Evie's first smile and Isla is a tiger

Evie gave us her first proper smile this week, when she was having a cuddle with Isla and I, just before having some milk! She then had some smiles for Andrew when he came home. I'll try to photograph a smile next time!

Isla was very happy at the weekend to have her granny Margaret and grandad glasses to play with, especially enjoying having a new shopkeeper serving her. We enjoyed the bank holiday weekend, doing gardening and eating and playing outside. Evie did quite a bit of sleeping, which meant that I could take Isla for a bike ride.

Evie gave Pob a stroke one evening. The cats had their annual vet trip today and we found they had both lost a little weight since last year! Isla jumped on the vet scales too but didn't need the flea treatment.

Yesterday, Isla went to pre-school in the morning, and Evie went to the gym for a work-out:

It was a very tough work-out:

It was pretty tiring too:

We went to pick Isla up and found that a scary tiger cub had gobbled her up, so we took it home instead. We stopped for a picnic by the park on the way:

Horseworld, cuddles and picnics

Yesterday, we went to Horseworld! It was very exciting! But first we all had lots of newborn baby cuddles.....

At Horseworld, Andrew tried riding a pink pony while Isla turned into a yellow rabbit:

Isla loved the swing park at Horseworld a lot, despite the huge number of wasps buzzing around! She liked the fireman's pole and the sandpit.

Isla learnt some horsey skills such as grooming manes:

.............measuring heights in hands:

............stroking donkeys called Gemma and Pickle-Lily:

...............scooping sawdust:

...................and even horse riding:

When we got home, Isla did some colouring in using her new book sent from Natalie:

Isla read a lovely princess story that she made up herself to me, Evie and her new horsey snuggler toy (called Dandy):

At just over a week old, Evie's favourite past times are feeding, sleeping, hiccuping and making funny noises. She also likes staring at black and white shapes such as the picture frame and lamp. She loves it when I wear a stripey top. She is most active in the evenings, just as she was when she was growing in my tummy. She enjoys dressing as a ladybird, as you can see from the following pics:

 This afternoon Isla prepared a picnic for us. There were lots of picnickers to cater for: me, Evie, baby, BaaBaa, Peppa, Dandy the horse, teddy, kitty and Isla herself of course! We visited the library and chose lots of new books. We also visited the supermarket to stock up on fruit and snacks. A Cbeebies magazine managed to sneak into the basket so when we got home we had a spider called Woolley from it to make which may appear on here at some stage. 

Picnics, chocolate cake and grannies

Isla out fishing in the paddling pool with puppy:

A trip to Dyrham Park where we saw loads and loads of deer:

A picnic at Dyrham park:

A caterpillar on the grass:

A waddler by the lake:

A tadpole in the lake:

Looking at all the baby frogs:

Granny chasing Isla about:

A HUGE chocolate tray bake we baked:

Our dining room with hot tub!

Kiwi flowers in our garden:

Isla painting stuff in the garden:

One of the roses flowering in our garden:

A picnic in the park with granny: