Thursday, August 12, 2010

stella explains (A)

some of you say i am beautiful and gorgeous (thank you all)...but what you must realise is that i am more than my pretty face...i am learning all sorts of wonderful things:





Here i am staring at my own hands (! where do they come from? and why are they here?)



i have also learnt to suck my thumb...(ahh, maybe this is what they are for...)




...sometimes i get it wrong (ouch!)


...sometimes VERY wrong




....o no, mum, will they still think me beautiful now?? (yes, darling, all the more, for being so vulnerable and honest....and a good sport!)

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

A few little stories (T)


1. Sebastian came up to our room last night at around midnight, and said "the dark is bothering me". I took him back and switched on his night-light, and he was content.

2. We've been playing a bit of backyard cricket. The rest of us (well, me and Eddie) deliver underarm lobs from a standing start, but Sebastian has taken to having this huge run-up, I guess having watched a bit of the cricket on TV with me.

3. Speaking of Cricket, Eddie and I have seen 4 Test playing nations at Lords in the last few weeks, as they hosted the Australia v Pakistan test, as well as England v Bangledesh. We go up on the bus after the tea break (after school) and it is cheap (he is free), and we walk home afterwards.

It has been a nice summer, but in case you have the idea this is any island paradise, it is raining pretty thoroughly today.

Saturday, August 07, 2010

Euro Fighter Typhoon (T)



Sebastian in the cockpit of a Euro Fighter Typhoon, at Farnborough airshow a week or so ago.