special occasions May 2012

May brought sunny weather and special occasions.

This is the story of the scaffold. Back in autumn last year, we discussed the purchase of scaffold. I clearly remember that Mark agreed that we did not need to buy one just yet. He clearly remembers otherwise. So one day as I was happily checking my email at work, I was slightly surprised by an email from ebay entitled "Congratulations on purchasing your 10m scaffold". While Mark likes to shop online, he uses my ebay account. And I his paypal. This arrangement provides much transparency (and makes it hard to buy presents at Christmas!).

So in May, happily coinciding with brilliant sunshine, we did DYI in earnest. Camilla, Emily, Harry and Stuart came by to help...

Very pleased to be wearing a harness; and the view from the top of the scaffold

Being very useful...

The second special occasion was Daniel's 4th birthday

Emily and Camilla made a rather impressive Thomas cake

Having the cake, and eating it...

Hanne lends a hand, and Tim offers Stuart valuable engineering advice...

Emily & Susanne are creative

good times...

Cocktails, candy floss and a rollercoaster

Emily carries out her odd-motherly duties...

Exploring different transportation options... at the technical museum, and our new bike trailer...

We also spent a long weekend at the Lalandia waterslide park. We spent too much time on the water slides and in the spa to take more pictures than just this one...

... and finally chilling out at home