Pam mingling in with the audience....!

....watermelon antics

Ah, que me pilla...

Pum got wet!.... didn't we all?!

Do you think Pum really did eat that roaring tiger???!!!.... that crazy clown!!

Pim and Pam (or is that Pum?!) hoping the kids will help them overcome their fear of giant rats....!!!?!!! You'd have to have been there....

Today was the Portal Nou Creche End of Year Party!! Jaime, Jorge and Llum did the honours and provided the entertainment for the afternoon! They stepped into the shoes of Pim, Pam and Pum... danced, mimed and clowned around for the kids and gave us all a great show!

Pim... Pam... and Pum... the Portal Nou clowns!!!

And here is our professional crawler. No longer dragging or shuffling, Malachy has mastered the art of proper crawling on all fours and is becoming increasingly adept at pulling himself up to a standing position and letting go! He kees falling but has got very good at landing so he doesn't seem to mind!!

Staying at home sick is not something Liam has ever really had to do. He's not great at it and keeps asking (almost begging) to go out. Here he is watching "Winnie the Pooh", a new obsession.

Poor chicken-poxer jamrobber. "Ay, Mammy, make it better"!

We let Liam stay up late the other night at the San Juan party and were surprised at what relatively "quiet fun" he had (compared to his usually over-excited party self) and at how he even "asked" to go to bed!! The following morning when we saw the swarms of chicken pox on his face and shoulders we understood why...

Sparklers! I was never a great fan of bangers and fireworks myself (gunpowder and flames in any shape or form have always freaked me out!). The highest point of the party for me had to be when the kids all lined up and paraded around fearlessly with their sparklers in their hands singing happy birthday to me!