Santa train

Yesterday we had a special day out with Noah to the Haverthwaite steam railway in the lakes to meet santa.
We took our seats on the very old steam train and there was a pantomime type show where santa's elves where playing up and the head elf told us there would be no presents, until we had done all of the "he's behind you" and "oh no he wont" stuff. We then all sang carols (quite bizare really if you think about it sitting on a victorian steam train in a carrige called ballbul singing with a group of complete strangers) we would have looked and felt quite strange had we not had a three year old with us as an excuse. Anyway Santa soon came along to ask Noah had he been good and what he would like for Christmas, Noah at this point is stunned and silent (at least not in floods of tears like last years Santa visit) And received a fantastic aeroplane with little people in it, he was made up. We then were given a glass of sherry to finish off proceedings.
The train took us back. Here a few pics from along the way.

Santa and his elves and fairy's

Noah and sue before we got on the train

Noah meeting Santa

Noah after he had met Santa and got his present

Why pay £5 for a barber to cut your hair!

WHY!

Noah is at that three year old phase everyone hears so much about before they have children, where everything you say to him prompts the response - WHY - its very cute and funny at times. I have started to write down some or the things he says to us. Here is a classic Noah example,

Mummy - Noah please don't touch the oven its hot!
Noah - WHY?
Mummy - Because its the oven its hot, we have just cooked tea in it, its Hot!
Noah - Can i put my hand in and see? (He says as he is opening the oven door and sue starts a panicked sprint towards him)

Noah constantly tests and pushes the boundaries about every half hour at the moment, every thing we say he insists that the exact opposite is true.

Noah - Can i wee outside daddy? (Fred has a love of weeing in the drain outside, he always has since he realised his outlet for this was portable its novel for him i suppose)
Daddy - No, because its cold, raining and dark outside and you are only wearing your underpants you will freeze to death sweetheart.
Noah - I wont! its not raining and not dark.
Daddy - You will, now go and wee in the toilet like a good boy.
Noah - But i want to! (he says as he is toddling off half naked into the garden in the rain, daddy in hot pursuit to bring him back in)

Going Going Gone!!!

These pictures were taken when Sue was pregnant with Fred. I was tidying up my picture files and came across this trio, God only knows why she had been making cakes I think it was nest feathering or something.

GOING

GOING

GONE.

Anyone know how to play fluffy bunnies (Pam)
Oh and i have found some pictures of Sue's swollen feet crammed into a pair of heals which she wont let me post, Genuinly hilarious if not slightly wrong. Please campaign to let this happen!

Photo post

Hello, well there isn't much news here this week with us, so i thought a picture post was in order, i have now got a file full of good pics of fred sue and me to post regularly, so here are five pics from recent months. I have a few video's i would like to post but they were recorded on my mobile phone and are in some bizarre file format so when i figure a wa to convert them i will post them.

Noah doing what he does best, climbing, this was taken in grizdale forest where they have the mother of all climbing frames he loved it (so did i as well)

This was taken on the beach at Arnside near Grandma's caravan He did it all himself, i tell you he is a genius in the making.

This was Noah and Sue at the dent folk festival this summer,

Noah and he best friend Henry in our garden.

Again at grizdale forest sitting on this wonderful sculpture made of tree's, its amazing and i remember it being there when i was a kid,

Wedding of the year

On Saturday my good friend from work Tony married Graham at the Clifton hotel in Southport. It was a fabulous day and fantastic to see two such lovely people tie the knot. The ceremony and vows were wonderful and they had arranged a wonderful reception with a band, cabaret and disco, the biggest chocolate fondue you have ever seen in your life and a roulette table for us all to try our hand at. We all had a cracking night to remember. Here are a couple of snaps courtesy of Rachal (cheers) as i for got my camera. congratulations.

Signing the register

A well deserved drink just after the ceremony, I think Tony needed it as i have never seen anyone as nervous in their life

Some hours later.

halloween and bonfire night

Hello, two posts in three days how long do you reckon before i start slipping again to once a month posts? Well we have a lot to show given that i have not posted in months. Over the last few days we have had halloween and early bonfire night. Noah dressed as a devil which suited him down to the ground, he went trick or treating to our neighbours and to his uncle Michaels house over the road. He got really exited when people put sweets into his little pot. here are some pictures.


This one of noah is cute i love the way he is rolling his eyes it accentuates the horns he would only wear them for a bit though we have found that he doesnt really like to have weird stuff on his head.















Tonight we have been to grandmas house for a bonfire and food which was lovely, no fireworks as the scare Noah and her donkeys so we all sat around and had sparklers and ate parched peas (renowned for there wind making ability, Sue was in her element after that)




This pic with the circles are were done by me playing about with slow shutter speeds on my camera and getting Michael to make frantic circles with his sparkler, quite cool though eh.

















Noah and His cousins Cameron (left) and Max(right) All the boys helped build the fire.














Noah with his grandad watching the fire.