Basty turns 6, Stephie's First F1 and The Maldives

We had a HUGE Month in September!!!!!!!!

  • Stephanie's 1st Music Recital - playing the recorder ("Doe a Deer, a Female Deer" - Sound of Music)
  • Sebastian's 6th Birthday
  • The kids' Student Lead Conference at school
  • Sebastian and Daddy were unwell (Fred had an infected eye and had an eye operation)
  • The kids Birthday Party - a few family friends at our house for a swim and kids dinner, the parents went out and had an adult dinner
  • Stephanie's 1st Ballet Level 1 test - she completed it, and graduated to Level 2
  • Formula 1 with daddy - Jane saw Robbie Williams on Saturday, and Stephanie saw Jennifer Lopez
  • The Maldives - 6 nights / 7 days on Lux Island at The Maldives ... stunning!!!!!!
  • School holidays



Happy 6th Birthday Sebastian

Stephie's musical recital

Woodwind Recital Event, 1 September 2014 - Stephanie on the recorder playing
'Doe a Deer by Sound of Music'

On Sebastian's birthday - presents and cake

School birthday cupcakes

Student Lead Conference - the kids take the parents through a journey of what they are learning at school

low temperature

eye surgery

relaxing

waiting for their shared birthday party to start

table is set for 11 kids

afternoon tea and cake

Stephanie is 8 and Sebastian is 6

Sebastian loves chocolate cake!

Kids dinner party:  Sebastian, Emeline, Mia, Lucian, Oliver, Luca, Stephie, Ivy, Scarlett, Jodie & Arabella



the four wives club

ballet level 1 test - first gold medal!

Stephie's first F1 - race and then Jennifer Lopez


Daddy bought a new camera lense ... fantastic zoom!

Mummy loves Robbie Williams!
The Maldives Holiday

Flying over Indonesia - smoking volcano

waiting for our seaplane at the capital of Maldives,  Male

view from the seaplane of several of the islands

seaplane view
Welcome to Lux* Hotel and Island


amazing water
amazing diving (looking for whale sharks, turtles and dolphins)
really amazing water (I think I am repeating myself, but its mesmerizing)


ramp to the water villas

one of the restaurants

pool, ocean and storm approaching

massage/spa water villas



view from our beach bungalow

our sand art



sand angels

sunset

feeding baby sharks

feeding manta rays - crabs waiting for some leftovers


manta ray comes up the deck for personal handfed dinner

ramp from the seaplane jetty to the reception room

beach bar

beach

sunbaking outside our bungalow

looking for hermit crabs

jungle gym

towel folding - kids were surprised each day by a new design:  whale shark, swans kissing, turtle, man, elephant

island wildlife:  bat

island wildlife:  heron

island wildlife:  lizard (he does push ups)


love love love island life

climbing the fun trees

natural way of life

with nature each day

our surrounding islands and where the sealife is found

diving



on the morning of our dolphin cruise, a rainbow appeared in the sky after a quick sunshower -
where the rainbow touchedthe ocean is where we spotted 2 dolphins next to our boat an hour later

sunset cruise


last night - special dinner evening

family selfie before we boarded our seaplane back to Male

bye bye island - we had tears leaving

boarding our seaplane

our island taken from the seaplane

Maldives has 800km stretch of islands, just like this


Capital of Maldives is Male, and the island next door is the international airport

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