Pause

there will be a (hopefully) brief pause in blogging whilst I deal with some computer issues....

Shadow play

The problem with gates

is that whatever you want to do is on the other side....

Explorer

Now she can do the stairs she wants to climb them all the time. When she gets to the top she pauses and makes the decision to go straight on into the bathroom (to try and persuade me to give her a bath) or to turn left and explore the bedroom for more climbing and exploring. If I try to draw her to the bedroom at the front of the house she gets distracted by the attic stairs and the ultimate prize that awaits her up there, Daddy! It's so lovely seeing her exploring and to see the cognitive developments that go with this climbing.

If she's not climbing up she's climbing on

climbing off

or climbing in

Helping herself

She's getting the hang of food and cutlery....

We've heard back from the insurance and the loss adjuster was wrong, we are covered and they will mend the roof. Hurray! It's still going to be the end of March before it's done but at least it's one less thing to think about.

Make up and mend

I've always mended what I could of broken toys etc and the boy loves nothing more than using gloopy pva glue so he's now taken over as chief mender. He doesn't have any help, just gets on with it. OK so it's not in line with the other ones but who needs perfection when you can have independence.

He's suddenly decided he wants to be doing things and declared today that he wanted to glue, no cut, not print, no play doh...

The play doh needed a hair cut

And erm a cup puppet with hair was created and then played with. Isn't imagination great.

This weekend we've mostly been...

Playing with plasticine.

Playing peek a boo.

Being Thomas.

And erm playing with tissues.