Welcome back to the madhouse !

Halloweeeeeeen !!

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Hang on, first it's time to get the face paints out ! And ditch the witch's nose because Sophie could hardly breathe !

Off we go - trick or treat !!

Pierre's the star of the mini disco !

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OK, first lesson - flag recognition ... Turkey !

Pierre's wants to get in on the action !

Watch and learn ...

A-ga-doo-doo-doo ... easy peasy !

Gets a bit scary after a while though, might need a reassuring cuddle from big sis.

Or Mummy.

Not for long though - time to get my dancing feet on stage again !

Look at me, I can dance !

Audience participation !

The belly-dancer's dress !

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Once Pierre put it on, he wouldn't take it off and spent half an hour shaking his head to make the coings jangle !

Somewhere there's a photo of Mike wearing it, if I could just lay my hands on it !

Chilling out in Turkey

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Local wildlife

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The flowers of the date palms

spot the lizard

banana plantations in Alanya

Ready for some snaps of Turkey ? First stop - the pool (of course !)

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I warn you - there's lots !!

Three little ducks went swimming one day ...

And to think he moans when he gets splashed in the bath ! (Pierre, not Mike !)

We found a new park !

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We already had Goat Park, so this one has been dubbed Boat Park !

Yes, you've guessed it - Pierre thinks the boat belongs to Iggle Piggle !

iiiiigggggglllle .... !

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This is the effect that In The Night Garden has on Pierre (and Juliette, who only looked round for the photo !). The first thing Pierre says in the morning is "park ?". If he gets a no for that, it's straight on to "Iggle"? He now says Iggle Piggle and Makka Pakka and likes nodding along with the Tombliboos !

We have a new swimming pool !

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Well OK, a paddling pool ... but this time next month it'll be the real thing in Turkey !

Pierre was too shy to go in - he sat on the side and played with the floating toys in the water !

Which left extra space for the girls so they weren't complaining !

Festival of the sea

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Juliette's feet could only just reach the pedals on the pedalo !

This boat and the red one below are the two that we went on yesterday to visit

Sophie on her surf-bike !

Pierre the Pirate and a couple of princesses

Pierre's latest game is ...

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blowing raspberries at the dogs !

and at me !!

He's such a cheeky chops !

Picnic at the beach

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Where are we off to today Mum ?

Sun cream - check ! Bucket & spade - check ! Picnic - check !

You would not believe the number of times the girls "got pins and needles in their feet and needed to go and run around on the sand for a bit" before finishing the picnic !

Cheese and squash - bit of a strange picnic for Pierre !

Sophie used to cry when you put her down on the sand with bare feet - not Pierre !

If you look closely, Pierre has sand in his eyes, hair, mouth, ears and up his nose but he doesn't seem the slightest bit perturbed !

Oh well, at least whoever graffitied the concrete sheep used green paint, I suppose !

You can tell he lives with girls !!

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Look who got their ears pierced !

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It was only supposed to be Sophie originally but Juliette asked if she could get hers done too !

Candy Floss Girls

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Almost as big as they are !!

The bearded lady !

Cuddles with Big Sis/Soon To Be Godmother !

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Beep beep !

BFFs !

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You may have noticed - her other front tooth has fallen out now. And the one next to it is already wobbly. The tooth fairy will be bankrupt soon !

Kids Carnival

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No stopping them, even if it is raining. Sophie moaned saying that Daddy wouldn't not to do carnival just because it was raining so he relented and took them while I stayed at home with Pierre. Well done Daddy !

The Terrible Twins !

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On seeing this photo, Mike squealed "oooh I forgot my lipstick" and smeared it all over his face before heading out of the door ! The worst thing is, nobody bats an eyelid in Dunkirk during carnival season !

The terrible trio !!

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All playing together on the first day of half term - hope it lasts !

Look at him go (at last !)

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No stopping him now - he walks, turns, goes backwards. I think he was having a laugh pretending he couldn't walk !

White Winter

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Inspired by the theme on Mumslikeyou, I decided to put together some of the pics of the girls having oodles of fun in the snow. Yes, it means traffic chaos, stress and slipping about on the ice to us boring grown-ups but we shouldn't forget how magical it all is for the kids !

a snowman even bigger than Juliette !

I love this photo - the look just says it all !

I like this version of snowball fights too - me on the inside in the warm with a camera, them on the patio throwing snow at the windows !

the sancastle methof for making snowmen when there's not much snow left !

awwwww bye bye snowman !!

Countdown to New Year's Eve !

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Look at the naughty schoolboy faces !!

My one's bigger than your one !

"I think we need to modify the trajectory" !!

Pierre's new garage

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Look what Father Christmas at Daddy's works brought for Pierre !

He may still not be walking yet but he does like standing up to play with it !

Look what happens when Pierre wants to feed himself !

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The bit I like is the grains of sweetcorn and rice on his head !

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree ... !

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Juliette does a little tree for the table ...

while Sophie and Mike do the big one !

Too cold to play outside to time to get baking !

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What can you make with a cupboard full of porridge and honey ?

Flapjacks of course !

Sophie can't bear the waiting around for them to cool down !

Time to eat all the crispy bits in the bottom of the tin ! Yum !

Sophie seemed gobsmacked that you could actually make your own cereal bars, like we'd just built our own computer from scratch or something ! I suppose she's never thought about where they come from !

Pierre wanted a little taste too !

Next up was a coconut and honey cake.

Sophie's progressed on to real cooking now too !

So have they grown ?!

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The tooth fairy has got her work cut out

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One tooth came out ...

Then the one next to it started wiggling ...

Since then that one's fallen out too and the one at the top in the middle has started wiggling now !

Back with a new camera !!

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Oops, we had camera problems which meant that our computer wouldn't recognise it so I couldn't upload any photos ! All sorted now though, especially as Mike bought me a new camera for my birthday ! Time to play catch up ! ...

More Turkey than Christmas !

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It's tiring being on holiday !

They're all taken one after the other in the same spot so put them in order and you'll get a Turkish sunset as it happens !

The waiters all loved Pierre !

And Pierre loved Turkish bread !

Hmmm that's both girls sorted out for their 18th birthday in the paper photos !

Not quite as impressive as the bed clothes sculptures in Tunisia but not bad !

and that's all folks, until next year ! Back to photos at home now !

Am I boring you yet ?!

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boogying before lunch !

Yalikavak bus station !

The Cactus Beach Hotel

mini disco every evening

the mini club table for dinner

Sophie and Omar go kayaking in the sea

sleeping on the sun lounger under the parasol !

How white are we ? You can tell we've just arrived !

on the balcony

The local markets

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sticky honey cakes and wafer thin Filo pastry sheets

all sorts of nuts

Pierre fell asleep in the sling !

olives

spices

Have you seen the melon man, the melon, the melon man ... but he doesn't live on Drury Lane !

Out and about in Turkey

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look closely and you'll see a cicada !

Rubber plants aren't house plants in Turkey, they're trees !

one of the many bracelet shops the girls oohed and aahed over !

the make lampshades and other decorative objects out of gourds

the "dolmus", the local buses that we took when we went out and about by ourselves

on the coach on one of the excursions

Mastik flavoured ice cream anyone ?!

Bodrum is famous for sea sponges

fancy getting your shoes shined ? Ummm don't think it would work with flip flops !

Bodrum

The ancient Mindos gate - me and the kids stayed in the air-conditioned coach while Mike braved the 40° heat to get a photo !

The ancient anmphitheatre in Bodrum

Golden Balls !

Tired, Juliette ?! Sophie's got her "can we go back to the pool now ?" face on !

Ready for some more happy holiday snaps ?!

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As they say in France "c'est le pied" (it's the foot) - which means everything's great fun !

our nightly sunset at dinner (and the girls were off at the kids' table with Omar and the kids club so it was just us & Pierre - not a bad setting for a 10th wedding anniversary !)

supervising Pierre's heat-busting early afternoon nap on the balcony !

This is EXACTLY the sort of pose that had everyone stopping us in the street to stroke his leg or arm !

on the plane on the way home

in honour of Sophie's birthday ! Omar and all the waiters paraded out with sparklers and her cake !

Look mum, a baby lime from the trees !

No Pierre, that's not really what a rubber ring is for !

brotherly/sisterly love !

That's Pierre's food, not mine by the way !

the pool

First lot of Turkey snaps from my camera ...

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I know babies shouldn't drink coke but it was really hot and we'd run out of water !

Showing off the new bracelet she'd just bought in Bodrum

Don't believe her face, she loved the food really !

Under the parasols at the hotel beach

Omar the Kids Club leader doing face painting - Juliette's complaining because I made her turn round to take the photo !

Same pose at our usual table on the balcony overlooking the sea/sunset every night at dinner - put them all together and you can see Mike slowly changing colour !

Posing in her new Tshirt from Yalikavak market !

Giggling in the shade on the sunloungers

Look mum, no ring, no armbands !

sweaty but happy !

new mates for the fortnight

our balcony - Sophie impatiently waiting to go to dinner/the mini disco !

choices choices - dummy or bread ?!

more to follow ... !

More summertime snaps from before Turkey

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Trying to keep things in order here ... This was before we went off on holiday.

Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth ... until you see the next photo !

Pierre being naughty !

Family day out - going for an adventure on the bus

Cheeky chops eating doughnuts !

It's all a load of balls !

Learning to be loud !

Strongman Sophie !

One to drag out for her 18th !

What'choo looking at ?!

Bye bye !

Exciting happenings in Sophie's school car park during the holidays

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Sophie looked out of the window and said "Mum, there's a little girl on a donkey on the car park" and we all went "yeah yeah, of course there is" ... but she was right ! Family fun day, spent all afternoon there and it only cost €1 each !

Back to skool

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News in brief ... Turkey was great, we're all back at school & work and ... big news ... Pierre has finally started crawling ! Yesterday, he started off the day by surprising me by being upright in bed when I went to get him first thing in the morning ! Then ten minutes later, as I plonked him on the floor, he was off ! Like he'd been doing it for years ! Right ... time to get the stair gates out, I guess !

I have zillions of photos to add from over the summer, I'll get there eventually ...

Last thoughts on the Graco Nautilus (Naughty-Less !) car seat

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After the past month of school holidays, we've done several long drives including the 8-hour drives down to the grandparents' in Brittany and back, so the Graco Nautilus has had some serious road testing. (Literally !)

We have a large repertoire of bordeom-busting games to play as we drive (I-spy, First person to see ..., Pub Cricket, etc) so this time, we added the Graco Nautilus Alphabet Game to the list ! The girls had to think of one cool thing about the car seat for each letter of its name. Here's what we came up with !

G - Grown up design that appeals to teens and pre-teens
R - Really comfy
A - Adapts to fit all ages
C - Cool cup holder
O - Only car seat you'll ever need !

N - No more neck ache
A - Aeroplane-style seat
U - Useful seatbelt guides
T - Three-in-one seat
I - Intuitive fitting so no need to pore over the instruction booklet
L - Lovely long naps due to the head support
U - Use with choice of harness or seatbelt
S - Secret hiding places for toys, snacks and sick bags !

All of the above has led us to decide that it should in fact be called the Graco Naughty-Less car seat because there is much less whining on long drives ! Thank you Graco for giving us the chance to test out this fabulous car seat - mums, dads and kids have fallen in love with it wherever we've been on our travels !

Get ready to sing - the Graco-son Five do A.B.C !

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Da doo doo doo doo ... Da doo doo doo doo ...

A . B . C . ...

Easy as 1 . 2 . 3 . ...

as simple as do re mi ...

A . B . C ...

1 . 2 . 3 . ...

Baby you and me

That's how easy it can be !

for more information about the group 1.2.3 Graco Nautilus Car Seat : http://www.graco.co.uk/en_GB/product/8J96/

Other blogposts we've made about the Nautilus that you might be interested in :

Graco Nautilus Group 1-2-3 Car Seat - Group 2 (Juliette's review)

Graco Nautilus Group 1-2-3 Car Seat - Group 3 (Sophie's review)
Graco Nautilus group 1 - 2 - 3 car seat (Mum's review)

Graco Nautilus car seat - now comes with free playhouse !

Storytime ... Gracolocks and the 3-in-1 Chairs !

Pleeeease Mum, can I sit in the naughty seat today ?!

New haircuts

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This time next week, we'll be in Turkey so it was time for the girls to get their beat-th-heat haircuts ! They both love them, Juliette just didn't want to pose for a photo ! The hairdresser even chopped off all Pierre's annoying bits that kept going in his eyes - he looks really grown up now !

This will be keeping the girls busy all summer !!

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Not to mention me !!

http://whereintheworldisjennywoodenmum.blogspot.com/

I'll be writing the posts but with a LOT of input from Sophie and she's taking nearly all the photos so feel free to leave her some messages, she'd be over the moon ! (I've added the link to my blog link of the right hand side of the blog, for easy access !)

Look what arrived in the post for me !

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Big kisses to Uncle Alan & Auntie Doreen xxx

Pïerre's birthday tea

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Still loving those scones !

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as are the dogs ! Who needs a hoover ?!

Sophie found a recipe for Jam Scones she wanted to try

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No, not really making green scones - that's the guacamole for the fajitas !

That's more like it !

Looking all sad because she's not allowed to eat one while they're still too hot !

It's a French recipe so they put the jam on the scones before cooking them - messier than cutting them in half and putting it on the inside !

ahhh they've cooled down now !

smiles all around

including Pierre !

Look what I found Mum !

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Yes, that is a snail - ewwww !!

I'm forever blowing bubbles !

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You can kep blowing Pierre, it ain't gonna work !!

Better than Babysitting games on the Nintendo DS !!

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Awww wonder how long it'll be before they're squabbling !

What do you do on a bank holiday ?

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DIY of course. After painting Pierre's room blue for a boy, it was time to get Juliette the girly-girly room she was dreaming of ! Only Sophie's beams left to paint purple and I can hang up my painting trousers for a while !

I love my grandad !

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even if he did scare me to death when he first arrived !

Graco Nautilus car seat - now comes with free playhouse !

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After the defrosting freezer fiasco and having to buy a new one, I promised Sophie and Juliette that we'd make the box into a playhouse - as I remember doing when I was a kid and my mum got a new freezer delivered ! They were gutted when it was delivered without a box !

Then I remembered that the Graco Nautilus car seat box was almost as big as Juliette so that gave me an idea ...

You can tell I watched Blue Peter in my youth ! Mister Maker would be proud of me !!

But that wasn't anywhere near messy enough so it was time to paint it !

They spent the whole weekend playing it !!

So it's not just a 3-in-1 car seat - it's also an eco-friendly playhouse !!

Serious review coming up shortly on my reviews blog , I promise !!

Pierre's first birthday cake ever !

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A week early, first ever birthday cake courtesy of Nanny & Grandad !

a tiny taste of chocolate icing, to start things off

Errr quick - should someone tell my mum the cake's on fire ?!

Time to blow out the candles - oops I mean candle !

Do you want a little taste Pierre ?

Yummm, I can add "birthday cake" to the list of things I like eating now !

Pierre is my new unpacking assistant

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The postie just delivered a box of Regent's Park (English food) goodies that I won ! Pierre was on the job immediately !

"Hmm what's in here then ?"

"Where shall I put the tea, Mum ?"

"Oooh butter fudge, now that sounds more like it !"

"I wonder if I can pinch the biscuits before Mum notices !"

The girls discover bacon sarnies !

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It's a delicacy - very rare to have English bread and English bacon in the house at the same time !

Fun in the sun

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Yay, the girls have finally found some little girls to play with - unfortunately they have now gone on holiday for a fortnight. Back to all boys then !

Sorry about the quality of these photos but I was staying well out of the way of the supersoaker and took the photos from the window !

The early bird catches the sprinkler

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Sorry, I shouldn't laugh - Sophie was first at the park down the road at opening time this morning (10am). She was the only kid there ... which is probably why the park-keeper chose that precise moment to turn on the water sprinklers. Sophie was standing right next to them and was not impressed ! *sniggers*

Storytime ... Gracolocks and the 3-in-1 Chairs !

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Are you sitting comfortably ? Then I'll begin ... !

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Juliette ... oops I mean Gracolocks, who was walking through the forest when she came to a little house. Being a curious, cheeky little girl (which is just a nicer way of saying nosey and rude !) , she wandered straight in and started looking around.

First of all, she came across three bowls of porridge in the kitchen - one small, one medium-sized and one big. Being well-versed in her bedtime classics, she immediately thought to herself, "Oh crikey, I'd better get my snooping around done before Daddy, Mummy and Baby Bear get back ... or until I wake up out of this dream" !

Shooting upstairs, she came across three chairs - one small, one big and one medium sized.

Followed by three pairs of shoes - one small, one big and one medium-sized.

Glancing at the three different-sized beds, she dismissed those immediately, thinking to herself "Who wants to go to sleep when they're in the middle of an exciting fairy tale adventure/dream ? Not me, that's for sure ! Naptime's for babies !"

Skipping back outside and peeking in the garage, she saw the Three Bears' Car - but she wasn't sure if it was a Bear-ntley or a BMW (Bears' Mechanized Wheels). (These are the jokes, folks !) Knowing that even if this was a dream, bears can't drive, Gracolocks peered into the back seat expecting to see three car seats, one small, one medium-sized and one big. But there weren't - there was only one.

Suddenly the three bears arrived and said, "Oi, get your hands off our Nautilus car seat. It's a 3-in-1 car seat that fits small, medium and big-sized bears so unlike everything else in our house, we don't need three of them. One does the job."

Then Mum woke me up and said "Hello, Sleepyhead. Did you fall asleep dreaming of testing out your fab new carseat at the weekend ? You've been dribbling all over the settee" !

Not long to go Gracolocks (and Sophie and Pierre) - I promise we'll test it out next weekend !

Welcome to our fish and chop shop !

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No, we're not really branching out and opening a restaurant - someone who will remain nameless didn't shut the freezer properly so everything (and I mean everything) defrosted. I must have cooked the equivalent of 1 cow, 2 pigs and an aquarium full of fish !

Still this lot left to go - but I think I'll leave that for Mike too barbecue later. It's getting too hot in here now (not to mention pongy - pooey fish/meat mix !). So much for a quiet start to the holidays !

Pleeeease Mum, can I sit in the naughty seat today ?!

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Who'd have thought the kids would be squabbling over whose turn it is to sit in the naughty seat ?! Ahh but you're thinking of the Naughty Step ... they're talking about the funky new Nautilus car seat from Graco that we've been sent to roadtest ! It's a 3-in-1 car seat that is suitable from 9 months to 12 years, so it's absolutely ideal for us to test out thoroughly.

You'll be hearing a lot more about it over the next few weeks as we try it out, one kid at a time, on various long journeys but for now, here's a quick pic of the little beauty in all its splendour.

for more information, check out the Graco website here : http://www.graco.co.uk/en_GB/product/8J96/

or watch this space ... (oh and this one : http://madhousefamilyreviews.blogspot.com/ !!)

Cuddles with my French Mamie

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Ahhhh câlin !

Annual sheepshearing, oops I mean haircut !

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Hairdresser : "What would you like us to do then ?"

Me : "Whatever it takes to beat the heat !"

Same length as my normal summer crop except this time, I've had it layered all over to reduce the volume (and now that I have, the mini-heatwave is over !)

These boots are made for walking ...

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Or at least crawling ! Well, he does now go on all fours and slide backwards so I guess that's progress (of sorts !). There's a boy at the park who's 22 months old and still not walking so I guess not crawling at 11 months isn't too bad !

Cute to the power of three

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Today's the first day of the holidays - yay ! So it's time to play catch up on last month's photos before getting loads more new ones to post throughout the holidays. Hold on to your hats for a whistlestop roundup !

Slobbing out in pyjamas until 11am is an important part of the holidays !

Yummy cherries from the market

Looking extra chubby in this photo for some reason !

Playing at getting married !

Pierre's getting well into this reviewing lark now ! (Loads of photos of the kids on my reviews blog so so don't forget to check it out too : http://madhousefamilyreviews.blogspot.com/ )

All that playing is thirsty work

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Making orange muffins

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Well that's one way of using up bags of frozen orange segments !

Pierre gives a thumbs up to melon

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I've got my head in my pants !

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How could you not like a game where you have to fish for bogies in a toilet while wearing pants on your head ?!!

Is this what they mean by baby-led weaning ?!

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Likes fruit salad then !

a last few pics of our nice relaxing break !

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courtesy of Keycamp (one of the perks of being a mummy-blogger !)

Look what my mum made me wear

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cool dude !

Meanwhile ...

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Hee hee hee, look at my funky swimming trunks !

Right, the girls are getting all the action - what mischief can I get up to ?

Oi big sis 1 & 2, get on over here for a bit !

Where's me pudding ?!

Hee hee I'm going to pull your hair !

And pull your towel out from underneath you !

Hee hee hee that was fun !

Still friends though !

Anything you can do I can do better

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Look Mum !

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Look what I'm gonna do, Mum !

Are you still watching ?

Here I go !

Watch out below !

Where did Grant Mitchell suddenly appear from ?

Can we go to the pool again ? pleeeease ?!!

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umm yes, that might have been Mike asking !

right, time to test the swim ring !

Pierre didn't like the water much but he started getting used to it on day 2 so should be OK in Turkey !

she wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny pink and green polka dot bikini !

everyone tried out Pierre's rubber ring !

even if it says nobody over 2 must be placed in it (but it's too big for Pierre and just right for Juliette !)

Our weekend at Keycamp

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If you haven't seen the photos yet, serves you right - you should have checked out my reviews blog ! Actually, it's a good place to start because I wrote a diary of everything we did so head on over to there first and then I'll complete with extra photos here.

Determined to get a photo of his teeth !

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got there in the end !

Rogues' gallery

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stinky cheese time !

after the stinky cheese !

mid stinky cheese !

Give us this day our daily bread !

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Yep, that's definitely what those two little teeth are for !

Posing like Hollywood stars !

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Two of their favourite things : Cookie mix and face paints

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Stamp collector extraordinaire !

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The circus came to town (again !)

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Juliette asked why the camel had toothpaste in its mouth !

The sneaky horse untying his own ropes !

horse with pale blue eyes

More coat-testing !

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yes it was blowing a gale on the cliffs above Calais !

and yes, I said in the review that the hood was too big !

First tooth on the horizon

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click on the photo to see it enlarged and look closely at his gums ! it's right through now

Sleepover !

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Well, Sophie stayed over at her friend's house so it was time for us to return the favour !

Face paint testing

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Not bad for a first attempt !

First day of the Easter holidays

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slightly over-efficient fridge - if it touches the back of the fridge, it all becames encased in ice !!

too cold for a picnic outside !!

Posing in the park

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You'll get sick of seeing photos of Juliette in her pink coat but I have to send in photos of her wearing it for the product test !!

Don't forget the "older posts"

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I've filled up three pages so you'll have to click twice at the bottom right hand corner to see all the new photos ! Enjoy !

some cute pics of Pierre to finish off (or to start with if you're working through backwards !)

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Juliette

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Deciding she wants to try out the babywalker for old time's sake !

Rugrat time !

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How did a baby get in that mirror ?

Shingles is no fun

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Some totally unsensible photos of the kids !

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Would have been a nice pic if Pierre hadn't shoved his fingers up his nose !

First ... time on two legs !

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He's not in any hurry to crawl but does seem to like standing up now

First ... time as an 8-month-old !

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The terrible trio !

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Still got his mouth open in the babywalker !!

Guess who's been painting in the loft ?!

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