Here is a photograph of Iris (5 months) with her new pal Betty Rae (5 weeks) who came over for a quick photoshoot.
Betty who hadn't been registered at that point, is also known as Elsbeth.
Betty in very pretty and bears no resemblence at all to the popular current programme 'Ugly Betty'.
Betty is Campbell's baby sister.
Campbell is one of Daisy's good friends and they get on really well.
Shonagh, doesn't she look like Campbell in this one?
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Betty Rae
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Happy birthday Auntie Emma
Here is a picture Daisy has drawn for Auntie Emma's birthday, or should i say some writing that Daisy has done for the occasion of Auntie Emma's birthday.
In fact i guess we could call it a card.
And to prove that this piece of art was done especially for Auntie Emma, here is a video (below) of Daisy creating her art.
When i uploaded this video, youtube must have been very busy because i couldn't see it, hopefully it will appear soon.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Our local 'one o'clock club'
I'm not saying where we live is rough or anything but...
Here is the local one o'clock club situated at the bottom of Springfield Park, right next to the Canal/River Lea.
I've never actually been to it cos it burnt down some time before i ever discovered it, which is a shame cos the next nearest one is about a 30-40 min walk away in Clissold Park.
But hey it does make an amusing photograph.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Serious lack of new photo's
Oops, i have been failing to photograph these wonderful girls of late.
I will endeavor to rectify this situation asap.
In the meantime here are two photographs of Daisy, one at 6 months the other at 2 years and 6 months.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
The art of sharing
T'other day, we (Daisy and I) were grilling some bacon to have for our lunch, she noticed there were three pieces and she said, "One for Daddy, one for Mummy and one for Daisy" I told her it was one for Mummy and one for Daisy and one for sharing, cos Daddy was at work.
When we sat down to eat our lunch she said "When's sharing coming round?"
Bless
And here are some photographs of them demonstrating the art of sharing the washing basket.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
I made some bread!
For christmas i got a magimix all singing all dancing food mixer thingy that lives on the kitchen counter, up until now it has just sat there due to a vital part being missing from the box, The Lid!, but it arrived in the post and now i can use it.
The first thing we (me and Daisy) made was little fairy cakes (Nigella style), I didn't have any royal icing which was what the recipe asked for, so we made some normal bog-standard plain icing (Icing sugar and water) and pink colouring. Daisy drizzled the icing all over the cakes, the plate, the kitchen counter, the floor, her chair, herself, honestly it was everywhere, but she did enjoy herself which was the main thing and they did taste ok, if a little sweet.
Next i ventured into bread and here is a photograph to prove it.
Wholemeal bread, and it tasted delicious, especially hot out of the oven with lashings and lashings of butter smothered all over it.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Lisa on You Tube
Lisa (out of Lisa mummy to Flossie)
also known as Lisa (out of Sing Sing) has put up a couple of videos on you tube, this is the best one called Feels Like Summer.
Their website is www.sing-sing.co.uk (i think some of my photo's are still on there in the gallery.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Jury Service
I've been called for Jury Service!
Me
I mean fancy asking me, i'm the most suspicious person in the world, whoever it is will definitely be guilty.
but anyway i can't do jury service, unless they have a creche available for me to put both Daisy and Iris in, and as long as i'll be excused to go and feed Iris whenever she cries.
So how do i get out of that one?
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By the way i have been excused from Jury Service for 12 months.
horay
Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year
It's 2007 and we are entering this year as a family of four, which is one more than last year.
Here are some random photographs taken during our Christmas / New Year excursion to Devon.
Grandad Tony and Grandma Helena in Rousden (near Lyme Regis)
Daisy, Iris, Nana & I went to see Cinderella Panto at Torquay's Princess Theatre. Daddy, Grandad Nick, Auntie Vicky and Auntie Polly & Anne were supposed to come too, but a particularly nasty virus spread like something 'very runny' at my mums birthday party two nights before and everyone was too poorly to come. Mum invited her old school friend Pam and her daughter Tracey and Tracey's son Mathew to come along instead.
Whilst i ran to get the car in the pooring rain, Tracey held Iris and Kamal (the fairy diva) apparently gave Iris a quick cuddle and commented on her lovely outfit which was a brown bear snow suit.
**My daughter has been held by Kamal!, i could auction her on Ebay for literally tens of pounds perhaps**
Festive shots of the little one's and Nana:
Here we are trying to get a self portrait of all of us squeezed into the bed, it kind of worked but Marc only just has his eyes open and Daisy insisted on getting Chicken in on the action too.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Daisy's first digital camera
Daisy amongst many other things, got a Kid-Tough™ Digital Camera for her Christmas present and she absolutely loves it.
Or should I say loved it, it was her favourite present until we opened the Pandora's box of baby paraphernalia that came from Grandma Bonjour which consists of a buggy, a highchair, a baby travel cot, a baby carrier and another baby to add to the collection of which i think currently stands at five (six including this new one) and that doesn't include the three that I have squirreled away in the box for charity.
And i hasten to add, that WE have only bought her one dolly, when Iris was born, which is apparently what you are supposed to do to stop your toddler throwing the new baby down the stairs.
If anyone is reading this who is at all likely to buy Daisy or Iris a present in the next 20 years, please don't buy another dolly.
I just know my dad's going to be laughing his socks off at this because he constantly threatened us three girls (i have two sisters) with a 'Billy Goat Machine', which was an invention in his mind where a machine came in and ate up all the toys that were left lying around on the floor.
In fact his constant talk of his precious 'Billy Goat Machine' led me to go out one Christmas when I was about 12 and buy him a dustpan and brush with a homemade label on it saying 'DIY - Billy Goat Machine'.
Anyway though, yes Daisy loves her new baby dolly set, we even let her push her buggy to the park and she did push it all the way to the park, and she then proceeded to let her dolly go on the slide, the see-saw, the roundabout etc…
But back to my original point, whilst she did love her digital camera, she took lots of photo's and here are some of them:
Monday, December 18, 2006
A trip into London town
Today we went all the way into London town. This is the first time i've been into town in a long while, i don't think i came in at all whilst i was pregnant with Iris cos i was either a) too tired or b) couldn't be arsed quite frankly, but i really enjoyed it today.
We went to Covent Garden and it felt very Christmassy indeed, there was an old fashioned 'Merry go round' there which we both took Daisy on, she loved it and wanted to go on it again and again but twice was enough.
There was a huge Christmas Tree up down the other end of Covent Garden but it wasn't dark so I don’t think we experienced the true beauty of all the lights, but it was nice all the same.
We also went into daddy's work and met all of daddy's work mates, they all seemed very nice and the offices are very posh. The office has it's own astro turf corner with plastic daffodils coming up out of hidden plug sockets, it also has little furry plastic bunnies and caterpillars which were a huge hit, Daisy kept organising them all into lines facing her, she is obviously queen of the bunnies.
And here is Iris, on the same day, doing what she does best at the minute, suck her thumb. She has taken to sucking either of her thumbs at every opportunity, although her left is probably a little more of a favourite. When you try to prise her thumb out of her mouth, to dress her for instance, she moves her head to try to keep the thumb still in her mouth, so sweet.
I must take more thumb photos quick in case she looses interest in her thumb.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Bouncing with Lulu
Here is a video of Daisy and Lulu bouncing on Lucy's sofa (Lulu's mummy).
You can just hear the 'wack wack' of Pingu playing in the background.
Lots of photo's of Lulu somewhere on Flickr, i just havent' worked out how Flickr actually works yet.
and i thought i understood technology.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Funny old Daisy
Mostly today Daisy has been an angel, she has not wee'd herself, she has amused herself in her room with her baby Flossie (aka Baby Born), she had read books to her Chicken (seen under her arm in the pic below) and she has been very helpful and loving towards her little sister Iris.
She has also been very very funny today, like insisting on wearing her piggy mask to bed with her as you can see from this photograph.
Bless.
We have been learning Christmas songs at 'Musical Bumps' this morning.
This one is currently favourite:
When Santa got stuck up the chimney,
He began to shout:
"You girls and boys,
Won't get any toys,
If you don't pull me out!"
"My beard is black,
There's soot in my sack,
My nose is tickling too!"
When Santa got stuck up the chimney,
"Aaachooo, achoo, achoo!"
Once she is completely word perfect then i'll video it, so watch this space.
Here is a little photograph of Iris looking a bit surprised, i think her nose is a bit yellow because of the flash, or at least it doesn't look yellow in real life.
I'm not very good with these built in flashes i tend to turn them off straight away but i'm beginning to realise that they are necessary if you don't want all your photographs blurry.
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Iris is huge
Look how big she is, this pram is supposed to fit her until she is 6 months old but i don't see that happening seeing as she is nearly filling it and she is only 3.5 months old.
She had been trying to lift her head a lot whilst laying down in the pram, so i thought she might be ready to go into the bigger seat. I swapped from the pram mode to the seat mode last week for a couple of days but her neck seemed to flop forward when i went up and down kerbs, so i've swapped it back again and she actually seems happier in it.
Once she starts kicking her way out of it which will probably be in January some time, then i'll swap it back to the seat.
Daisy thought it was brilliant that Iris was sitting up cos she could see her, strangely she hasn't noticed that i've swapped it back again. 
Friday, December 08, 2006
stuff and stuff
Not much to report really, both Daisy and Iris have been ill over the past month, both had coughs and colds, unfortunately Iris's cough and cold developed into Bronchiolitis which was a bit nasty, she was basically sick after every feed and lost a little bit of weight, but i'm sure she's put it all back on again now, she's huge.
Daisy is now much better but Iris after getting better, now seems to have another cough and cold and is beginning to be a bit sick again, oh dear.
Roll on the summer.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Happy Birthday Grandad-by-the-sea
Today it is Grandad-by-the-sea's bithday.
He is a whole year wiser than he was last year.
Here is a photograph of him taken in June at cousin Lucy and her husband Paul's wedding.
What a spring chicken he is.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
NCT girls and boys round for lunch
Here is a photograph of some of the little one's from NCT classes when i was pregnant with Daisy, I didn't bother having them with Iris cos i figured i'd remember what to do.
From left to right is: Daisy, Iris, Cambell, Ruby and Lila (Delilah). Mums on the other side of the camera were Shonagh (Cambells mum and soon to have another one due end of Dec), Elenor (Ruby's mum and soon to have another one due Feb) and Emma (Lila's mum, not soon to have another one because she's sensible)
Here is a video of what they were doing in the above photograph, watching Toy Story. The only one who moves is Iris, they others are all completely transfixed.
(may take a while to upload onto youtube)
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Auntie Emma and Uncle Paul
Auntie Emma and Uncle Paul 'the newly weds' came up to visit on Friday night through to Sunday afternoon, which was very nice.
On Sat we had a bbq'd guinea fowl which was bloomin tasty, then on Sunday we had guinea fowl pie, yum yum.
Here are some photographs to prove they visited.
Here is a photo of Daisy with some glasses on her ears.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Paradise Park
We went to Paradise Park and saw a few animals: tigers, lions, jaguars, red pandas, aligator, camels, zebras, and many many more.
It was quite a rainy day but we were prepared with rain coats and hats so it didn't really matter, in fact it was to our benefit cos the park was practically empty, horay.
it might be nice to go back another day when it is sunny though.
I didn't take that many pics of animals mostly cos it was raining too much, here are a few pics of animals, the grey blurry animal i can't remember the name of but it was quite cute.
Oh and there was a nice old fire engine.
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