Monty at the park and cousins for lunch

Thursday

On Thursday, we went to a toddler gym session in Bath where we met up with some friends and had a nice time despite getting a bit lost on the way. Isla liked walking across a big red bouncy piece of equipment and also pretending to be a sausage and rolling down a slope. 

In the afternoon we got the felt tip pens out and drew some of the animals that we had seen at the zoo. Isla enjoyed taking the lids of the pens and replacing them again. She could tell me quite a few of the pen colours. We also used our ink stamps and rolling stamp.

After Isla's nap we went to the little park near us for a walk and a play on the see-saw. Monty followed us there and was almost tempted to try the slide until he got spooked by someone walking by. We found some nice pine cones at the park.

Friday

On Friday, we had a great time with Harry, Archie and Lucy. Everyone was very excited to see the bin lorry drive down our street, especially when it stopped outside our front door and the driver waved at us! Here is a photo of us all having some food:

In the afternoon, Isla and I ventured out into the fog for a walk to the little shop to buy some stickers. I almost demolished the display in the shop by accident so might leave it a while before we go back there. We bought two sets of stickers to make up for it.

Isla's sticker picture with particularly fetching cat stickers

The Weekend

This weekend has been nice and sunny. We went for a bike ride and also did some painting with a magic water painting book.

Stuck in the mud! 

A very steep hill on the way home.

Isla painting in her magic water book

The finished picture!

This week we had a few nice meals and a few rubbish ones. We rediscovered homemade lasagne again, which Isla also enjoyed. I had my first toddler's group committee meeting and have typed up the minutes. Isla has been saying loads of new words. For example, she said 'kitchen', 'torch' and 'ladder' which I had never heard her say before. She is also good at saying sentences so it is easier to understand what she wants. She said 'Mummy through play' or similar yesterday after lunch which was really nice to know that she wanted me to go and play with her in the sitting room. She tells us 'dark' when it is getting dark outside and often asks where Pob (no longer pop pop) and Monty are. She kept waking up the other night saying Pob so perhaps was dreaming about him! She says 'cuggle daddy' and 'cuggle mummy' a lot at the moment, so we are all getting lots of cuddles!