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So when the weather is good, and it's still only April, and you find yourself in Ireland ---- there is only one thing to do....
GET OUTSIDE WITH THE KIDS!
And that is what we did earlier today:
Keeva warmed up:
Eva became one with nature:
Sean showed us how to put some power into a kick:
A simply great day for us all.....
Before departing for Dublin to visit my family, Cian gave me one of his favo(u)rite "cuddlies" to keep me company. So coyote was stuck in my bag and over to Dublin we came.
We (coyote and I) cannot believe the good weather we are having -- and are enjoying hanging out with the family. Here are a couple of quick shots of coyote hanging out with Cian's cousins.
Eva reads him a story:
Sean and Ciaran show their tender sides:
After all that socializing however, Coyote felt like all he wanted to do was go and have a good howl at the Irish moon.
..but it feels good to be able to say:
So it has been a hectic but fun few weeks...
Cian turned 5 -- which, naturally, led to heightened excitement throughout the house. We had a joint birthday party over at our house -- a party shared with his friend Hannah. It was a great time -- and some great photos of apple bobbing etc can be found by clicking here.
During the course of the party, it seems the dog managed to somehow gobble down one of the delectable chocolate cupcakes. (For the uninitiated -- chocolate and canines do not mix)
So after a Sunday of a very sick dog (I will spare you the mopping up stories from 4AM), the vet decided to admit him to hospital on Monday morning.
The long story short is that he is now home and (still) recovering.
Needless to say -- lesson learned.
Good job birthdays only happen once a year, eh?
And of course amidst all this we had easter -- we managed to get up to the grove of magnolia trees in Hoyt Arboretum -- and it was just at the right time. Some great shots can be found by clicking here.
here is a taster:
The great excitement of course was the "real' birthday -- as opposed to the day of the party at home and the day of the party at school (typically excessive) -- and Cian graduated to a big bike. He has been flying around on his other bike, knees clattering into elbows and generally pedaling like a maniac. So he got a great surprise -- check out the following:
And away he went!
The whole story in photos can be seen by clicking here.
So all in all -- a great few weeks.
Not too sure what this implies for us (or our style of parenting)...... but the Easter bunny delivered a plastic Cerberus to Cian this morning..
And even more worrying was his delighted reaction to a plastic three headed dog that guards the gates of Hades...
"LOOK DADDY, I GOT CERBERUS FROM THE EASTER BUNNY"
Ah.. the innocence of a (soon to be) five year old.