Fast asleep

Ahhh, bless!

Holiday

We've just got back from a lovely mid-week at Center Parcs. This was our third trip with Harry, and he gets more out of it every time we go. Now that he is walking it's all much more interesting for him. He was able to enjoy all the playgrounds properly and choose where he wanted to go.

Here he is on a tractor and on the swings. Unfortunately the swings were always quite busy so we had to wait which didn't go down well.

He really liked the train that you could climb in.

But the best bit was watching the ducks outside our window. He has a new habit of grabbing us by the hands and dragging us over to what he wants to see or do, so he was constantly dragging us over to the patio door shouting "du" "du". However most mornings he was awake before the ducks so we had to go out for a walk and find some. He liked the squirrels too, although seemed to think that they were also ducks.

Unfortunately he came down with a cold at the beginning of the week which he is still getting over (he's a bit of a grumpy thing at the moment), so he needs lots of looking after.

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.

Harry is in Happyland!

We have bought Harry a massive collection of Happyland toys and he loves them! Although we've been mean and packed most of it away to save for special occasions when we need to occupy him! He likes putting the people in and out of the cars, and waving the cats around and going ca ca ca.

An experiment

I have it on excellent authority that some babies will just sit and play happily in their cots while one gets on with household chores. So we gave it a go...

So far so good! He has been in there for about twenty seconds.

Uh-oh, starting to get a bit cross...

That's enough of that thank you very much! And that was well under five minutes...

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.