Heehee

While sitting in the garden yesterday Emily was talking to something on the floor, i had a glance and saw it was an Ant, "Hello you.." she says to it, bless.
I said "what you got there honey?"
She looked at me dead serious and said "Its an Antique".

MayDay Gala

We took Emily to the May Day Gala today in the park.

Unlike last years scorching hot day today started off terrible and i thought it was going to be a day stuck in the house but the rain stopped long enough for us to go and have a nosy and im glad we did! We really enjoyed the Gala and Emily had great fun.

She had a ride on a donkey called Lucy and loved it, unlike her previous goes where it felt more like torture than a treat.
We also risked getting her face painted although i didnt expect too much, maybe a small flower on her cheek if she sat still long enough but to my suprise she sat as still as a statue and let the lady do a lovely butterfly round her eyes with added glitter.

She also got to see some birds of prey, very close up and a clown riding a tiny bike and the majorettes and a sheep dog rounding up some geese.
We then had an evening of finger painting and glueing bits of paper so all in all she had a wonderful day.
Iv just put her to bed and can still hear her on the baby monitor telling Softy her teddy bear all about it!

Big Sister

She isnt quite sure what she thinks about the idea yet but we have told Emily that Mummy is having a baby!
She doesnt seem too bothered about the idea which is a good thing, as it is still early days but i had to explain to her because she cant use Mummy as a climbing frame anymore.
Her reaction was "in your belly Mummy? and then come out and say hello?"
I hope it is not going to be too tough on Emily because so far our worlds have revolved around her but she loves to help me with things so i think she will embrace her big sister role very well.
Christmas seems such a long way away ....

Crayons

I was getting Emily ready to go shopping today and she didnt want to go because she was busy colouring in, i told her she could continue when we got back. She then asked me while i was putting her coat on, "Can i take my bloody crayons with me?" :-o
I must be more carefull what i say around her!

Weekend in Grimsby

On the 28th March we took Emily to visit some good friends of ours who we met online called Ross & Lia. Emily was very excited to meet thier new baby kitten Arora



She had a great time running about playing with the kitten and causing havoc, i think Arora enjoyed having someone to play with that never seemed to get bored hehe

The following day the sun was out, the weather was lovely so we took Emily down to Cleethorpes seafront for the day.

After grabbing some Chippy for dinner we headed down to the amusements and Emily went on just about every ride available, and she even let me put money in to make them go!

Then we had a quick half hour on the beach and Ross helped Emily build a sandcastle which she then destroyed as soon as he lifted the bucket.


After an Eskimoo for the adults and an icecream for Emily we had a quick browse round the market and a cup of tea in the cafe, Emily was falling asleep so we decided to go to Cue-World for a few games of Pool before heading home.
We had a lovely weekend!

Water Baby!

On the 20th March we took Emily to the swimming pool for the first time.

As i had never really taken a baby swimming before i wasnt too sure what to expect, although we have never yet had any accidents in the bath i didnt know how we would go on in the pool.

I explained to Emily that the swimmers nappy i was putting on her was'nt a free license to fill it and that if she needed the toilet she must must tell me.

She absolubtly loved the pool and was very brave, she didnt have her floatation jacket on for very long and was quite comfortable hopping up and down in the pool so long as me and Daddy were close by.

We must have been in there about 45 mins, still having a wonderful time when suddenly Emily burst out crying, so much so i couldnt work out what she was saying, i thought maybe she had caught her foot on a sharp tile or something so i lifted her up and calmed her down enough to hear her .. "I need a poo!, that means i cant swim anymore! *sob*"

I told her that we could go to the loo and come back but by the time we queued her little jaw was chattering away and my belly was rumbling so we decided to get dressed and go to the cafe for burger and chips.

She cant wait to go again :0)

Cannon Hall Farm

Me and Daddy took Emily to the farm today, it was a lovely day, we had a great time, loads of baby animals to see including pigs, sheep and goats. They also have a huge play area, im not sure who enjoyed it most, Emily or Daddy!


Daddy showed Emily how to milk the plastic cow (squirts water) as you can tell from her face she was a little weirded out by this hehe

Then she made friends with a funny bunny. I tried to tell the farmer that i thought his Rabbit was escaping but apparently he always climbs out and sits on the pen wall "its his favorite spot"
He was very sociable.

She even got to feed the sheep, which was as slimey and gross as you could imagine but she thought it was fabulous!