the most most amazing thing that happened over the last few weeks was a visit from the very talented Aunty-shoe-shopping. Kate was totally overwhelmed by the arrival of her very own hand crafted Ninky Nonk, complete with all the characters hiding in one of the carriages. Today (which wasn't our best day after someone got up a 4 am) the Ninky Nonk was the only thing that would console her at one point, and every other day she has to get her hand-crafted superior ITNG characers and show them to the screen when their less interesting generic equivalents come on.


This morning Leon and Kate invented a new game called "sheep, coffee". It involved them saying sheep and coffee alternating all the way to the woods. A lot in common those two...

Some recent Kate sayings:
No way Daddy
Go back Daddy
Eat now boy
Das boot (long explanation required for this one really, but her reading doesn't yet quite extend to German classics. She was actually referring to Dora the Explorer.)

new camera part 2

it finally arrived at 4.45pm.... so i had to stay in from 8 this morning ..... all day just for a parcel.

anyway..... takes nice photos

new camera

having lost my camera about 3 months ago, we have been pretty short on the old postings here.
well today i have had to stay in all day to collect the new and improved camera, and so far no one has turned up. So it's been a bit of a pants day for the dogs..... and i still can't show you any photos.

It is half term however, so it's not all bad.

Leon

One day she's going to kill us for this one....

long time no post

Hello world,

Long time no message. In summary, we went on holiday to France(where Kate decided baths are ok after all, and also that ice cream is the way ahead), then to Polzeath, then around the country visiting the family. All very lovely. Then term started so we all got stressed, but the stress was alleviated by a very barbershoppy trip to London, and now we've topped it all off with buying (starting the process anyway) a very sensible house in Ivybridge. Saves a lot of time writing less often I reckon! Mary x

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

Kate's latest funny stuff:

Phones are called "hello"s
Every small electronic item is a hello
Every phone conversation goes "hello? hello? yah, yah, yah, b bye"

Body slamming the dogs and Mummy is her latest game, along with blowing raspberries on my stomach, and flopping backwards on the sofa and laughing.

Finding her tummy button, and mine, no matter where we are.

Socks are sacrosanct - they must stay on regardless of the temperature, and can only come off just before she gets zipped into her sleeping bag at night.

Having breast milk in the morning in as many different positions as possible.

Sitting up on big chairs.

Everything is all about the dogs - Millie and Tiki - but especially Tiki - is what it is all about right now.

When she does a lion's roar, she has to whisper it, and we have no idea where that comes from.

Mary x