Noah's First Birthday

Okay. So this is a very late post. I have forgiven myself. Please do the same.

We decided that Noah wouldn't really appreciate presents on his first birthday so (except for a Stephen Einhorn pendant which he can have when he's older), we didn't get him a present this year, but I took the day off work and we had a wonderful family day together.

Nadine and I had some champagne (of course), the weather was delightful, we opened family gifts in bed, Noah made beautiful music on his xylophone, we ate drop-scones for breakfast, crepes for lunch, then went for a walk in the amazing Camley Street Natural Park, which is nestled in behind King's Cross Station.

Delightful day. Lovely space to walk in, which Noah had just started to hesitatingly do (that was a birthday present).

We finished the day with a wee cake complete with candle.
Perfect.

Here are some piccies:

Slimbridge Wetland Trust

We recently went to Slimbridge Wetland Trust in Gloucestershire to show Noah some ducks.
He loves ducks!

We saw plenty of ducks, geese, lots of flamingos, and even otters.

I took a few photos which I would like to share...

Foggy walk in Richmond Park

With the fog encasing London over the weekend, we went down to Richmond Park to try and find some stags rutting in the gloom.

No deer (except through the car window), but we loved wandering through the white-out landscape, and I found some beautiful water drops suspended on cobwebs and in the grass.

A perfect day.

Fruit Picking

On the August bank holiday we went fruit picking in Enfield, of all places.
There is a PYO there called Parkside Farm, which won the PYO Farm of the Year 2011.
We had a wonderful day in the countryside, and picked some amazing produce.
The cupboards are now groaning with jars of Strawberry and Raspberry jam which Nadine has whipped up.