We're off to the Polo darling

Here's some pics from Cowdray Park in Midhurst, when we visited with Nanny Dawn to catch a spot of Polo. It was a nice day out - we packed the picnic, paid our £10 then spent half an hour driving through the fields trying to find which one was hosting the next chukka. We eventually made it and settled down on the sideline (if that's what you call it) to enjoy the action. All very la-de-da! Enjoy the pics.


The game was on the No. 1 field which has the nice backdrop of Cowdray Castle behind.


Picnicing... and yes, we are drinking Pimms - the adults at least.


Caitlin shortly before she threw the ball in front of a "pony" warming up on the sidelines. The ball was obviously barred after that little incident.


Some of the action. You wouldn't believe it but our old mate Ruki Baillieu was in the losing team. He scored a nice goal early on, but was a not at his best on the day for mine.

Caitlin's Graduation

As you may have heard, Caiti's off to big school in September (no we can't believe it either) and today she had a special graduation ceremony at her nursery/pre-school. The photos were so cute we had to show them....

Out and about with Lucy

Today we have a special posting updating all of Lucy's friends and fans on what she's been up to lately.

We begin with a bit of indoor tennis: The Brits are starting to take this Wimbledon thing seriously and now all school children learn tennis for 3 hours every day. It seems like a good plan, but I get the feeling there's something missing - a tennis ball and court perhaps:


Not sure what's going on in this next one. Looks as if it must have been "frog hat" day at school:


Here she is as The Wicked Witch of the West (Byfleet) - scary eh?:


Striking a pose at ballet class:



All that ballet training paid off at the school summer BBQ (which was an absolute screamer, by the way) when she and her ballet class danced in front of a huge crowd. We captured some of the performance on (low quality) video for your enjoyment:

Caiti's Sports Day

Caiti had a sports day at her nursery (a.k.a pre-school or kindergarten) a while back. It was action packed with all the usual races such as the 15m sprint, but also had a few lesser known events such as the Doll Push and the Shoe Gather (definitely an event designed for females). She looks like a sprinter in the making - winning two of her events, although she might need to put in a bit more work on the Shoe Gather, where she tried to make off with the shoes rather than win the race! Enjoy the pics.


Here she is getting ready for the first race of the day - the 15m sprint.


She got off to a good start. The start is crucial in this event.


Some last minute instructions before the shoe race.


First shoe up.


Second shoe up, shoes in box, now let's nick off with them.


Runners ready.... Dollies ready... On your mark...


Edging ahead at the half-way point


Winner!

The Sound of Music

These pics are a bit old - from back in May - but Lucy would be devastated if we didn't show you our adventures from the day we went into London to see The Sound of Music.

Lucy and Nana were the lucky ones with the tickets, the rest of us spent the afternoon wandering the streets looking for interesting shops (Jo), museums (Keezee) and large statues (Caiti). A good afternoon was had by all despite a gross navigational error by Keezee, as he tried to find his way back to the London Palladium Theatre for the pickup. (Let's just say, we have now seen Goodge Street tube station from every direction).



Let's start at the very beginning (a very good place to start). Here's the girls all done up like Austrian Fräuleins, getting ready to go.


We love going into London for the day, getting a good seat on the train, reading the paper and then taking a photo of it all. These are a few of our favourite things.



Nana's probably not happy we've posted this pic, because she wasn't looking at the camera.... she was looking up at Big Ben, checking we weren't going to be late.


We bumped into our old mate, the bloke on the horse again.



A typical London shot... the cab, the Union Jack and the garbage truck.


We made it to the theatre with plenty of time to spare, and were delighted to find that Australia's second favourite son (after Jack 'Ruki' Baillieu), Simon Burke, was starring as The Captain.


We walked from Waterloo, but it would have been quicker to get a cab.



Keezee dragged the girls all through the British Museum, but they kept smiling regardless.



Caiti and her big statue. For the record, after this shot she decided to scream "Rooaarr" for the rest of the afternoon - brilliant!

Dodgy mobile phone pics

Oh dear... we have been tardy... Blame it on the new camera and it's ability to hold hundreds of photos without the need to download, blame it on the rain (aka British summer), blame it on being busy, blame it on the quality documentaries on BBC 2, blame it on the boogie... however you look at it, it's been over a month since our last update.

Don't worry, we do have lots of pics from the new camera showing the fun places we have visitied and how our two little darlings have grown. In the meatime, our apologies to you our loyal blogging friends. Hopefully this collection from Keezee's work phone will partially make up for it. The Manchster pics are because he's been working in Manchester - interesting place, friendly people with funny accents, rains a lot!



The view out the window of Keezee's hotel room in Manchester... did I mention it rains a lot in Manchester?


Here we are at the dogs in Manchester.. Belle Vue is the name of the track, and suprise, it's raining again.



The dogs didn't mind though. Neither did Keezee... he won £40 on the Trio (a.k.a Trifecta)



This is the entrance to a bar is called The Temple, and you enter it down some stairs in the middle of the street... it's an old public toilet, so it's commonly known as The Toilet Bar... surprisingly trendy though. We like it! [Note the rain]




The tickets for Elton John said no photography allowed!



The concert was held at Mercedes Benz World in Brooklands, near our place... Note the Mercedes badge on top of the building.



Elton's still got it... he played for 2hrs without a break and was very, very good... albeit a bit small from this distance.



Speaking of bad seats... here we are at the Manchester Utd v Juventus pre-season friendly at Old Trafford. I've never been a fan of Man U and now I know why.



More of the most boring game ever... 0-0 was the final score with one shot on goal. It's hard to see from this shot, but it was raining. The highlight of the evening was the rowdy songs sung on the tram back home... wouldn't want to be a Liverpool fan on that tram.