De Silva Family Blog

Our little boy is growing up so fast. It feels like only yesterday he was a tiny bundle of blankets, and now he's off to school! It was his first day at pre-school today (he'll be going for one morning a week) and as you can see he was raring to go. He's been desperate to go for months now and was so proud to receive his book bag last week. I only hope that they are ready for our little clown!

We spent the Easter weekend in Wales this year and were blessed with some great weather. The boy's had a wonderful time following Grampa Clive around (partly due to the six Easter eggs they received!), whilst I got some much needed kip. I had fun at my first "point to point", trying to be a sports photographer, whilst the boys tried their hand at skimming stones down by the river. Here's some photos from our trip . Hope you all had a great Easter break.

Mary was telling Ollie a story about Spiderman in a 'sticky situation' this evening, when she asked him, "What should Spiderman do?" "Cry!" he said. "Superheroes don't cry!" she responded.. ""Pray then.". ""To who?". ""Me!".

Hi from Oz! I've been in Sydney with work and given the ridiculously long flight, I've decided to tag a few days of holiday onto the end of the trip. I've walked for miles, had some great food and caught up with my cousin and his family. The highlight of the trip was Taronga Zoo this morning, where I saw boxing kangaroos, a newborn gorilla breastfeeding, a cute baby elephant playing football and many other amazing animals. Check out some of my snaps... Nevertheless, I can't wait to get back to the UK and my own little zoo!

...blow out a candle? Our little boys have gone loopy over Spiderman. Leo got a costume for his birthday last month and poor Ollie has been desperate for one ever since. Fortunately he didn't have long to wait, as less than a month later, he had his very own Spiderman party. Check out the pics . I hope I get muscles like that for my birthday...

Ollie can be a cheeky little monkey. However he's not too sophisticated about it yet: Naughty Boy Ollie: Kiss. Cuddle. Now go 'way! Mummy: Why do you want me to go away? Ollie: Me naughty / Wee over there / Drink (bath) water! Greedy Boy Ollie was too busy playing to sit at the table and eat his ice cream, so he got down and Mary finished it off. He returned ten minutes later asking for his ice cream. Mummy: It's gone darling, I ate it. Ollie: (Holds out his bowl to mummy) Spit it out! Clever Boy Leo had made a den with Nana Joan, but wanted to be the sole occupier. He announced, "No one is allowed in here. Only me!" Ollie responded, "I'm me!" and promptly barged in. Here are a few pics of our funny little thing in action...

I was lucky enough to receive a new lens for my DSLR camera this Christmas - a fixed 50mm portrait lens. It seems to be making up for my lack of talent! See for yourself...