schoolboys

Fist day back at school back in September! Liam in his big boy uniform, thrilled to be getting back to school and all his mates.

And it was Malachy's first day of "big school": Junior Infants!

Honestly, he was waaaAAY more excited than he looks in this photo!




The familiar stroll to school... now a veritably beaten path!

And this is Maria, our friendly, smiley "lollipop lady"! She knows the name of every single child... and parent!

bits of everything

Fun moments captured back in September '08

Hanging out at the playground...

And taking bike rides in the park...

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Nectarine, anyone?

big boy birthday {belated}

How much fun is it humanly possible to pack into one birthday? Scroll on down and see! This is what we did to celebrate Liam's 6th Birthday back in August....





First we headed into town on a mission...





We were headed for one shop in particular....





The music shop! We headed straight to the percussion section, not quite sure what instrument we were looking for. Something loud, though, for sure. Being that it was his birthday, Liam was in luck... the kid's size drum kits were on special offer... so... Liam got a set of drums for his birthday! (not the congas in the picture above... a real 'rock star' drum kit!!)





All that noisy percussion music woke Lorcan up from his siesta... hello, sleepy head (dirty face!)





The mention of food, as always, turned Lorcan's serious face to one like this!



Liam chose Eddie Rocket's so we headed to South Anne Street for lunch on the terrace ;)

Mmmmm

With our mission in the city accomplished and the drum kit in its box in the boot of the car, we headed back to Dun Laoghaire to catch a movie: Wall-e. It was a little above the little brothers' heads but the birthday boy really 'got' it and loved it!

You'd think that would be enough for one day... but NO! Not for our handsome birthday boy. When we emerged from the cinema, the previously grey skies had turned to blue... so we legged it to our favourite local beach spot, Sandycove, for some outdoor birthday fun to end the day....

Doesn't he make a beautiful birthday boy!

He certainly makes us smile!

And, of course, his partners in crime, the other 'brothers Jambrina', do too!

We played "Un, dos, tres, carabababá" till we could take it no more...

And just then the ice-cream van appeared

:P

With the "real" birthday party planned for the following week (with all of Liam's school buddies), we still couldn't let the day go by without some bona fide candle-blowing! So, chocolate-and-smartie-covered banana bread did the trick on the day. And a very lovely day it was too.

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Daddy set up the drum kit the following day (first thing... which you can tell from the pyjamas and bed-heads!). Don't you love the look of complicity on Lorcan's face as he stands there happily banging his own drum?!

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And now for the PARTY!!!!

What a party! Yep, we had the works... friends, family, balloons, cake, goodies, games, music, face-painting, laughter... oh, and a piñata!...

And, best of all, we had "Anna Banana"!!!

She painted our faces, told us stories, made us laugh, showed us some cool games, played us music... she was the bees knees.

All the kids were giddy with laughter and excitement!

And enthralled by Anna Banana's tricks and her show...

... even our littlest party guest!

Then it was cake time!

A Homemade Red Velvet Spiderman Cake, no less!

We do so love a good party!

update!!!

Hello!

It's been a while...

Our internet connection has been very troublesome for the last few weeks... but now it seems to be back up and working, so the updates will be coming fast and furious, we promise!

For now, we thought we'd post our updated logo pic. These boys are getting big!

See?:

And, last but not least, we want to wish our very own Jamrobber Daddy a really great 39th birthday.... today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAIME!!!

Love,

the Jamrobbers

xoxox

london calling

Hi! Just showing off the new camera ;)

And bragging a bit about a weekend trip to London! Ladies only!

Granny Carmielia and yours truly took went to London for the weekend back in August to (belatedly) celebrate Granny's big 6-0 birthday.

We had a great time. We stayed at a nice hotel in Covent Garden, had leisurely breakfasts, went to see the musical "Chicago" on the West End, dined out and went shopping!

And I took a few random photos of London city with my new camera:

(At Covent Garden Market)