Sunday drinking...

... The fact that it's taken Mama A a week to upload these is testimony to how fantastic Sunday drinking is... and Mama A doesn't even drink!  But somehow, having an awesome Sunday afternoon does tend to make the following week fly so much faster!!

Anywho - last week we spent an utterly perfect afternoon celebrating GB's birthday at the Kirribilli Club which looks out over the Harbour from the north.

The pics of the event are rubbish in that they were taken from iPhone with light streaming from all the wrong directions (tools not user, honest guv') but GB's gorgeous son, our Lord Archie is so flamin' awesome that it would be remiss not to share the pics!

pff! What some people will do for a birthday present!...

UK Family - we are pleased to confirm we have finally booked our flights to UK for a wee trip in June / July!

Arriving on Captain A's birthday, he has big expectation of cake, cards, balloons etc etc etc!... just joking!... no really, we are just joking because the chances are we'll all just want to sleep!

We'll be based at Leggs Field Barn, Boars Head for the trip and apart a proposed few days in the West Country, plan to pretty much stay around East Sussex.

We leave UK on Saturday 9 July.

The girls want to pack already!
Big love
The Anscombes xxxx

WOW...

Well, if this little image sms'd to us today is anything to go by... the 2011 Fairy Girls shoot was an absolute cracker!

The fabulous Miss M & P were lucky enough to be involved for the 3rd year in wholesale company, Fairy Girls catalogue shoot.

With about 60 changes of clothes between them and some 2000+ photos of all models, these photos may even make it into Europe as the Company looks to supply Germany and beyond!

This year Penrith... next year, Milan?

x

*To the gorgeous people of Auckland*

The jolly decent owner of these awesome cafes (Frolic being my most fave cafe in Akl) has been directly affected by the terrible earthquake in Christchurch.  Fortunately, the ending to his tale is a happy one... it's not the same for so many other people.

If you can help in any little way, this might be it?

Kia Kaha Christchurch.

Me te matou aroha nui atu.

Also at Cafe Melba, Ellerslie; Melba Expresso Bar, City & all Melba Group cafes.

And finally! the birthday party...

2 weeks after the actual event, Miss M enjoyed her birthday party this weekend... on the hottest day in Sydney for 5 years!  

Thank goodness she'd planned for a craft & pool party!  Meant we could stay in the aircon for a while first before venturing into the heat and enjoying the pool!

Better still - Miss M was utterly involved in all prep, from loot pots to fruit platters to decorating her cake!

Now you are truly 7, Miss M x

 

Happy Ever After!

As the excitement mounted for Mama A to meet her schoolgirls off the bus, the temperature soared and hit a 'balmy' **cough wheeze** 42 degrees!  ... that's 107 degrees F!

Very VERY hot for two girls who have lived in togs and jandals for the last 2 months - shoes and socks will continue to be a challenge over the next couple of weeks!

Suffice to say, school dresses thrown over chairs, the school chicks hit the pool within 3 minutes of being home!

Happy Summer Days...

Megan

Pippa (looking down!)  

Hi Dad x 

 naw!  Even out of focus, this pic speaks volumes x

 Girl, Schoolgirl, License to Learn

Megan is the one in glasses!

 WAHOO! 

Best buddies

Fare Ye Well Sweet School Girl!...

Today, we farewelled our little Miss P into Big School!

She was awesome as she confidently trotted off with her class for their first day of adventures.

We are very VERY proud of you, Pips

xxxx

Summer Days...

* sigh *

Enjoying the penultimate day of the summer holidays at Cronulla, 

Captain made a castle for all his princesses {actually turned out he was trying to build a scale model of a new branch in his region, but hey!?!}

Miss P was buried to her knees

Miss A sifted sand like she was gold-panning

and we all oo'd and arrrr'd at a shoal (?) of stingers aka Portuguese Man-O-War 

... gorgeous little blue jellyfish with a nasty stinger that can float on a nylon-esque string tail up to 10m long!

Not fatal, just painful... and jolly good sport watching OTHERS come out of the water with mysterious burning sensations!  :oD