Jersey.

I tried, but I couldn't think of a better title...
And by the way, yes, we have had another baby.  But I'm so behind with blogging, I figured it made not a jot of difference what order I blogged the last few weeks in...  So here's the Jersey trip.  Big boy and I flew over for a friend's wedding.  It was two weeks after Luke was born, and he and Anna stayed with her parents for the weekend, being very well looked after!
So, this is us heading to the airport (don't worry, Big Boy took the photo!  His pictures are getting a little less wonky and blurry...)

Mummy had wrapped some presents for Big Boy, and this is the first, being unwrapped over breakfast.  Cars from Cars2 (current favourite...)

Here's our plane!  Are we excited?  Oh yes.

Even more so once we board.

 There were more presents to open on the plane (including sweeties to share with daddy!) which helped us pass the time.  It wasn't long before we were descending on the island, and, having avoided hold luggage, set off to pick up our hire car.  It was a Ka.  I'm not a fan, but I have to concede it was nice to drive.  As we weren't in a particular rush, we decided to cruise the South coast of the island...  There was a deserted beach, so we hopped out.  Big Boy immediately equipped himself for an assault on the sea.

 Which he carried out with great aplomb.  It wasn't long before his shoes were sandy and wet!

Still not in a rush, we headed to Corbiere lighthouse.  (Friends got engaged there a few weeks back, so it was a little pilgrimage!)  The ice creams there were awesome.  This one cost £1.25.  Absolute bargain.  Apparently the seagulls are quite keen on them, so you have to keep your wits about you.  Big Boy managed most of it, but I had to help a little.  It's tough.  As you can see in the photo, there's a causeway which gets covered by the tide.  Thankfully, the tide was on the way out, so by the time we got down the hill, it was clear to cross.

This is Big Boy doing his 'I also do pensive' pose.  Looking out to sea.  If you look at the picture above, this one below is taken in the little 'dip' to the left of the lighthouse.

Believe me, there were a lot of photos we had to take of Big Boy and the lighthouse.  This was one of the nice ones.

"Right daddy, I'm off for a swim"  Amazing old defences (military, not tidal!) all over the island, with at least four on this particular bit.

This is the church, the day before the wedding.  I decided we'd scout it out in advance.  (I was nervous!)  Nice place.

This is the side chapel.

 And looking forwards...

Once we'd scouted the church, we went on to our hotel, and had a quick dip in the pool.  Yes, it was outdoors, and no, it wasn't warm...

But it was a whole lot warmer than this:

That blue pontoon you can see in the above photo was what we swam to on the second day.  It's a fair old way for Big Boy, who told me he was scared, but he did it anyway!  Very proud of him.

This is the view from the hotel restaurant.  Not a bad view to enjoy whilst tucking into a full English!

Back at the church in our smart gear (monkey came along too, though hadn't secured an invite)

 The wedding was lovely, if a little nerve-wracking.  (I was playing the piano for it - I don't just have a fear of weddings!)
The wedding reception was a the zoo (or, more accurately, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, of 'My Family and other animals' fame)  We had a free ticket to the zoo as a result, and Big Boy managed to find a playground.  He's got some sort of playground radar that's highly effective.

 The evening do was good fun, and Big Boy made a 'helicopter' for Mummy out of cocktail sticks and a cocktail sausage.  Sadly, we ate it (the sausage, not the sticks!) rather than packing it for the homeward journey.

 This was just a fun take away we found...

 And this was Big Boy and monkey scaring the pigeons.  Highly effectively, I might add.

Last day, looking out over Elizabeth Castle, preparing for our second ice cream of the weekend.  It was such a massive disappointment (£1.60 for a 'scoop' that I could have made with a teaspoon) that we had to go back to the lighthouse for a proper one.  It's just as well the island's small...

Do we have to go home?  Well, yes, we do.  But we're hoping to make the return journey with Mummy and Little Boy in the near future.

I might add to this some time to fill out the narrative, but the pictures are the most interesting bit :)