Back in School

So what happened this week? Not much. Went to Germany for a meeting. Ate lots of bread (... Jo brought a bread machine back from Manchester last week), went swimming, shopping and walking on the beach. I've convinced myself that the Norwegian hills are not possible on my heavy Dutch bike so have bought a new bike (No.4). I think I'm going to need it as Jo will need the car more now that the summer is over and the pushchair has been ditched. Sophie's enjoying the new school term and her new class. We're driving to Bergen on Wednesday for Sophie's operation on Thursday. We told her about the operation today and she seems relatively relaxed about it. Here she is eating spaghetti with Mum's special tomato sauce. She's normally a very tidy eater but this particular meal is normally devoured.

A few hours on Hundvåg island

We found some dark woods with tiny cabins dotted around. I tried to convince Sophie that we were being watched by trolls but she was having none of it.

This bell was very loud and Sophie enjoyed ringing it very much.

Checking out the fish under the jetty.

Scaled up fun!

School starts tomorrow. Next week we will travel to Bergen and Sophie will have an operation to remove the metal plate which was put in her leg last time. Hopefully this will be an end to it.

Come back next week

Jo and Sophie have gone to Manchester for a few days to escape the rain. That phrase is not often heard. The Beast is inconsolable and keeps staring out of the window. As I only have a whining dog as subject matter, in the absence of anything extraordinary happening around here, there will not be any further postings on this blog for the coming week.

Your weekly diorama picture

We are getting quite a collection of these things.

A standard weekend

More arty stuff.

Trying to help mum weed the garden and look cool at the same time (... not easy).

The sun came out on Sunday so we headed out to the beach. Not sure if jellyfish can get worried but this one should be.

We've got the lergy!

Not a very exciting week. I was ill (but momentarily cheered by half a glass of wine and an i-pod for my birthday earlier in the week). Sophie has it now. It hasn't stopped her creative output though. The dioramas are coming thick-and-fast and yesterday, Sophie and Jo made a whole fitted bathroom for Barbie (..complete with toilet (... complete with poo)).

Five

Lottie was five on Saturday. She celebrated with a curmugeondly tour of the woods and a plate full of sausages exhumed from the deep recesses of the freezer. However she refused to entertain us by blowing on a dur-dur. Not a bad day for dogs.

Where's The Other One?

When we moved to Norway we splashed out on 3 goldfish; Fishy, Bubbles and The Other One. When we got back from Mallorca The Other One was not in the tank. No sign of him. It's a bit of a mystery. Do you agree that Fishy and Bubbles are looking rather sinister in this picture?

Cool!

Jo has chosen some very cute pictures of Sophie in the holiday posts she did yesterday. However, I like this one of her in her full swimming kit including goggles (which she wore more or less continuously for the first couple of days).

More Mallorca pics