Sunday, November 18, 2007

Monday, September 10, 2007

Flatford Mill

We took a trip to Flatford Mill; the place where the famed East Anglian artist John Constable spent a good part of his life honing his mad skillz as a landscape painter. To learn more about John Constable; consult your local library!

Saturday, August 25, 2007

Ladieeeeeeeees and gentlemen ! Chilluns of aaaall ages ! ! !






You know the old saying "It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog", right? Well, Circus Ricardo is a small traditional* circus. It's an itty-bitty circus with the biggest heart on the circuit!

So there we were at the 6pm show in Southwold. Lovely little seaside town where we saw Justo and crew two years ago. Among the 50+ audience members were Hannah, Kai, Jack, Kasper, me and our friends John and Tracey and their kids Rafe (2) and Ethan (4).

The show was going great; Daredevil Deville's little brother juggled a set of cricket balls (dropped 2x), bigger sofe foam balls (dropped 3x). 3 flat rings (dropped 2x), 5 flat rings (dropped 3x) and 3 juggling pins (no drops!)! Human error, duff CD player and music miscues and a magic trick where the magician gets locked in a trunk and his assisstant stands atop the trunk and lifts a surrounding curtain over her head and FLASH the magician has somehow escaped the trunk and switched places with the assisstant! Thats how it was supposed to go. When the assisstant lifted the curtain around herself to make the switcheroo, after nearly an uncomfortable (read AGONISING) 90 seconds we kinda got the feeling that this gag wasn't going according to plan! But when they finaly did get thetrick figured out; the curtain dropped and...the magician was outside the box and lo and behold the assisstant ended up where he was. In the box. Wow. No animals are involved in the recent tour and Larry the Laughing Mule was sorely missed at todays show.

Cut to Kai getting picked by Justo the Clown (Justo owns Circus Ricardo with his brother Rupert, true names I kid you not) as a Trainee Clown Premiere Classe. He deftly fabricates a balloon hat and balloon clown nose out of, well, balloons of course and gets her to spin two plastic plates on sticks one held in heach hand. She's in her element!

Justo then asks Kai to face the audience and spread 'em; he bends over and kneels down and without so much as a "UNGH, MY SPINE!" he hoists her up in the traditional sit-on-my-shoulders attitude! Then, the dozy bozo goes and grabs his UNICYCLE!

"No way!" Hannah and I say in unison as Tracey looks over at Hannah in amazement.

Yes way.




*I find that the word "traditional" gets bandied around quite a bit over here; Traditional Fish n' Chips, Traditional Pub Fayre, Traditional Sunday Roast Dinner. 9/10 times it has to do with food and the two traditional forms of English cuisine; boiled and roasted. Traditional English Breakfasts (aka The Full Monty) and the aforementioned Fish n' Chips fall outside these preparation modes and form their own sub-cookagory called "Fried till it hurts". The greasier the food the less chewing there is involved.

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Monday, August 06, 2007

Thursday, August 02, 2007

We went to the beach today.

Jack went to Cheryl's (Childminder/Babysitter) because he likes the lunch there. Usually it is fish fingers, beans, fruit and assorted kids beverages. Plus he gets to horse around with his friends. Hannah, Kai, Kasper and I, on the other hand, went to Old Felixstowe beach with Tracey and her kids Ethan and Rafe. That's Ethan in the pic behind Kai. Nice shingle (stony) beach with massive tidal pools. Good for the kids to mess around in and splash about.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Monday, July 23, 2007

The very first batch of KasperBoy Bum Brownies! - A photoGRAPHIC essay.











World, allow me to introduce to you; Kasper Wrona! 6lb 8oz's of Ooh-la-la !

The Wrona/Varnals world was rocked today by the emergence of the most reclusive of the UK based familys members. The provisionally named Kasper Wrona was welcomed by closest friends and family at 9:09 this morning in what Ipswich Hospital officials are calling "a textbook Ceasarian Section". "There was some internal adhesion of the previous two C-Sections scars to the interior wall of the abdomen" says the Consultant Doctor who performed the operation and also coordinated the team of Midwives, Surgical Assistants and an Anesthaesiologist who were involved in the procedure. "Hannah appears to be doing well with her dependance on chocolate remaining relatively unaffected". Kasper's arrival brings a harrowing 9 month ordeal to a close which began quite enjoyably for the boys parents but, over the subsequent 39 weeks, hormonal imbalance, swollen ankles and factional in-fighting took their toll on the stability of the parents wellbeing. "There weren't the usual gastronomical cravings you'd expect with a common pregnancy but, oh man, there was alot of chocolate being consumed" says Steve Wrona, Kasper's Co-Producer. He goes on to say "I was half expecting the Doctor to pull a giant M'n'M out of that womb." When asked for any further comments, Kasper's mother Hannah stated "I'm so clever, I can make people. Ph€aR my b4bi 5k1ll2!"

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

July 23rd - Baby gon' be here!

Only a few days to go til' the baby gets here! Don't know the gender of the mite but as long as it is healthy we don't give a baboons red a$$ if it's a boy or girl.

We are looking to upgrade from the car we have. (LOOK LOWER DOWN THE PAGE TO SEE THE CHARIOT WE CURRENTLY RIDE IN.)
A woman I work with, Jill, is selling a 1999 Ford Galaxy. We are very interested in it as;
1. It is a 7 passenger MPV. Hannah, me, Kai, Jack, "Sprout" makes five but with the addition of a pushchair and other associated ISE (Infant Support Equipment) the extra space will come in dang usefull.
2. The seat level is higher than our present ride. It would be as if Hannah were simply sliding into the car we want instead of plop-dropping into the car we gots.
2a. The front passenger seat rotates 180 degrees to either face backwards or 90 degrees to face the passenger door thus allowing easier ingress/egress for those with difficulty with the old automotive "in-n-out".
3. It's 4 years younger than the car we have.
4. It is the same band of Road Tax as our current car and the insurance is only £25 ($50) more. It could be worse.

Anyway, thats the news from Whitey from Ol' Blighty. More news soon as events warrant.

"Lifted" - Pixar

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Wednesday, May 09, 2007