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Note: This is the first in a long series of posts about our trip to England. So be prepared.
It seems that houses in England (outside of London, at least – I never noticed this in the city) have names. And on the outside of almost every house is a sign with the name. I don’t know exactly what purpose this serves – are they useful? Part of the address? Or just a quaint tradition? Either way, I couldn’t help taking photos when I could. These are all from houses in and around Keswick.
Okay, that was a bit of a clickbaity title, I’ll confess. But it is true.
See, there’s this podcast that I’ve been listening to for years. (If you like movies, you should enjoy it.) It’s British (obvs) and a radio show on BBC 5 Live, but after it airs on the radio, they release it as a podcast.
Anyway, last week or so, I wrote in to say I’d be able to listen for the first time since I started listening, because my husband and I were in the UK for our annivesary, blah blah.
And they read it out! Kind of surreal to hear our names read aloud by these voices I’ve been listening to for years.
You can subscribe to the podcast here if you’re interested, and you can hear my email read out in the June 5 episode, about 10:15 into it.
George and I just hiked to the top of this hill. The views are unbelievable. Not sure how we’re going to get down. Gravity!
While Mommy and Daddy are gallivanting in England, the boys are having a great time with Grandee and Larry.
Look at those smiles! I should probably hire Larry to take monthly pics from here on out, huh?
I had a little pre-emptive 90th monthly photo shoot since George and I will be out of town on the 4th. (I’m also going to have Larry take a picture of the boys on the 4th, but this is my insurance in case the boys don’t cooperate.)
They were sad. I was sad. I miss my boys already.
(They perked up after I mentioned the many British souvenirs we’ll be bringing back for them.)
PS We will be taking advantage of being away from the house by having some work done on it. At random times. And we have an alarm system. And we have very attentive neighbors. So there.
Yesterday was the last day of first grade. When I went to pick up the kids, Oliver and Millie’s teacher was walking them to the car, crying with Millie. One of the hard parts about going to a school where the teachers are coming from a foreign country is that they can’t stay forever. So I wasn’t able to get a picture with the boys with each of their teachers, but it’s okay. I’ll survive without having every single aspect of their lives documented.
Last day (standing the same order in both pics):
and first day:
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Today is the last day of first grade. Um, excuse me? How did that happen, exactly? Well, those official “end of the year” pics will be coming later, so I can get photos of the boys with their teachers. But we had an end of the year play date after school yesterday with Miles’s class, and I got some nice pics of the boys. If I may say so myself.
and then Miles got in another tree by himself and the light was so pretty and I couldn’t resist.
This one’s my favorite. How lucky am I to have three that are this adorable?
The boys with Miss Claire, who taught Linus in PreK-4, Oliver in Kindergarten, and Miles in first grade. I’m not sure how I’m going to cope with not having her as one of our teachers!
Oh, Ollie and his weird smile. I think he’s really self-conscious because he hasn’t lost either of his front teeth yet.
Just want to share the love.
The boys are so, so messy at eating. The floor under the kitchen table is constantly covered in a layer of crumbs. Instead of getting a dog, I picked up this stick vac. I’m not about to spend hundreds of dollars on a Dyson, but this one is great! It’s cordless (first priority), has attachments for getting nooks and crannies (and stairs, which also constantly need vacuuming) and you can pull out the handheld part.
Next up: these sandals. George and I are going to be doing a lot of walking and hiking when we go to England and I wanted something that would be comfy, but that I’d wear again. Now, my toes will probably freeze, but oh well. You can’t win ’em all. I took them on a 3.5 mile walk this morning and no blisters or anything.
I can’t believe I bought Tevas.
The Lose It app. I did WW for a while, and I got sick of paying so much for it when it wasn’t doing me much good (I’ll blame them, shall I?) I thought it would be a nice change of pace to just count calories. It’s interesting to see what percentage of my calories end up being carbs/fat/protein. Let’s just say I am working on lowering the carb percentage by a bit and raising the protein. Bring on the almonds!
It also syncs with Runkeeper, which I use to keep track of exercise, and my fitbit. Fun!
What I really like about it is that you can scan foods and it actually has them in their database. Even totally random stuff from Costco like…
These delicious wontons. Buy them now. So yum. I just heat them up in chicken broth or throw them in the microwave. I’m sure they’re even tastier fried, but I haven’t tried that yet.
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We were bored last weekend and the weather was nice enough, so I decided it was time to join the pool for the summer. I also wanted to make sure the boys got some swimming in before they head to the beach with Grandee and Larry in a couple of weeks.
As usual, I pulled out my trusty waterproof camera and got some fun pics!
It was also notable because it was my first time swimming post-Lasik! Pretty awesome not to have to worry about wearing contacts.
Today is Emily’s birthday! Two days after her cousin, and the day after, well, never mind. The boys adore Emily, and they had such a great time running around with her when we visited for her First Communion.
Emily was such a beautiful baby, with her blonde hair, blue eyes and big cheeks. She is, let’s just say, a lot like my sister, personality-wise. Very…dramatic.
Happy birthday, my sweet girl! I love you so much!
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