Hello everyone. Nice trip to France - more on that later with some pics too.

In the meantime I've been noticing some things that I do with Kate that have reminded me of the same things happening when I was little. Probably a bit bigger than Kate's tender 18 months, but all the same its kind of cool remembering my stuff through her:
1) Walking along and having to run my hand along the walls / fences / railings etc that are alongside.
2) Standing on someone's feet while they're walking along. Weirdly I can't remember if it was Keith or Dad, but I do remember that one of the reasons I liked it so much was having a little bit of physical contact.
3) Having someone else do up the buckles of my shoes.

Also, found the biggest, fullest most grimmest tick in the world today, just chilling out on the chair. Grimsville central. Has goose bumps for ages. Ugh.

Mary x