Milestones in mild weather

Yesterday Matthew went upto 'class 2' in swimming lessons and he was pretty nervous about the transition. Angus and I were there to support him (as seems to have been our pleasant Saturday morning routine for a while now - giving Mum and Helen a bit of time alone at home). Anyhow, he was so pumped up that when he was told to enter the pool, he swam the whole width with almost perfect crawl. A first! Matthew can swim! We also spent the rest of the day cutting down a hedge, playing football and going a walk. It was delightfully mild and sunny for January, at one point the boys were playing football wearing shorts (although to be fair this caused Anne concern!). The walk was along the side of Cosdon from Throwleigh, beautiful light, but the main event was that Helen graduated from front to back carrier. Milestones.

We got some more photos back today, here are a few more retro highlights from The Holiday in Masapalomas in November-December 2005.



Outside the apartment
Some boating
Sand dunes

Miss Cheeky-face