The flurry of days

Well it's getting difficult to get photos and videos of Eden these days, as he knows the sound they make when being used and that he can see them immediately. So I'll start videoing something cute and he'll stop to come sit on my knee and watch! I don't think there is anything better for him than watching videos of himself!

This one was taken yesterday- it's the tunnel we gave him for his birthday but the first time he got to use it.

I think he knows things are changing... He's a but clingy and cries easier than we're used to. He often wakes up crying and then talks about preschool. And yet he still says he loves it. We'll keep trying but I'll not leave for as long this next time. If it doesn't happen, it's not the end of the world... I just think it's a good opportunity for him. But not if he hates it and feels abandoned.

And this not so tiny one inside me is getting bigger and more wriggly. Phil and I are getting impatient to know what it is and meet it!

River again

Sometimes any number of things happen between my putting him down for a nap and him sleeping. Today I was called back because his hat had come off, which he obviously needed on to sleep.

This is how I found him, half an hour later, with his play cd on!

Face painting and sandwich spreading

Well today we went to a new group that we attend 'healthy heroes' which is fabulous! It was their final session of this set (another starts in a fortnight) so it was a bit more like a party.

The kids were given lunch boxes, which they could put stickers on, offered oranges, bananas, strawberries, and apples (Eden thought it was punishment to put these in his bag instead of eating them immediately!) and then a space was set up to make sandwiches... And yoghurt and milk were also provided! And all I paid was a £0.50 door fee!










There was also face painting, which I didn't expect him to be into... But he sat still, even as she held his head still!!! All to have a bee on his cheek! He wasn't so sure about the older boys who had tiger faces and ran around roaring though...

'yiding'

My dear little monkey...he loves climbing on top and under this chair. I think the days of fort building are nearly upon us!!!

Another day, another tractor

This is my first iPod blog! Hope it works.
Eden really likes this 'tractor' which is really a mower. And seeing as the hughes are very good to him, he gets to


sit on it whenever we go over!

our days

(he's playing with dried butterbeans whilst i sorted some stuff to put in the slow cooker)

Our days are a mixture of repetition and 'newness', active and quiet play.

I find repetition seems to be what builds his confidence. We go to the deer farm often (and I really mean OFTEN) but every trip is different. Today he pointed out buttercups and acorns. And of course had to step on all the stones.

His counting is getting better. He can get to 4 but is most confident with 2. He is constantly pointing out '2 bears, 2 cars, 2....etc).

I wish we had a house big enough for some sort of climbing frame as eden is constantly climbing and jumping...

anyway groceries are being delivered, gotta run.