My smiling is getting very proficient. I can say 'gghhhee' and 'ah-boo' and I can stick my tongue out. There is some controversy about whether or not I wave my arms extra if you wave at me. Mummy and Daddy think it's not very likely but Frances is pretty sure that if she waves, I wave back.
We have been visiting Nice People. We went to see Clare and Ellen and Catrin which was lovely - I got lots of very nice cuddles from everyone, and we even managed to get a photo of the whole family looking fairly reasonable.
A bit later we went a long way in the car and ended up in Somerset. I got lots of cuddles again, from Graunty Baa and Gruncle Robin (who is very good at helping me go to sleep). I make his arms go numb. I am also very interested in Hebe-the-Dog (nearly as keen as my Big Sister).
Mummy dressed me in a frilly dress and so I did my best to look cute.
In other news, I have rather gone off my bottle all of a sudden, and make a big fuss and basically skip a meal rather than drink any significant amount of milk from it. This was a tad inconvenient as Mummy outrageously chose to go out in the evening on Monday. Daddy was all set for three hours of crying, but fortunately even though I didn't drink anything, I passed out in my cot, and Mummy had to work really quite hard to wake me up and feed me at 11. Mummy doesn't want me to tell you in case it all goes wrong, but I am quite often sleeping most of the night now - from 8ish until 5ish and sometimes all the way to 7. When I have a long sleep I am particularly giggly, and so is Mummy.
F: I have been having a nice time too. Helen-from-Mummy's-work came to see us and brought me a fairy outfit, which I like a lot:
I went to 'dancing' and met Matilda (and then we also went round to Matilda's house, which was good). I like Matilda and have been talking about her quite a lot. I also enjoyed the visit to Clare, Ellen and Catrin very much indeed.
I'm donig a lot of cutting and sticking at the moment. I am a bit suspicious, as Mummy keeps giving me Christmas-themed stickers and pieces of folded card to stick them on. Doesn't she know that child labour is illegal? Must find out more about the minimum wage...
We also took Paddington with us down to Somerset, where we introduced him to the joys of the countryside. Mummy took me for a long walk to a wood. Half way there, I announced 'I am a little bit bored'. Mummy is concerned that I am working on teenagerdom already. However once we got to the wood I was very much engrossed in fishing in a small stream with sticks, so she was reassured, even if we did have to pretend to be Gordon and Edward ("I can't do it.... I can't do it... We'll do it together!!") to get me back up the hill.
We had quite a bit of snow in Somerset so we made a snowman and did some sledging (actually Mummy had to push the sledge pretty much all the way down the hill as the snow was rather thin, but I pretended I hadn't noticed so as not to spoil her fun).
Last week was particularly exciting. Nursery gave me Paddington to look after. I had to take him home and take pictures of what we did together. Mummy didn't actually send in this picture of her feeding Katy on a park bench while I attended to Paddington, but we did use the one of Paddington having a very large cup of coffee after Piccolo. Mummy wishes it to be known that breastfeeding on park benches can be chilly.
We had quite a bit of snow in Somerset so we made a snowman and did some sledging (actually Mummy had to push the sledge pretty much all the way down the hill as the snow was rather thin, but I pretended I hadn't noticed so as not to spoil her fun).
I also enjoyed the snowy garden and did a lot of rushing about in my snowsuit and boots. Mummy has snowsuit-envy. I played with Hebe the Dog a lot (I was a bit nervous at first, but it soon wore off). I also fed the chickens, which was a major highlight.
When the snow went away I reassured Mummy by saying 'Don't worry, the snow will come back'. It was still pretty cold though so we spent a lot of time inside. Baa and Robin gave me a very excellent CD which says my name which I have listened to approximately 400,000 times. I can recite a lot of it now. It makes me very happy indeed.
Apart from that, we did quite a bit of cooking - we made yellow cakes and some very nice peppermints. I LIKE peppermints, as I will tell you with enthusiastic nodding. I also discovered the joy of the hairdryer, with Robin drying my hair and Baa showing me the effect in a mirror (my hair flies upwards). Mummy wasn't there the first time (she was feeding Baby Katy) and so when she tried to join in the second time I sent her away, very sternly ("No! You go back in dat room, Mummy"). And Mummy also took me swimming in the Big Pool and instead of complaining that I couldn't stand up, I did a lot of swimming on my own and said "I'm practicising swimming on my own - Mummy go further away". Mummy thinks I may be quite independent.
Since coming back to London I have been particularly thrilled with Daddy, who I missed a lot (I told him so). I was impeccably-behaved on the night Mummy went out even though Baby Katy cried a bit, and we also had a lovely time at gym All Together. I was also utterly delighted to be back at nursery today - so all in all, things are quite sunny at present. Oh, and my sentences are getting longer and longer and I am asking some very excellent questions (example from today, on spotting the telephone on the sofa: "Who were you telephonin while I was at nursery?"). I am also increasingly asking 'Why...?'...
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