Jo and Paul have gone on holiday - this time to Barcelona. Well, actually, Paul did a grueling leg of the Tour de France (for fun) with about 20 friends and he's joined Jo in Barcelona for a week's break before they head home.
Corky and Bi have also been on holiday - at Nini and Pa's house. They came to visit us at Marius' house yesterday and the kids had tons of fun running up and down on the beach. Jake absolutely LOVED sharing TV games with Corky afterwards, while we had lunch/coffees/milk tart with my parents. Marius' mom popped in too, so it was a nice, family-filled day for us.
Since Jo and Paul are away, hopefully having THE most fabulous time, I know they'll check past here to see some photos of their gorgeous children...
The weather was really grim on Saturday - a storm pulled in on Thursday and only simmered down a bit on Sunday. It was good to get out the house and get some fresh air...
Jake and Corky were hunting for treasures on the beach...
And Bi trundled along, collecting butterfly shells (black mussel shells), keeping a close eye on the water...
Jake and Corky have really come a long way in their friendship. They went from not being able to tolerate one another (more from Jake's side) to being best buddies. It's lovely to see how protective Jake has become and they really just enjoy being together these days. It's so sweet...
Jake loved being with Corky on the beach...
Bi looked too cute in her pretty leggings, her wellies and her pink jersey and scarf. Such a little fashionista...
Corky watching that water very closely - he doesn't like getting his pants wet...
A special smile for his mommy and daddy...
See? They're so cute together at the moment...
I hope these boys continue to love each other and stand up for one another as they grow up...
It's quite fun that Jake's so much bigger than Corky...
He's strong enough to lift Corky like an airplane...
Bi's quite happy to do her own thing at the moment...
She just knows that she a) doesn't want to look at my camera...
and, b) doesn't want to get wet...
They found a dead bird on the beach too, which Marius was quite happy to show them...
It was more than pretty gross, but at least it didn't smell bad...
The beach is also great for running and where Jake goes, Corky is never far behind...
Corky's reached that silly boy stage, where he gets all shy and does crazy things. He was super cute on the beach...
He feels like a wally here, he's pretending to ignore me...
See? Silly boy, but he's just too gorgeous for words and he has just such a wonderful character...
OK, a gazillion kisses and he was jumping up and down at the same time...
And here comes our Princess Bi, who believes she is a real princess, by the way...
She's getting so big and it's been so special to have a little girl in our family. So different to boys...
She's wasn't too happy to do anything special for me though...
But I still love these sulky, pouty photos! She did fall asleep for half a minute in the car before we met them, so cut her some slack...
I love this picture...
Bi has a very special connection with my mom, perhaps it's because Bi looks just like my mom did as a little girl. Maybe it's because my mom finally has another little girl to do girly things with like she did with us... it's very sweet...
Hahaha... Jo sometimes jokes that Bi loves my mom most. She has her Nini wrapped around her little finger...
Jake and Corky spent some time catching up on boy things with Marius...
Getting dirty in the sand...
Nini and Bi had turned back and Jake ran to catch up to them...
Followed by Corky...
I love how the beach gives you a bit of everything. Time together, time alone, fresh air, a run, a walk, a stop and play, a treasure hunt, a swim if you're brave enough... it's really my favourite place, especially this beach...
Princess Bi and her Nini...
Nini & Pa with the kids - happy families...
Bi-bi loves her Pa too...
The beach was full of black mussel shells. I have another post for when I have time of the treasures we spend a lot of our time searching for, but you'll have to wait for that...
Jake and Marius catching up...
Bi was exhausted and managed to get poor Nini to give her a piggy-back ride...
And then Jake offered to take over and that sounded like a fun idea...
It's fun having a big cousin, who's game to play...
It's so sweet how gentle Jake can be with Bi too...
And then it was time to head back up to M's house to relax in front of the TV for a bit...
We had a lovely time together and Jake was very sad to see his cousins go home again. Hopefully we'll get to see them again next weekend!
Sending lots of love, especially to Jo and Paul - hope you're having an amazing time!!
Sue XXX
4 comments:
So special... Thank you, we are missing them so much. Had wonderful time in Barcelona... Such a busy, exciting city. Today we arrived at a beautiful beach spot and it is raining... Hopefully weather improves soon :-)! Lots of love xx
Definitely fun times! The pictures could pass for a clothing catalog ! All so lovely. When did Bi get so big!!! I'm glad to see the cousins all get along. I'm sure they can't wait for Rylee to join in the fun
Oh my word - stunning stunning pictures -especially the first one of Bi and the one of Jake with her on his back from the side. Family is everything!
As always I love your photos! Bi is so beautiful, Connie reminds me so much of Paul and Jake has got so big! Lovely to see the family.
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