Bianca turns *blankety blank*, Victoria turns seven and Ewan turns four

This weekend saw another trip down to Jimena. This time to celebrate a clutch of Birthdays as the title of this entry suggests.

More swimming, more playing and more cake. More Tablita (more shouting, goading, arguing and threats of violence haha)!

Everyone except Bianca (La Fotografa), was enjoying the Jelly.....




Later on the kids were given some light sticks to run around with. Great idea!

Here's Ollie (blue) and Ewan (green)...



Here's Tom...



And here's Tom, Victoria, Ewan and Ollie running around and around in a circle!



The kids had a fantastic time as usual, in all the space and fresh air.

Again, the film camera took precedence over the digital, so not much to show. I'm enjoying using my film cameras again though.

Nick

Ollie turns three

Yes, Ollie turned three last week. When we woke on the 27th July it was with the promise that we had survived the "Terrible Two's", and were now moving on to the "Terribly Well Behaved Three's".

Lets put it this way, he's a bit of a scamp, but that's just Ollie....



And I know I said he was a bit ugly as a baby but now......

We had a little BBQ at home on the Terrace for him, and then at the weekend, we went to Jimena to celebrate it again with the rest of the Sanguinetti clan.

There was swimming and playing and cake.

Unfortunately for those of you who are interested, the photo aspect of this blog may get bit sketchy for a while. I have started using my film cameras again, and many of the photos I have been taking will not be available for posting.

Hopefully, I will eventually get a scanner and normal service will resume.

Here's a photo of my lovely wife. I'm a bit low on photo's and I think it almost does her justice.




Most of the day (and night) was spent playing "Tablita". We call it Ludo in the UK, and the board and rules are the same. Over here they play it with more verve (that translates to shouting, goading, arguing and threats of violence).



Maybe, when I scan the film photo's in, I'll add them to this entry for posterities sake.

That's all for now.

Nick

Nuestra Senora de las Nieves

This weekend was a party weekend in Arcos, in honour of Nuestra Senora de las Nieves (Our Lady of the Snow). There was Flamenco singing every night, and it finished with a kind of kids party thing. Low lighting and a personal distaste for flash photography mean that I really failed to capture any of it on camera.

I will now use the power of the written word to weave a tapestry of the events.......Oh bugger that! Here's a photo of some people, at night, in the square...



The guitar playing was fantastic. The singing I can take or leave really, but the guitar was really beautiful. There were dancers too but they came on too late for us to catch (and we didn't leave until about 1.30am).

It was really fresh at that time of night which was a real relief from the incessant heat. I know those of you in the UK will be cursing me cursing the heat, but it really is very hot! The inside of my trousers has been like a tropical hot-house for the last month. Steamy!

We're really enjoying the way Arcos has come to life in the Summer. The kids are welcome at these events and the people are relaxed. I could get used to this.