Beautiful day at Tucker's

Schuyler loves swimming... and she's getting really good and very brave which is inspiring to see.  But after a nice hard swim in the pool, she's equally keen to make her "bed" constructing an elaborate bed on the lounge chairs with a cover sheet and blankets made from towels.  It's pretty adorable. 

Carlito swimtime

Charlie clearly digs the water and, armed with his floaties, he's a little duck in the water furiously paddling his feet under the surface and having a grand old time.  We're so lucky to live in a place where we can do this in November!

The Tucker's Playground

Lucky enough to have Kim and Wardy Baby back in Bermuda, we arrive at Tucker's Point for lunch and a little hide and go seek.  You can tell we are meeting them for lunch because the kids are wearing clothes that don't have their characteristic stains and the kids themselves are reasonable bathed.

Carlito showing off the cheeky grin that lets him get away with a lot more than he should.

More adventures from Somersfield on the weekend

A balancing act

Charlie and Schuyler's make shift "kitchen" turns into a naptime sanctuary.

Clearly pleased with himself for climbing up the climbing wall and sliding down on the forbidden "big kid's playground" at Somersfield.

A balancing act

More from our adventures at Somersfield playground... our daughter showing that she inherited none of the clumsy, imbalanced ways of her accident prone father.

Hungry hungry hippo

Taking advantage of tuition paid with a weekend visit to the Somersfield playground and its hungry, hungry hippo!

bermudian pirates

 

 

 

 

Hallowe'en is always a risk:  Will people be home?  Will they have candy?  Will the kids be happy with their costume?  Will there be a wardrobe malfunction?  This year, it all just worked.  Unexpectedly, they both decided to be pirates (despite threats of Princess from Schuyler for months running up to it).  Then again, once you see Schuyler's hip vintage pirate outfit inherited from cousins Mitchell and Walker, you can see why a gal might want to take to the seven seas for an evening.  So our two pirates raided the neighbourhood on foot, pursued as always by their dogged parental units.  It's just so night to be out on foot - you see so much more and it just reminds you that, even in this removed and isolated age, there are still real neighbourhoods and just for a day you feel a sense of community.  The kids could not have enjoyed it more.  They haven't fully internalised the kind of politeness and manners we would like from them (occasionally, there was some real snatching of the candy out of the hands of the purveyors but then again these are pirates - what did they expect!?) but they had an absolute blast.  They were so thrilled with their bounty they could barely contain themselves.  We let them have a tiny bit before bed which was enough to have Charlie get sick on his bed and pajamas but I think he would agree it was worth it!

puzzling

I remember Schuyler was really into puzzles at this age and now Charlie has taken the mantle.  He is much more comfortable just sitting and getting on with it on his own than Schuyler was at this age.   He's a very engaging little guy and keen to get a laugh (no comment) from adults especially but he's also fine just kicking back on his own.  He's pretty self-sufficient which is good to see - that's a pretty helpful quality in life.  Often, I'll be looking for him and find him sitting on a chair going through a book he doesn't know how to read.  I wonder if learning to read will disrupt this or if he'll be absorbed forever in book land.  We'll see.  

off to school

For the most part, we have a pretty good duo here who look out for one another.  Schuyler often walks Charlie to his classroom which just, as Schuyler would say in her hippie-school-vocabulary, makes our love light shine.  Guys, the best thing about being siblings is that nobody can take that away from you.  You will always be brother and sister no matter what the future brings your way.  You'll need each other so reach out - especially to complain about how badly your parents raised you (we're doing our best, guys!).

couch critters

Charlie's typical "quiet time" pose as he absorbs the finer points of PowerPuff Girls and My Little Pony.  

Ahh, Biscuit!  Schuyler and her Dad try to read every night while Mama distracts or otherwise occupies the boy.  One of Schuyler's favourites is Biscuit.  It's a pretty slim plotline (the dog never wants to do what his owner wants) but she digs it and frankly anything that gets her reading is cool with us.