Ice cream gang in Devon

[nanila]

Hello, I'm not so good at posting this week, due to it having been a bank holiday weekend which was also possibly the last gasp of summer, the bloke returning home from Nairobi and us turning around immediately afterward to go camping in Devon, and then back to drowning in work. We actually have some hardware in our hot little hands for the Engineering Model of our instrument for the JUICE spacecraft, and orders being placed for more, and that feels good.

I want to write up the camping weekend properly but for now, a preview from the dairy farm's ice cream stand.


From left to right: S, Humuhumu, Keiki and S's younger brother J*, sitting on a simple wooden bench eating ice cream in cones. Backdrop is the beautiful Devonshire countryside.

* J, believe it or not, is only a few months older than Keiki. He is enormous.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Great pic!

Going to be 6'8" and a prop forward that one! :o)

[nanila]

Thanks!

Very likely. He's the spit of his uncle, who is built along the aforementioned lines. Both his parents are tall as well. His mum is the "short" one at 5'11".

[roarofsilence]

Wow that kid is huuge. Viking blood or something.

My cousin has three kids and the middle boy is massive. He was 10kg at 5 months old, that's not on the WHO percentile charts. He's so cute but he's now three and looks like a five yr old!

Weather looks amazing, camping looks fun when the weather is like that!

[nanila]

Definitely. Parents are both over 5'10".

10 kg at 5 months, WOW. It's interesting (and a bit sad) to see how people's expectations of the children are shaped by their height/size. J's speech is typical for his age, but given how big he is, you can see that many expect him to be much more advanced.

The weather was fantastic. The kids are now completely sold on camping. We'll see what happens the next time we go and it chucks it down with rain the entire time. :P

[roarofsilence]

Yes it's so true - you assume they're older. It's only when my cousin's kid opens his mouth and sounds like a 3 year old that I remember.

Hah, yes camping when it's raining is a slightly different kettle o' fish.

[lurkingcat]

Good to see a full range of ice cream appreciation and eating methods on display there :)

[nanila]

Yes. The two older children both have strawberry and the two younger ones have chocolate. I had vanilla, so Keiki insisted we swap for a little while. :)

[paw_prints]

Beautiful countryside and a lovely shot of the kids. Gosh, J is a big lad!

[nanila]

Devon's glorious, and we were very lucky with the weather. Yes, J's a solid chunk of boy. His elder brother has the height but none of the bulk.

[st_aurafina]

Big ice-cream smiles! Gosh, the countryside looks a lot like where I live - rolling green hills, black and white cows.

J is a big kid! J must stand for giant.

[nanila]

It was picture-postcard-perfect in Devon this last weekend. :)

I think it must do. S, his elder brother, is also quite tall, but doesn't have J's bulk.

[meepettemu]

So cute :)

[nanila]

I must agree. :)

[calissa]

What a beautiful photo! I can't wait to see the rest.

(And now I'm craving ice cream and summer)

[nanila]

Aw, thank you!

(I think that may have been the last gasp of summer here. There's a distinct chill in the air in the mornings now. Autumn is coming. I look forward to seeing spring/summer photos from your hemisphere! :D)

[calissa]

I shall have to finally get around to taking some!

[mysterysquid]

That is beautiful countryside. :)

[nanila]

It's glorious. It feels like an age now since we were there, even though it's only been two weeks.

[silveradept]

That looks love a crew that is well pleased with their exploits to this point. Glad everyone had a good time.

[nanila]

Thank you. They were indeed very happy about a day spent romping outside and concluding with ice cream. :D