Hundred Aker Wood

Today mum and dad took me deep in the Hundred Aker Wood, where Christopher Robin plays.
We found an enchanted neighbourhood of Christopher's childhood days.

A donkey named Eyore is his friend, and Kanga and little Roo:



There's Rabbit and Piglet:



And there's Owl, but most of all Winnie the Pooh:

Learning to walk

Dad has been helping me practise my walking. We now go for a stroll every morning after breakfast.

Catherine the Great

Occasionally I like to get wheeled around in my pram, to take in the fresh air. Now that the weather is getting cold, of course, I need to wraqp up nice and warm. I like to think this is the kind of thing a Russian queen would have worn:




Uncle Fintan visited from Ireland. He made Mum and Dad sit up all night drinking wine and they had sore heads in the morning. Clearly he's a danger to himself and those around him.

Autumn Fashions

Hi there. I'm so glad you could join me.

Let's take a moment to have a quick look at some of the highlights of my latest wardrobe.

At this time of year, the theme of course is autumn - rich colours and warm tones are complemented by chunky knits and fun accessories to complete the look.

Let's take a look at my first ensemble:


I know what you're thinking - the hat, right? I know! C'est so mignonne!
The cardigan can come off and on to keep me warm outdoors and cool indoors, while the embroidery detail on the jeans is just great for bringing out that bourgeois-boheme theme.

It's warm, it's stylish, it's individual - it's me.




As for colours, I'm really feeling red this is season, aren't you?
My Gran picked out this zip-up fleece for me - I think the colour is so vibrant. It just sets off that dress-down-to-dress-up / smart-causal look perfectly.

Wear it everywhere, wear it anywhere, that's what I say.

As for sleepwear, it's al about classic pinks and whites, no fuss, no patterns.

Gundy's even got himself a new sweater - working that Halloween theme, there Gundy!

It just goes to show, you're never too small to accessorize!

Anyway, that's all I got time for - let's do coffee soon though, yeah?

Mwah Mwah - Ciao!

Nearly crawling...

Not quite got the hang of it yet, but I'm up on my hands and knees:

Bhagavad Gita

Sorry for being away from the internet for a few days. I'm now fully recovered from my sickness(es!) and this weekend mum got some new videos of me.

I am now comfortably sitting up on my own, which is a new deevlopment. Here I am taking a magazine to pieces



"For I am become death, destroyer of worlds..."

Also I have had practice standing (and balancing) using my baby einstein:



Looks like I was about to topple backwards there...

And mum has been making me laugh, by pretending to be a dog. This cracks me up:

Sick again...

I've caught another cold ... and another ear infection. This one's really gross, with all this brown stuff coming out my ear. Check it out:

I am half!

I am half a year old today.

Today is my halfth birthday!

Like all birthdays - but perhaps more than most - the halfth birthday has traditionally been seen as a propitious occassion. It's an opportunity to take stock, to look back at what has been achieved, as well as to consider - or day I say re-assess - one's aspirations and objectives for the future.

A milestone, if you like, on the road of life.

With this in mind I have spent the day in a contemplative mood. Absent-mindedly chewing the beak of my rubber duck, I began to daydream about what things might have been; and what they turned out to be.

• Does being half mean a new lease of life - or is it simply marking time, treading temporal water towards some as-yet indeterminate end-point?

• Half means a new set of challenges - and of responsibilities.

• Am I all I dreamed I'd be at the age of half?
  

Well, for all that thinking (not to mention the chewing), I didn't get very far in my search for answers. I suppose that, despite all the burden of anticipation, turning half does not guarantee an epiphany of insight into the human condition.

All I can say for sure is - with a mum and dad who adore me, a roof over my head and plenty of bananas to eat - back where I started isn't such a bad place to be.

Oh well - here's to the next half year!

This is a pcture of me with my friend Anna, taken at grandma Sherry's house in America.

Happy Birthday Gran

Tomorrow is my Gran's 60th birthday. This is a big family photo that we took at the party last Saturday. We girls had gone to bed by that time.


For the record, comparatively few of the empty beer cans on the table are actually mine.

Earlier in the day, Nicholas and Alexis had tried to look after Sylvie and me. We saw our chance to raise merry hell!

And here I am biting mum's nose, which is my latest way of showing I care:


Happy Birthday Gran - and a big bite on the nose from everyone in London!

More America pictures

I've been meaning to post some more pictures of my visit to the USA. Mum took me for a swim in Grandma's pool:



I can wriggle my legs and make my feet like flippers:


After swimming practice at Grandma Sherry's, I had standing practice at Grandpa Bruce's:

The flight home was tiring, but at least I had my own luxury bed.