Goings on and randoms

I have been sorting through the photos on my phone and as a result this post will just be a random set of goings on!!


First, I took Naomi brambling for the first time.  There are some lovely wild blackberry bushes just along from our house by the side of the river.  She had a great time, although now thinks you should be able to eat anything that looks remotely yummy on any bush!

Cat came to stay for a few days, so Sandy and I ceased the chance to go out for a date, just the two of us! We went to a local cafe for a drink (alcoholic) and some pudding.  We were presented with the biggest sweets board I have ever come across, you can see the tables in back ground to give you an idea of scale! Sandy had the lemon posset and I had the chocolate brownie.  It was very yummy indeed!

Here is Miriam eating a daisy.  Like you do!

Here is Naomi trying out her scooter (and helmet) for the first time.  She loves it although I get rather frustrated at the snail's pace we adopt as she regularly forgets to scoot and ends up just walking beside the scooter!

Another new thing for Naomi (and currently to a lesser extent Miriam) a play kitchen from IKEA, the girls had some money sitting they'd been given as gifts and having been reduced in price it finally felt like a good investment.  Naomi loves this toy and also loves pretending to be Katie from "I can cook" on cbeebies.

The next day we went into town and I found a toy washing machine in a charity shop, so I thought Naomi could have it to go in the new kitchen. Naomi loved it so much she held on to it all the way home and all through the buggy-based nap that followed!

Naomi loves doing anything crafty so I let her do some painting while Miriam napped one day,

How do you it is time to stop painting...

When it is all over the lips!

And somehow, despite not being involved in the activity, Miriam ended up blue too!

There is at least one more post to follow, but for now, we will bid you adieu...

Top ten ways to know you have a toddler in the house...

1. If you are unable to find anything you look in the toddler's toy box and the fridge just to rule them out, but more often than you should you find the thing you were looking for
2. Nothing (of any importance) is kept below a height of 2.5 feet.
3. You wash the soap before you use it.
4. Running out of bananas or raisins is considered an emergency where remedial action is require immediately!
5. It is hard to find a plate or bowl in your kitchen unless you want to eat off something plastic.
6. Your favourite DVD boxset is impossible to find as it is buried beneath a large pile of Peppa Pig DVDs.
7. You need to check there is toilet paper before you sit down on the toilet as a helpful wee soul may have moved it all for you when you weren't looking.
8. Knowing you need to make a 'phone call during business hours sends a shiver down your spine as you have a sense of dread with regards to the destruction that can be done during even a two minute call.
9. In order to make a meal you must first hunt down your saucepan which was stolen earlier in the day for a game of make-believe kitchens.
10. Wherever you look there is a sea of half eaten bits of fruit that were requested then discarded within moments of each other.