Happy 2nd Birthday!

As you can see he enjoyed the cake!

Look at this cool dragonfly that Pip rushed in and then dragged me out to see!

And while we were sitting there entranced by the dragon fly a tiny clod of dirt jumped at our feet... hey, that's not dirt! That's a itty bitty froglet!

Spot the difference. Above, dahlia. Below, sunflower.

GIRLS!

We had friends to stay for the whole week! And they were GIRLS! So there was a balance to the force...

We were so lucky. The weather was fabulous (mostly) and we got to do lots of fun things like:

Paddling in the river and building dams and going on picnics.

And kissing!

And hiding from the camera!

We went to the beach too...

Doesn't Becky look like some Hollywood starlet caught by Hello! magazine while holidaying in... Saltburn-by-the-Sea (?!)

Then we walked up the hill to see the view from the cliff top, since the tide was in and we couldn't go fossil hunting at the cliff foot.

We went bowling on the one afternoon that it rained all week.

And we went down to York to DIG

And went to the Museum Gardens and played by the Roman ruins...

And then Auntie Gilly came to stay and we had 11 people sleeping in our house - a record for us, I think! It was so great. Spike certainly enjoyed sharing a melon with her!

I will post Spike's birthday pictures seperately... Enough for now.

Back to Brimham Rocks

A week ago (yes, a whole week ago!) we had another day at Brimham Rocks with some friends. Thought you might like to see some pictures of this always fabulous place. Our three mountain goats came with us on this adventure through the ferns into a prehistoric place full of amazing boulders...