Granny's birthday

On Sunday, it was granny's birthday and we were lucky enough to have her staying and could help her celebrate! We went out for lunch:

 ...then went to the park:

....we had a nice lemon birthday cake:

The rest of the weekend, Isla helped her dad wash the cars:

....and had fun in the garden

This week, Isla has recovered from her chicken pox, after getting really spotty with them. Calamine lotion didn't really work for us, we found that aftersun cream, sudocreme and a cooling virasoothe gel worked better along with piriton medicine. 

On Monday, Isla and I went back to Tumble Tots, which was really good fun. She climbed up steep tunnels, and played with hula hoops. At the end of the session, we all had to hold onto a big piece of pink lycra fabric and stretch it out between us as we pressed our toes under it and then pinged it back into the centre! That made Isla smile a lot! In the afternoon we visited a friend with a lovely black labrador that Isla kept telling us was making 'snort' piggy noises like Peppa pig. After a little while of Isla and her friend racing around pushing toy prams about and giggling after having licks from the dog, we went home and had a nice rest. On Tuesday, Isla had fun at pre-school with her friends and then we had some visitors in the afternoon for a little while. On Wednesday, we had a trip into Bath where we were very greedy and enjoyed cakes at Patisserie Valerie as well as a wander around the shops. 

Today we visited one of Isla's friends and saw all of her pets: her rabbit, guinea pigs, chickens and baby chicks and Isla enjoyed riding around on their toy pedal tractor. In the afternoon, we had great fun together doing puzzles and playing catch in the garden. We shared our second home-grown strawberry, which was delicious, and we had our own dressing up party, with Isla dressed as a fairy mouse and me as a cat!