Still here!

Sorry it's all gone a bit quiet from me! We have been very busy lately! We are all fine and Harry is doing well, he is adding several words a day to his vocabulary. Yesterday was 'man', 'finger' and 'cheese'. Well they are a bit vague but I know what he means.

We managed to squeeze in another trip to Legoland and this time Harry was patient enough to queue up for the boat ride which he really enjoyed.

And today it was his turn to inherit the family wellies! I've been keeping them for ages and now they have someone to wear them again. We're off to Center Parcs next week so they will be coming along for tramping about in the mud.

We love Legoland!

We were up early and it was a lovely sunny day, so we decided to make a return visit to Legoland. Last time we went Harry had just started walking and didn't want to walk about, even though he did enjoy it. It was amazing how much he has changed since then, he was loving running about. His stamina has improved too, we were there for hours and we all had a great time.

It was quite busy but we did manage to go on a few rides. But the great thing about Legoland is that even without going on rides there is still loads to see. There are lots of cars to look at, big and small.

To our surprise, Harry was enthralled by the puppet show and sat still for fifteen minutes!

Notice how Ram is so interested in the models he fails to spot Harry eating the railing (although, to be fair, I only noticed when looking through the photos).

We ate our lunch next to the mini railway track and watched the train going past. Again and again, with renewed fascination each time.

Another action packed weekend with lots of chasing around!

We know how to make the most of our weekends! On Thursday night we all drove up to Warwick to spend the weekend with Ram's family. On Friday Ram and I spent the day at Alton Towers which was brilliant. Harry had a lovely day too and was very well looked after.

On Saturday we took Harry to Warwick Castle. Out of all the places that we've taken him, this was definitely his favourite! He was fascinated by the suits of armour in the great hall and kept pointing at them and saying his word "ah" which means "look, something interesting". Then we went round the State Rooms, he had a great time running about while we chased him.

Then it was his turn to do the chasing when we took him into the Peacock Garden. He says "duck" now (well "du...") while signing it like mad with his hands.

On Sunday on the way back we stopped at Chessington. It was another lovely sunny day and the park wasn't too busy. Harry's favourite bit was the children's zoo and there were a few more animals out today. He chased a pig about...

...and then the chickens. We also went on a few of the rides, although he wasn't very impressed with having to queue.

Chessington World of Adventures

Harry is such a busy baby! Today we took him to Chessington World of Adventures. I haven't been for years and it has changed a lot, although a lot of the older rides are still there, just with new names! First we went on some of the rides, here we are on a little roundabout. It had a dragon in the middle with a long tail which Harry confused with a snake - "sssssss"!


It was very busy today, we've been to the zoo during the winter and it was almost empty. This time it was nice because Harry was able to walk about a bit. Here he is being confused by a pig, it wasn't nice and pink like the ones that he recognises. Whenever he sees Daddy he points and gives a big smile.

He really enjoyed meeting the goat.

Another easy way to make him smile is to give him a biscuit!

Legoland!

I've always wanted to go to Legoland and it's only now that we have an excuse to go! We all had a great time. We went on a few of the rides - Harry's first boat trip and train rides, as well as his first (3D) cinema experience. Harry's favourite area though was the room full of big Lego blocks.


Harry delighted Mummy by eating something that she had cooked - chewy cereal bars. It kept him busy in the pushchair long enough for us to look around the entire display of Lego models.

When he was flagging towards the end of the day, it was the giant Lego bricks that perked him up. What a great place, we're hoping to go again soon.