Posts By Duncan Drennan
The Judo rock
Eli came home from Judo very excited to tell his story about how it took so many people to roll him over, and how Luka (who he calls Luke Skywalker) turned red in the face trying to roll him over. One very excited guy, who is clearly getting stronger.
Here is the less hyper version recorded after the first telling…
James at True Grit
We joined the McKay’s to celebrate James’ birthday at True Grit
Candles proved to be tricky
Little guys tucking in
Working on the bike skills
Pop up fun
We were very kindly invited to join the Hex team celebrate the end of the year. It was a very interesting and fun meal by Slippery Spoon Kitchen who do pop up restaurants and dinner events.
The first course was buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, but with an extra twist of injecting the tomatoes with one of the flavours – truffle oil, machu tea or elderberry vinegar.
Next was their ode to a tiffin box
Tikka chicken, basmati rice, yogurt, and pickled onion on a roti – super yummy
There were beakers full of broth bubbling away on top of a Himalayan salt slab on little gas burners. The next course was a smoked dumpling which the broth was poured over.
The flavour of the broth really developed as you ate it
A TV tray with steak, tuna, bone marrow mash and kimchi
We used the salt slabs to cook the food
The kimchi was something I have never had before and quite enjoyed – the flavour was very unique.
We ended with a beautiful white chocolate and Turkish delight panna cotta with marshmallow filled tulips. There were meringue pieces, popping candy and caviar sprinkled on top
It was a wonderful night out together (made possible by Keren) and a very memorable meal. A huge thank you to Stephan and the Hex team for the opportunity to join them.
Death & Tiffany Aching
It seems that after years of holding back we’re now embracing Halloween as a tradition after our first one last year.
Death & Tiffany Aching (from the Discworld novels)
Policemen, a pirate and the motorcycle magician. 
Eyeballs
Addy the magic bike rider
Adam’s swimming lesson
Adam has been loving his swimming lessons and after settling into it is quite happy to go with the instructor and do his thing. Hopefully after the first six weeks he’ll be good to go on his own.
Swimming season is open!
First swim of the season, happy children and many more swims to come.
Addy even braved the chilly water to show off some of his new swimming skills.
Warming up after some cold water
Sharing science
Grace was a showing Ian the venation of a leaf. She’s been very excited to look at the leaves under a microscope.
Water Addy
Watering the garden is always fun (especially with collected rainwater)
Grace’s beanie
Grace has been knitting away to make her first beanie! With some help from Granny she was able to finish it off. I think it is brilliant what she has been able to do on her own and how much the quality of her knitting has progressed.
Adam’s rainbow party
Adam turned two today and we celebrated with a rainbow colours party
The day started off with some gifts – a helmet from us, a puzzle book from Granny, and a tape measure from Grace and Eli. He was very chuffed with the tape measure. He also got some rings and a trapeze bar for the jungle gym and garden.
Another highlight for him was the helium balloons which miraculously survived being carried around outside by a variety of children.
Eli was anxious for the friends to arrive – he had his lookout spot at the gate
Some wonderful friends joined us to celebrate
A rainbow party means a rainbow cake. Donné fought with this cake yesterday, but in the end it was delicious and the colours looked amazing.
And rainbow jellies which we all had fun making together
Singing happy birthday
Lots of love from his siblings
And a cute photo of George
A happy Sunday celebrating Adam, who is so full of life and energy, and relaxing with great friends.