The Songs of the Summer

Lately, we've been listening to a lot of music.  Summertime can be hot midday and it's nice to have a little singing.  Rose has been introducing Teddy to American Music, and for the 4th of July she took him to visit the American Museum in Bath. 

She has introduced him to Funk from Louisiana through the Meters 'Audubon Zoo' 

She's gotten a bit of the Shirelles too, as she trades tucking Teddy in at night with Dan, she'll tell him, 'Tonight you're mine' 

And a cover of Bobby Darin's Splish Splash, the Sha Na Na version is quite fun watching and listening. Teddy likes this one in the tub. 

Teddy really enjoys music and singing and dancing. He will sing to himself while he's playing and make up little songs about things in his life. It reminds us of how it can be easier to express things through music and how powerful music is in our lives. 

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We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Teddy recently went out on a 'Bear Hunt' in a field around Paulton.  We quoted the book about the tall grass and how it goes swishy swashy, and we found a river too. It was fun. Summer is here and we've been enjoying getting outside, especially on sunny days.

Teddy has a set of binoculars and a telescope, and he's enjoying seeing the world through them. He refers to himself as 'Mr. Leader' on these walks, and he insists on walking in the front of the expedition.

Here are some pictures from our Bear Hunt.  I hope you've been finding adventure wherever you are.

The Fledgling Leaves the Nest!

We've moved from London (goodbye Southwark!) to Paulton, Somerset.  Back to where Dan is from and where he can freely drop the 't' in 'tractor'.

Actually, we moved in November, but we are only updating the blog now (!) because well it's been a while adjusting.

To catch up our lovely readers, we went back to the USA for Christmas and saw Lots and Lots of cousins (Rose's cousins and Teddy's cousins). We've welcomed Teddy's newest cousin, Eira, on December 20th (this was easy to remember because it was the day we flew to the USA). Today, we found out that Teddy was accepted into his first choice for school, he will be starting in September.

We are going back to London on May 19th for two birthdays, 4-years and 40-years, both of which will be great.

We experienced the great snow of 2018 in Somerset, and it was lots of fun.  We are considering taking a winter holiday in the future so we can continue to have snowy activities.  You can see our house in the background, it is a 2-bedroom house and it is perfect for with Dan, Teddy, Me, and Goldie the Goldfish.