for them that said 'We are having.....'

 They opened the box and inside was a pink heart balloon that said 'A Sister!'

 The girls are thrilled that we are rollin' team pink!

 Elsie couldn't help sitting in the box!

 Sam and the Girls!

Petersfield celebrations!

Today we went down to Petersfield to celebrate Jenny's 21st, Beckie's 18th and Katie's graduation, after a lovely lunch we went back to Uncle Carl's house for cake and champagne!

It was a lovely day catching up with our family but there was a large void in the shape of the Parker's, as Auntie Fiona had just had a big operation.

It was also a celebration of Uncle David's birthday.

 Auntie Dawn cheesing it up!

 Cala looking gorg!

Elsie loved seeing Baby freddie! 

 Lovely picture of Mia!

 Matilda missed Daisy so much that she decided to sit and read alone when we returned to Carl and Gill's

The celebraters!

Pool Party!

Today we went to Oliver and Henry's Grandma's house for a Jubilee Pool Party, the kids loved being in the pool all day and played really well, Sam threw Matilda in the pool and she swallowed some water and panicked so he did his best 'Baywatch' impression and jumped in fully clothed after her!

It was a lovely day spent with Oliver, Henry, Maddie, and Frazer.