A walk with family

While we were on our visit to my parent's house over Easter, we went for a beautiful walk to Fenor, which is about a twenty minute drive from my parents. There is a lovely playground there and the most beautiful walk, there is a walkway sunk into the marshland and you can see wildlife and look at the mountain! The kids loved it and we got some lovely family photos!

I love my special family.....

It was such a great day, especially when the sun shone and we could feel the summer creeping in!

Our ' Mew ' Arrival

When we got baby Ambrose ( He is now 2.5 years old!) he was actually Amber... until the vet said she was a he and he became Ambrose! I actually don't think there is a better name for him, it is so totally unique! we love it and we love him, he is the sweetest little cat. We wanted to add another lil kitty to our family, we came across a litter of abandoned kittens at a friend's place and they have since been taken into a sanctuary. We enquired and we are very much looking forward to meeting our 'mewest' arrival.... another little ginger short hair exactly like our Ambrose!
 

He is currently called 'Frodo' but soon he will be called 'Kristoff' like all things these days in our house we have  a Frozen themed name! Surprisingly it works as Ambrose is such a unique name,  we need an equally unique name for our newest baby!

 

I am a big lover of cats, I adore their personalities, their cleverness and I find their behaviour so interesting. They are so independent and so very loving.... they are hugely misunderstood! I am so looking forward to our newest baby arriving!

 

Here he is..... Kristoff!

 

 

 

And of course our special little Ambrose ( On the right) .... who has definitely grown lots in the last two years!

 

 

 

Visit to the Jeanie Johnston

On Sunday we took our new Au pair to visit the Jeanie Jonhnston ship, it was known as a ' Famine ship' as during the famine it took over two thousand people across to Canada and the US to being their new lives. It is a replica ship built to honour such an important part of Irish history, it is said that Ireland has never fully recovered from the emigration of this era.

 

It is amazing to walk to decks of a ship that's most important claim is Life! It is one of the only ships that can claim that nobody every died on board... Every other ship had multiple casualties, the Jeanie Jonhnston was never called a 'coffin ship' as many of these ships became known. I thought it was very important to bring my children to see such an important part of their heritage. Our new au pair Francesca loved it too.

 

Even though the weather was a bit chilly and windy, we still enjoyed a lovely day walking on the grounds of Trinity College, and we had some nice lunch before walking Grafton St and watching the street performers....

Here we are!

 

 

My lil babies

 

 

 

Visiting the Jeanie Johnston...

the photo of me is with a passenger who was called Kearney, which is my maiden name! Quite a poignant moment!

 

 

 

 

 

We had a really lovely day! I love to spend these leisurely Sundays enjoying our beautiful city.....