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Daddy looks after his girls in the sizzling, summer sun…

Posted on January 8, 2009January 8, 2009 by BritMumInNZ

He takes them to blueberry heaven (and thinks that this might be his next business venture, as all his hard-earned dollars are being spent on blueberries – oh, but think of the antioxidants!):

He digs holes in the sand for them to splash in and soaks up the sizzling sun at beautiful Days Bay in Eastbourne:

He returns home at 7.30pm and they are still wide-awake and play out in the garden till dusk starts to fall. They cuddle up together in Charlotte’s bed to watch a movie and finally sleep comes a creeping, close to 10pm!

Meanwhile, Mum stays at home nursing a sore throat (which she caught from Daddy – thanks love!) and spends the day sleeping, lounging in a long, hot, bath and three full hours playing the piano – blissful (and the girls even saved me some blueberries – miracles do happen!).

[Click on the collages above to see them at their full size – we’re having fun playing with Picasa 3 at the moment! Thanks to Google for releasing Picasa beta for the Mac! We love it!]

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