Kiitos!

Vanhempani seka rakas tatini ostivat minulle syntymapaivalahjan hieman etukateen (synttarini on lahempana Joulua).  Hay:n DLM-poyta sai erityisen tunnearvon heti kattelyssa, silla sen minulle ostanut tati nukkui pois viime sunnuntaina.  Ehdin kertoa hanelle mita lahjarahalla tilasin, mutta han ei nahnyt poytaa koskaan, silla se saapui vasta perjantaina.  Osuvasti poydan nimi on "Don't Leave Me".  En olisi halunnut paastaa hanta pois.  :-(

My parents along with my dear aunt bought me an early birthday present this year.  With the birthday money given to me by them I ordered myself Hay's DLM side table.  It got a special value in my life right away as the aunt who got it for me passed away last Sunday.  I had time to tell her what I ordered but she never got a chance to see the table.  Ironically the table is called "Don't Leave Me".  I didn't want to let her go and miss her terribly.  :-(

Friday morning

Alex's classmate Gregor had invited some of his friends to a football training on Friday morning.  He had prepared a schedule and a plan for the session and like the other boys also ours took this event very seriously.  They followed Gregor's lead and ended up having a lovely morning with their friends.  Gregor's mom Jackie had brought some little chocolates for snack time and that of course made the boys very happy, too.

Liam and Gregor's little brother Mackenzie had fun playing in the woods and they set up some cones to make their own football practice.  They were really cute.

Besides football the boys had time to look for some bugs, fetch the ball from a tree and so on.  The beautiful autumn weather and colourful nature made the morning even nicer.  :-)  Oh yeah, and the yummy coffees brought by Alison...!

John Bear

Liam's nursery has a bear called John Bear.  He likes to travel and go around from one place to another.  He has a suitcase and each day he leaves the nursery with it to go visit a child's house.  He brings his sleeping bag, his pyjamas, and his journal.

Last week John Bear came home to us with Liam.  Little Lee was super proud!  He took great care of John Bear and did many fun things with him.  All the activities were written down in John Bear's journal and some pictures were included.  The next morning Lee took John Bear back to the nursery and together they showed all the children and teachers the diary and the things they had done together.  <3

Tanaan...

... olemme yrittaneet pitaa asiat joille emme voi mitaan pois ajatuksista ulkoilemalla kauniissa ja vaihteeksi lampimassa syyssaassa.  Upea lahipuistomme tarjoaa siihen hyvat puitteet.  Ihmisia oli ulkona sankoin joukoin, mutta tama puisto on niin iso etta kaikille riittaa tilaa.  Me kavimme leikkipuistossa ja futaamassa, sain itse hengittaa syvaan puistonpenkilla.  Monet olivat ottaneet mukaan piknikin tai istuivat ulkosalla kahvittelemassa.  Tallainen hyvin vaihteleva saa, eilen jaadyttiin ja tanaan ulkoiltiin melkein t-paidoissa, on hyvin tyypillista taalla Isossa-Britanniassa.

Illalla hiljennymme kotosalla.

Hyvaa huomenta...

...jalkapallokentan laidalta!  Kirpea, kaunis syysaamu valkeni meille aika aikaisin, silla seka Alexilla etta Colinilla oli harkat heti aamusta.  Ne olivat eri paikoissa, joten tana aamuna mina suuntasin kylan toiselle laidalle Alexin kanssa.  Ihastelimme kauniita taloja ja Alex sai holkata lammittelyholkkaa ihanaa, rauhallista katua edestakaisin ennenkuin valmentaja saapui paikalle kentan porttia avaamaan.  Meilla oli niin kivaa kaksin.  <3

Pojilla oli mielettoman hyvat treenit, he nauttivat taas kerran taysin rinnoin.  Minustakin oli mukavaa katsella kentan laidalla, ilma oli kaunis ja mikas sen parempaa kuin nahda oma pieni muru iloisena harrastuksessaan.  :-)

Alex and Colin both had their football training quite early this morning, in different places.  I went with Alex this time.  Before the practice we enjoyed looking at some pretty houses and Alex got to warm up by running back and forth on a lovely, quiet street.  It was wonderful to spend some time with him alone. <3

The boys enjoyed their practice and I enjoyed watching.  The weather was beautiful and seeing the happy smile on Alex's face during footie made me so happy.  :-)

Zorro and Dracula

Today is the last day of school before a week-long half-term break.  We are so looking forward to it!  Because Halloween is approaching and because this week's been "creativity week" at school everyone dressed up for today.  The theme was "a book (character) made into a movie".  My boys were excited about the theme.  Alex decided to dress up as Dracula and Colin as Zorro... good choices I thought!  Liam's nursery did not participate in this so Lee did not dress up and luckily didn't mind.

At school we saw many cool characters and it was nice to see that people had made an effort to make this day special for the children!

Lontoon hulinaa

Lontoossa on kivaa katsella ihmisia ja katujen hulinaa.  Napsin huvikseni yksi paiva oikein kuviakin, joten tassa tallaista Lontoon normaalielamaa.  Kuvat ovat siis todella vaan rapsittyja, joten eivat mitaan huippuotoksia, mutta kylla niista silti nakee, mika kiireinen, kiva kaupunki tama on.  :-)

Took some shots of London life.  It's fun to watch people and see the busy streets here.  :-)

Busy but lovely London town. <3