Family Friday

On Friday we went over to Leeming to visit Lizz and the girls, who had Jon, Elisha and Alex staying for the weekend.
It was lovely to catch up with them, and take a new batch of photos of the grandchildren, who seem to have grown up almost beyond recognition every time we see them - one of the penalties of long distance grandparent-hood!

Alex pushing Freya around for a change!

Freya putting her shoes on before going out to play.

We had bought Freya and Alex a little watering can each - we liked the design as they had a very small filling hole on the top, preventing (hopefully) water from slopping out between tap and garden. I liked the design so much that I bought one for myself for watering my containers - by the design, I mean the fact that it is relatively spillproof, not that it is a charming bright orange plastic elephant, ha ha!

Little Alex trotting around with his watering can..

...then letting his daddy carry the can, so to speak...

...before dashing off to do something more exciting instead!

Unfortunately, this left Daddy with the watering can to play with...!

Boys will be boys!

 Freya, meanwhile, was getting the hang of using her new     watering can.

Quite the little gardener, keeping Grandpa busy filling the can.

More please, Grandpa!

While Freya was watering, Alex was playing with sticks and stones (who needs toys!) and eventually the children, big and small, ended up on the slide and climbing frame...

Lizz was looking after baby Chloe, and Alex had discovered the fun to be had climbing over the backs of the springy fold-down garden chairs...

The look that says "Mother, put my picture on your blog at your peril...!"

 

Freya had gone very quiet at this point and had gone back  to her watering...

She must have become aware that nobody was taking very much notice of what she was doing, so she had a quick double check that she wasn't being observed...

              and decided to see what being a flower feels like...

                      Wet presumably!



Fortunately, she has a very laid-back Mummy, who saw the funny side, even if she privately felt that Spy-Granny should have prevented the soaking!

It was lovely to catch up with the family, and we appreciated the lunch that Lizz had laid on, complete with chocolate cake provided by Elisha, as did the little ones...!

 

If I'd known what fun my grandchildren were going to be, I'd have had them first!