Be Mine - A Belated Valentine's Day Post

A happy but belated Valentine's day to each of you.

Here are a few other cute photos, most of which involve Isabelle posing on her Boppy.

Finally - here's Maddie wishing her sister a happy Valentine's day. Isabelle is very patient....

Leeds Castle

Maddie has a week off school in February. All her friends go on holiday, but Maddie can't because it's her daddy's really busy time at work. She feels pretty bad about this - nobody likes to go on holiday more than Maddie.

To partially compensate for being unable to take time off work, we decided to take a day trip to Leeds Castle in Kent. It's a very pretty castle set in some of the most pleasant scenery on Earth.

Maddie enjoyed the castle, but she really enjoyed the castle grounds and other on-site entertainment. I think her favorite was the aviary, where she met a parrot that could say "hello" and who whistled at her, which made her feel pretty.

She also enjoyed the maze, even though daddy got her lost, and it took forever to find our way to the center and, subsequently to the exit, which was via an undeground grotto that was dark and wet.

Isabelle slept through almost everything, but she did wake up for the train ride back to where our car was parked.

Next weekend, I think we might take an overnight trip to Bath.

More Parties, Friends, Dresses and Bow Heads

Over the past couple of weeks, we've received lots of visits from friends.

Jan Vernon from Dallas, Texas crossed the "pond" for business, and she also paid us a visit. She stops by every time she's in London, which we very much enjoy. Here's a picture of Jan with the girls.

We also had visits from our friends, Pam and Erin. As part of Pam's visit, we had a birthday party for Maddie's puppy, Angela. Pam didn't want to be in the pictures, but here's one of Angela blowing out her candles (FYI, we were celebrating Angela's second birthday).

Erin let Maddie do her hair, and then Erin returned the favour. Here are the "after" pictures:

Just as previously reported, Isabelle continues to be a "belle" of a baby, for which we are very grateful. Here's some pictures of Isabelle in her Sunday dress and also of her chillin' in her Boppy.

Finally, Maddie's attempt to take a picture of herself. We, of course, think it's very artistic.

We love you all. Come visit soon!