The Hains Clan

Well, Autumn is underway and we’re bidding a sad farewell to Summer. So we’re spending every moment we can outdoors and capturing the colour of Summer in our (humble) garden. There are a few striking colours from the beautiful flowers that have graced us with their presence

Elowyn and Ethan played for ages as “Spiderman” and “Batman” saving the world from fires and floods. It was all too cute!

Enjoy the photos!

Love, x Anita

So we were driving home yesterday from dropping Matt off at his drumming lesson when Elowyn spotted some birds under the railway bridge we had stopped under (at a set of traffic lights).  The next thing she exclaims, “Mom, those birds are estimating for another bird! Those two birds are estimating to make a bady bird!”

When she added “baby bird” I realised what she was saying and said as calmly and with out giggling, “Really, did you see the birds MATING?”
“Yes, Mom, the one bird jumped on top of the other one, they were estimating!”

It was all too much for me, I laughed all the way home, as quietly as possible.  My daughter has the “birds” of the “birds and the bees” sorted out… Now I’ll just get her to sit outside and look at her sunflower all day, that should sort the “bees” out.  So no “talk” for me when she’s older!!

You have to love them

Hello everyone!

I have finally figured out, since moving to aperture on the Mac, how to get my photos onto our website again.  So here they are!  My 30th, photos from July and August.

My birthday, as apprehensive I was about it, ended up being just wonderful!  I still missed all the special people in SA and NI but Matthew did all he could to make it a special occassion, and all the special people here in England made such  an effort!  On my birthday we went into Windsor to go on the wheel and go see the Windsor Castle.  It was a beautiful day!  The sun shone all day and the children enjoyed themselves as much as we did!  The castle was impressive – especially the doll’s house!  Then, on the Friday, Matthew arranged for us to go, with friends and family, to a restuarant in Cookham.  It was great!  Although I think the waiter might have been a bit annoyed by the South African chat that started… apoogies all round, we just reminiscing!  The food was exquisite, I was thoroughly spoilt and just enjoyed being with everyone.  Here are some photos:

July saw the arrival of Elowyn’s bed (at last!) and we were able to surprise her with a newly done-up room – in butterflies, just as she wanted!  She stood at the door to her room when she first saw it and didn’t say anything to start with. Then she looked down at Matt and said, “Is this my room? Butterflies, all butterflies!”  It was very precious.  Ethan got Elowyn’s old bed and both went to bed that night with grins that went from ear to ear!  So cute!

August has started with Matt and I sorting out our space.  Matt and I had bought a bed (the first bed we’ve bought ourselves!) last year in Belfast.  We decided to get a king size bed.  It set us back a bit and we waited on getting the duvet to go with it…. so now we have a duvet that actually fits our bed and a room that almost resembles what we like! It’s a busy month this month:
- Matt travels to Romania at the weekend for a week fo drumming (sounds like a holiday to me!)
- I’m taking photos at a friend’s sisters wedding on Saturday
- We’re going camping for 4 days in Wales mid-August
- I start my 12 hour post as a neuro out patient physio at St Mark’s hospital, here in Maidenhead at the end of the month.

So with all this going on, we’re trying to enjoy the summer weather and the time Matt has had off since the schools closed in July.  I will try and keep the website going a bit more regularly.  So keep an eye out for more photos and another update soon.

Thanks for reading!

x Anita