Family photos using the Lumix G2 camera

Here are Ruby and Zoe, sitting at the table waiting patiently for breakfast. There was a flurry of activity going on so the girls had a lot to look at. There were tantalising smells in the air as Jac fried eggs and my brother-in-law M fried bacon and sausages on the barbecue. When I took this photograph, the girls were looking to see who else had just arrived.

Here’s the girls’ dad, my younger brother Mark, with Zoe.

Ruby and Zoe each have a favourite soft toy that they insist on carrying everywhere. Ruby has Murray the monkey and Zoe has Milly the tiger. You may have noticed Zoe holding onto Milly in the previous two photographs, and if you look closely at the first photo, you’ll see one of Murray’s feet, close to Ruby. In the photo below, Ruby had placed Murray on her head like a hat and thought it was the most hilarious thing ever. Zoe was eager to join in, so she put her drink bottle down on the chair and Milly became a hat too. Did you have a favourite soft toy, pillow or blanket when you were little that you were inseparable from? I had a wiry-haired teddy bear with glassy eyes and a hard black nose – I called him “Bear-bear”. I also had a little brown pillow sewn by my grandma I called “Pupu”. Sadly, neither Bear-bear or Pupu are still around.

Here’s Ruby on her tricycle, Murray in the tray at the back. There were a few too many obstacles strewn around my parent’s patio for a smooth ride, but Ruby was quite content mostly just sitting on the tricycle. In the background is the barbecue where the sausages and bacon were cooked, and one of the pans Jac fried the eggs in.