Early Christmas presents

Mum an Dad let me open some early Christmas presents before we fly off to Grandma Sherry's house for Christmas. This is a dress from my Aunt Mary. I think I l;ook very pretty in it!


And Grandpa Bruce and Val got me a fairy princess costume! Now I don't have to dress up as a dinosaur all the time!

OK I didn't get the horse for Christmas. But I want one. Can I have one Daddy? Can I please?

Let it snow let it snow let it snow

It started snowing in London yesterday, timing which was at best incongruous and arguably somewhat ironic for those trying to hammer out a climate change protocol in Copenhagen.

Prompting the question: where does snow come from?


Mum told me it was Frosty the Snowman spreading magic dust across the land, to remind all the little children to be on their best behaviour because Santa is coming soon.

Dad told me it is precipitation of airborne water vapour condensing into microscopic droplets which lose energy in contact with the cold air and consequently crystallise into a unique lattice structure.

I think Dad makes much more sense!

More Basil cuteness

Basil goes for a swim in the ball pool

And Grandma Sherry sent him an outfit to keep him warm in the cold weather

Winter coat

Starting to get chilly in London...

Granda came down last week and was working around the house.  I was very helpful to him.

Gran brought lots of Scottish things for mum and dad to eat and drink.  I might have some Tennents too...

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?

Basil Buddha

Baby Basil is just getting the hang of sitting up all by himself

James and Lucy and Christian

James and Christian are my two friends who I play with at Dawn's house:


Christian has just started school and tells me about all of his new friends.

Return to Pooh Corner

Dad and I did some thinks in Pooh's special Thinking Spot:


randma Sherry helped me try to open the door. But Pooh was asleep inside so we left him alone.

Indian summer

We have been having great weather in London - which means I get out to play more


Wheeee!

B-b-b-bad to the bone

Baptising Basil

Nice wee suit that:

Father McGinlay does the honours:

Good choice of Godparents, Nicholas and Alexis:

Ladies who lunch

Some pictures from my visit to Glasgow.  Having macaroni cheese with Sylvie:

 

Uncle Brian let me have a shot of his bike:

I got to push Basil in a pram:

Basil with his Godparents: Nicholas and Alexis:

Isle of Skye

Having fun in the Misty Isle:


Dad failed to carry out his promise to go in for a swim. Next time, he says.


Waterfall at Talisker Bay:


Looking for fishies. Fishies were there none.


Looks like rain: