If sleeping makes you taller

Thanks to Mike, Jane and Dan for the lovely clothes that Matthew is just starting to grow into.

School trip to Vaulen Beach and Sports Day

Sophie had a great time at the preschool sports day

the beanbag race

the dressing up like an old lady race


the obstacle course

and the teddy bears' picnic race. Thanks to Nana for the cute Hello Kitty sports wear.

She also enjoyed a lovely day out at Vaulen beach with her class mates.

He'll always be Fuzzy to me

Nothing much to report on the Matthew front. He's still a sleepy little fella although does have longer waking moments. We're waiting for the first smile to be sure that he's enjoying life so far. Jo keeps telling me off for calling him Fuzzy. Cute bodysuit courtesy of his Aunty Nikki.

We're campers!

Passing judgement on Sophie's first night under canvas
It looks cosy .... it wasn't

Hanging out at the beach with Clara, Stella and Elia

Messing around in the dunes. Note flower in Sophie's hand ... she's become a compulsive picker

Sleeping and not sleeping

Here's a pic of Matthew having a kip on my shoulder at about 9pm last night. Little did we know he'd wake up just afterwards and stay awake for the next 8 hours. At the moment I estimate there's a child awake in this house for 20 of the 24 hours in each day. Below you can see him looking somewhat dazed early this morning ...

On a positive note Sophie doesn't want to jump into bed with us in the middle of the night anymore ("Fuzzy's too loud!" she said the other night whilst leaving our bed and dragging teddy back to her own room).

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Matthew's still sleeping most of the time and Sophie has a rather lovely garland of Lady's smock.

School Cook Book

Here is Sophie's entry for the school cook book. This is a favourite for dinner with all of us.

8 days old

By the way, you may have spotted a difference in photo quality lately. After struggling with over-exposure and blurred pictures for 3 1/2 years, Jo bought the same type of camera as we had when Sophie was born from e-bay . £20 - bargain!

Big Sister Present

Sophie having a bit of a practice jump before the safety net was installed.

Beastly waits for weaning to start

Jo and Matthew arrived home yesterday afternoon and Beastly was very excited to meet Matthew. She managed to get a few licks in.