family visitors!!

Luis, Saioa and Nora are the first family visitors we've had from Euskadi since we moved! They came for a few days over New Year's and we were delighted to have them here with us. We can't wait for them to come back for a longer stay soon!

Nora has already flown all the way to see her aunty and uncle in San Francisco so the short flight to Dublin was a breeze. Here she is seettling in...

A hearty Irish breakfast for Luis!

For the first few hours, Nora was shy with her auntie Vanessa, uncle Jaime and her cousins...

...but faces like these soon got her laughing!

Snuggling in the morning :)

It's so nice to have more ladies around. The boys love it!

Here they were posing and doing animal imitations with Saioa and Nora...

Lying around on a playmat with Nora (although it looks like it was mainly Malachy who was into the idea!)

More animals (pity about the sound effects)

Malachy playing and loving with his uncle Luis :)

And here's Saioa bringing out the budding artists in our boys. Together they made this acrylic on canvas, which they entitled "I am a lion, I roar all day"...! Liam sketched the lion in pencil first, then Saioa outlined it with black paint and then they coloured together. The result is on display in our living room... Roar!