She takes frequent breaks when playing with her rings to give herself little rounds of applause for her progress and receive encouragement from her captive audience.
After breakfast, it’s time to practice a few scales on her new piano (thanks Nana Maureen!).
Playing with fingers is for amateurs…
And finally, time out with a book in her new favorite reading spot, the bottom step.
White van man in business again .. note the obligatory Sun on the dashboard!
Backing up to the front door
Lots of unpacking for Becky
beginning to clear the hall
but putting beds together is no easy task!
Time for a break on the patio
and the first meal in the dining room 
and finally an update on the Martinelli bump .. and yes she does have still 7 more weeks to go!
Congratulations to the Martinellis …. a super house and a super family home … now bring on the family !!
The Boys vs the Girls … The Girls looked great before teeing off on the Red Course
.. the Boys looked … well .. experienced … !
The boys finished 3rd overall … the girls ? well at least they weren’t last!
These photos somehow slipped through the cracks. Here’s a lovely one of Malcolm, Dianne, Emma and Evie by the pool….
Here’s Evie managing to look super cool in her shades…
… even if it didn’t start out that way.
And one where we finally got the mini-hipster to take her shades off so as not to get corn flecks on them as she tucked into her first corn on the cob.
The day started at Rugrats, a local play area, and was followed by a slap up meal at the Tesco cafe!
Chloe was delighted by the discovery of Capri Sun drinks - she thinks they are best thing in the world!
Meanwhile, Megan continued to be totally gorgeous and utterly hilarious!
I am pleased to say that our dearest little happy Meggy Moo is on the mend!
In her mind, she’s catching all sorts of air…
Rob here, with a QO Exclusive: A longer video of Evie doing some more animal sounds, and giving a shout-out to her favorite English aunties!
Well having just got back from the first two days of the Lords Test I thought I’d do a quick post given that we are currently stuffing the Aussies!! Day 1 and the ground looking great from my seat in the Warner stand
and I think if you look carefully we are 100 for 0 in our first innings
The weather on Day 2 was not great … believe it or not this was rain stopped play in the middle of a classic English summer day!
but at least it was dry when the Queen met the two teams! Even she cant resist coming along to see the Aussies getting whipped!!
.. and we even laid on a band to help celebrate!
So at the end of Day 2 England 425 All out Australia 165 - 8 …. so far so good …. I just hope I haven’t been a bit premature with this post!!!!!
Evie loves her new bath and, as you can see, has already graduated to writing complete sentences with her foam letters.
