Popeye

Work work work...

Much to her delight, Lucius's new desk and chair have finally arrived, Christmas/ birthday gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Lucius. She sits down to 'work' (aka draw like Mama + Papa) at her desk first thing every morning. And it fits perfectly into the window nook

Gardening in lovely light

Spring is well under way here, with temperatures tipping the upper teens on a regular basis.
Lucius is developing a love for being outside and gardening (finding worms!). Pictures of her new mini-fig gardening tools to follow soon

A good way to donate...

...and a stark reminder that everything can change in an instant, and often does.
The tragedy there is especially poignant as Elaine was just in Tokyo last week.
The loveliest place, people + everything. Ever.
http://www.editionsof100.com/product/japan

Hats + Sweatshirts

Bakey

Lucius loves helping with the bread making at the moment

Using the mini-baking set she received from Aunt Cindy, Uncle Mat, Caleb + Bui for Christmas, she rolled out the dough and pressed it into shapes

Then we gave the 'dude' a Marmite haircut

Which, unfortunately for him, meant his head was swiftly dispatched of

Readreadreadreadread...

Drive-by

J+L

We went back to the UK/ Neil's family for a lovely Christmas. One afternoon, we met John and Lula at the wintry beach. Lula was settling in to her new life as a Spanish girl in a British climate. Lucius adores her, and knows her well from the times she stayed at ours in France, whilst John + Papa went off on adventures.
DOGS DOGS DOGS BEACH BEACH BEACH

Murakami at Versailles

In early December, we headed to Paris to see the Takashi Murakami exhibition at the Versailles Palace. It was a once in a lifetime chance to see such flamboyant art in such
lavish surroundings. Incroyable!
Lucius was as thrilled as we'd hoped she'd be.

We arrived at the crack of dawn, greeted by the giant Buddha and a rare moment of quiet at this popular spot

Wait a second....

A mother and daughter Ladurée moment