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Lanzarote with Libs

So we’re back from Lanzarote, back to reality some might say! We had a great time out there, revisiting some places and generally having fun with Libby. She especially loved all the swimming and beaches along with all the spoiling that comes with being on holiday with some of your grandparents.

While we were away Libby seems to have learnt so much but, the one thing that she has really taken away is the word, “No”. If you ask her a question now you just get “Noooo” which is quite amusing - even more so when she does herself out of things as she says it before she thinks about it! She can now move herself around the swimming pool unaided and has worked out the Grandad is always good for icecream ;).

Charlie and I also enjoyed revisiting some of the places and things we did during our honeymoon as we were staying quite close and had a car - a Zafira which was actually alright. We didn’t go up to Timanfaya this time but I not sure I like the idea of Libby being in those coaches. Libby did however get to enjoy looking for the olivine at El Golfo and the beach at Orzola.

The Island was as windy as ever but the weather has still ensured that we’ve all come back with a tan - even Libby though how she managed that after being plastered in factor 50+ suncream all week remains a mystery to me, she has more colour than me using the factor 15 stuff!

On the Saturday that we were out there we watched the Lazarote Ironman competition, this is a hardcore triathlon that is done on the Island each year. First they swim 3.8km in the sea, then a 180km cycle course all over the island and then when they get back from that there’s just the small matter of a full marathon to complete - and on Saturday that was in temperatures of up to 33 degrees - madness. The winner did the course in about 8hrs 37mins, now that really is an Ironman Downey Jr. We met a guy who works for Renault F1 who was doing it for charity - I asked him if they needed any Software Engineers but there’s no word yet…

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Looking forward to a week in the sun

Ash cloud depending we’re off to Lanzarote tomorrow! It’s look like it’s going to be fun as I won’t be able to get the internet and so won’t be able to do any work which will be a change! Just playing with Libby and RA Salvatore - perhaps the odd night out with Charlie ;).

We’re nearly all set, we know the sign for Ice Cream, Libby’s stuff fills the cases and I’ve found the paper part of my driving license. It’s going to be an experience taking Libby abroad but I’m quite looking forward to it, perhaps that’s just naivety though ;). A four hour flight is going to be interesting…

We’ve also got the Ironman competition to look forward to whilst we’re out here (http://www.ironmanlanzarote.com/) which should be fun to watch, Charlie says that it’s an impressive sight, I can’t really imagine how these guys would be able to do all of it in a single day but then they’ve probably done more training than me. Hopefully they would find C++ similarly challenging - mind you so do I some days ;).

So nothing for a week, twitter will fall silent, my inbox will grow and the cat will wonder where we are…

…he probably won’t miss us

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Father Christmas!

It was Rayne School’s fete on Saturday and they had Father Christmas there. So as we were priviledged to be there before he saw any of the children Libby was lucky enough to get to see him!

She was undecided for a moment (when Mummy managed to snap the picture), before deciding that having Daddy hold her was a much less risky option. After she had assured Father Christmas that she’d been a good girl for most of the year she got an early present - we all like Elmer, he’s everyones favourite patchwork elephant!

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Norwich near Christmas

This year we thought that we’d like to take Libby somewhere once the festive season had started - for all those out there who say “Not Yet!” I have an 11 month old daughter it’s started already, ok! - so as we normally get up to Norwich around this time of year and the Travelodge had cheap rooms we thought that it would be ideal.

We travelled on the train again which Libby loved, as you can see below she liked looking out of the windows as we were going along and reading her book on the way home. Once we were there we spent mainly our time wandering around the shops and eating out, with Toosties, La Tasca and Nandos all being frequented, Starbucks also had their fair share. Libby loved all of the Christmas lights and decorations that were up everywhere and kept pointing at her favourites, though the main use for pointing is still what type of food she wants next ;).

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