Taco Tuesday

It probably should have been Fajita Friday as I ran into some pretty hazy-looking teachers today but we wanted Matt to meet some people early on his trip.  It is also pretty amazing hosting without doing any cooking (always good to have a chef as a guest).  

Matt and Shea reunited after her trip to the UK in September.  A fun night had by all.  Today is not so fun for many of the guests though!

Matt's in de House

We have been super excited to greet our current visitor, Matt from Bruton!  He has visited me in loads of my 'homes' over the years and I am so happy to have him here now.  He arrived Sunday night and we have been having a great time catching up and showing him around.  Lots of fun to be had over the next two weeks for sure.

He is off on his own adventures today.  Hopefully, he does not get too lost and tonight he will meet our Bahamian crew.  Going to be great!

Lola's Sweet 16

Lola Cola is 16!! And she has had another year full of adventures.  She has become the pickiest eater ever and is even more stubborn than she was before.  But she has earned that right and I will continue to try and make her food that she loves and give into her unique ways.  We celebrated with food and cake at a local restaurant.  Sebastian was super duper excited.

I love this little lady and cannot wait to celebrate many more.

Sinead's Family's Diamond Day

Sinead had her family here for the last few weeks.  Her brother, his wife, and their daughter.  We really wanted to have them over but it has been so crazy here as I have had a job interview every day for the past week. Yep, we are leaving for a new adventure next school year.  More about that another post.  We just got them over one day before (Thursday) they returned home and we tried to make a special night. We also celebrated Shea's birthday as we missed her party that week.

Another lovely night at Diamonds.

Student of the Month

Yipppee! Sebastian was student of the month for October.  I mean, I was a little shocked he did not get September but I think it would have been too obvious.  Better to give it to him second.

He does not look overly impressed but we were super excited, as was Elmo.  Today also marked a big day as we handed in his first project.  It was funny as it was due in last week and he (I) did not have time to finish it.  I totally got told off, and given an extension.  I wanted to point out that he is only 2, but I do love the school so decided not to ruffle feathers. I think we did ruin his chance at back to back student of the month now though.

He strutted down the path excited to show his teacher.  I think they were impressed with the borders he managed to put around the photos.  Wait till the next one is due, when hopefully I am less busy!

October Wine Night

You know I am busy when I forget to post about October Wine Club from last week!  I could not believe I missed this post.   Wine Club is going from strength to strength, our numbers are huge and our nights creative.  Megan hosted a fantastic Wine Night, with Pink being the theme for Breast Cancer Month.  She played a couple games, the best one being designing our own wine and label.  My team came last place, but that was because we made it fun and everyone else's was beautiful (but boring!).

No points for guessing which one is mine.

Another great night. The next one is at mine again, where we will have a guest chef flying over from the UK to cook for us.

Coconut Gathering

This is one of Sebastian's favourite activities.  He loves when Dad goes to get the ladder and is even more excited once the machete comes out. I am not sure he loves the water as much as he loves getting it but it is super sweet.

Slightly more worrying is his lack of fear.  I am sure any day now he will want to go up to the top of the tree.  Oh and notice I got one down as well.