Hello Basil

I like your chariot.  It's very smart.

Can we go in the swing together?  I'm glad we have our very own slave to push us.

At the park

I pushed Basil in the swing.  I think he really liked it!

I liked it even better when we could swing together side by side!

THe climbing frame was quite scary - but I managed it!

Autumn Fun

Out in the garden raking the leaves with mummy.  There's Basil in the garden too!

I am being a very helpful girl picking up the leaves:

And I also get to play in them!

But how did these leaves end up on Basil's head?  

I wonder....

Obligatory Hallowe'en Cuteness

I'm getting my money's worth out of that dinosaur costume.

Basil was a particularly fearsome pirate.  Piracy is no laughing matter, Basil, tut tut.

Basil has taken up the chewing of carrot batons.  Looks like those teeth are not far away...

Me and my brother

Chillin

Katharine's first birthday

Katharine is a year old.  How'd she get so big so fast?!

Did somebody say the word "cupcake"?

Craig and Basil.  Better get used to kissing them babies Craig...

Dad and Basil

video fun

it's been a while since we had any videos to watch.

Basil playing with mum:




Playing on the whirligig:



... and here I am dancing to Mary Poppins or something like that:

Basil + Food

= 1 happy baby

Mum decided to start feeding Basil some mushed up food, even though he's only 4 months and they say you're supposed to wait until 6 months.  But he was hungry all the time and drooling at the mouth a lot, and at his last weigh-in he was below average so mum decided to give it a try with a morsel of mashed banana.

At the first taste, he was uncertain as to what was going on, but after three seconds he seemed to decide he loved it and grabbed a hold of the spoon and wouldn't let it out his mouth.  So we gave him a wee bit more and a wee bit more after that.  He had a quarter banana that way. 

He's been getting gradually more and more baby stuff over the last few days and now he's on three squares a day: creamed porridge for breakfast, spinach and potato bake for lunch, chicken and carrot supreme for tea.   (I tried some and it was yucky, although I like the apple sauce he gets for dessert.)  He's still getting plenty of milk too though.

He loves meal time and always gets stuff all over his face.  He is also far better at sleeping through the night now too.

So it seems a love of a hearty meal runs in the family around here

The letter "O"

Look at me dad, I'm a Henry Moore sculpture!   I call it Reclining Figure number 658

Tea time

Mummy and Daddy got me a Wendy House.  It's not a Wendy House, it's a Lucy House!

More tea, Basil?