Happy Fathers' Day!

How lucky is Little S with a great Daddy like this one?

Happy Fathers' Day to Conor, Gaga A, Grandpa and all of the dads out there.

London | 48 Hours style

I think 10 years of marriage deserves a weekend trip to London, no? We had a lovely weekend though - saw some relatives, ate some great food, saw some cool stuff. Can't ask for more than that! PLUS, we get to go back in June as a family for a wedding! Yea!

We bought Savannah a Paddington Bear (at Harrod's no less - Ooh lala) and took him to Paddington station. A smartly dressed British man saw us and said (to whomever he was speaking with on the phone) "Only Americans would be taking a photo of Paddington with a Paddington" in a really snotty tone. I basically told him to suck it, because I was doing this for my five year old.

If you happen to be in SoHo, this restaurant is fantastic! Only downside, they hung my coat by the kitchen and it smelled (heavenly) of lamb the next day.

Then I got to come home to this face - it really hit me when I drove off to the airport that we would both be so far away from her. That was very hard. I was so happy to see her.

Blow It Up

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POTD: Holiday Barn Time

Happy Father's Day!

POTD: For Daddy

Polaroid of the Day

Open House + Darn Volcano

Savannah's preschool had an open house this morning and it was wonderful. The kids got to show us their 'activities' and their 'travaille' (not sure on the spelling of that one). It was great to see the things she's been telling us about.

This little video is mostly for Daddy as it's looking like he may be a citizen of London for an indefinite time period. He had to miss the open house this morning DUE TO A VOLCANO. Never in my wildest imagination did I anticipate having to type that sentence. Come home soon!

POTD: Playground

Some more catching up photos

A few from Christmas

Here are a few self portraits we took with the old point and shoot.


A Savannah Jane original...love the perspective.

Football Day

On the plus side:
1. Savannah got a fun morning out with Daddy and Uncle Damian
2. She got to eat cotton candy
3. I got to practice compromise in marriage

On the minus side:
1. I don't think I need to say it do I? You know.

Who Loves Savannah?

Daddy loves Savannah...

This is more toy camera film (this time from my Holga), which was damaged as it didn't wind properly, but I don't care because I love this photo.

Damaged film is part of the thrill of the toy camera anyway.

A New Computer

It pays to have an in-house IT department - I got my computer back.

Port Rush Part II

It was a rainy, cloudy day our second day in Port Rush. Honestly, if you've ever been to Ireland, that shouldn't be a surprise. However, the Aunties had told Savannah that the Postman came at 9AM and he brought little girls a bucket and spade so they could make sand castles. (The bucket and spade purchase + the pig wrapping paper was made at night after Savannah went to sleep. I will also mention that they were purchased in two separate trips. The Aunties decided that they really should've bought the pig wrapping paper too and headed off to the store again. It IS nice that it was only a block or so away.)

Here she is opening her gift from the Postman.

Then we headed down to the beach - drizzle or not.

A view of Mark Street from the beach

My hair was really bad this entire trip so I am glad this image is not larger. I am glad I showed up in at least a few photos though. (I forgot the hair straightening balm and the converter wasn't strong enough to power the Chi Ceramic Flatiron - I know. The Horror. )

We headed off later that morning to Dunluce Castle. Read about it HERE. I believe I wrote on Twitter of Facebook that we saw an ancient castle and Savannah just wanted to pick Daisies. This would be the castle I referring to.

Castle view.

Daisy picking

Hey: Me again!

Cork Part II

Clockwise: Shauna, Ciara , Aoibhin and Adam

Dan, Joseph and Darraugh (who is gamely wearing the flower that Savannah gave him while he made lunch for all of us. Below is Conal and Adam. The water temp there is a liiiitle different from what we have on our beaches, hence the wetsuit.

More sandcastle making - this time with Oonagh and Don.

Check out little Miss Hollywood.

Conal and Savannah

That '2' that she is holding on the last picture is just some flotsam that we found on the beach. I told her it was the number of the day and she promptly asked 'What other numbers do you think are on the beach?". She kept looking the whole time we were there, but we only found a '2'.

I love this one.