Well, this was taken this morning and comparing it to last week's pic I do now accept that I have grown a lot in the last week! To top it off I now have a stinking cold. Oh well...

Today has been a grand day though, Torquil and Rufus came to play this morning and then we spent the afternoon park playing and bike riding. I have to say, I may be their mother and therefore biased but what the children can now ride on their bikes is truly amazing. They rode off-road on some really narrow, muddy and sometimes steep trails this afternoon and were absolutely superb. Their enthusiasm and ability is truly amazing, Anya has even learnt (purely by accident) to ride out of the saddle. She was pushing so hard on her pedals to get through a really muddy uphill bit that she stood up. She was so pleased with herself and announced that she 'could take her bottom off the saddle, keep pedalling and not fall off!'

Couple of pics below although due to the fact that on the exciting bits we were running alongside them so couldn't take pictures, the pictures are of the more calmer sections of the ride!

My boy going for it

Note that she's actually wearing a fairy dress. She also wants me to write that her bottom is not on the saddle at this point!