Considering colour

Yesterday I was at the supermarket where the nail varnish caught my eye and the two on the left jumped into the trolley. Their colour led me to consider my normal, every day choices - as you see, gloriously monochrome! (Well, there is a slight variation...) Having said that, I also have other nail varnishes because sometimes only a bold splash of colour will do!

Growing

Warren has been very excited about his new venture, The Veggie Patch. Sadly, the slugs are equally committed to its destruction. The only thing not to have been savaged by the slug onslaught is the sweetcorn which is reaching for the sky!

This week I rotated various toys and books for J, bringing out the marble tree he hasn't seen for a while. I kept the marbles in a plastic bottle which he could shake but not open, so it didn't matter if he wasn't directly supervised. On Monday morning he reached for the marble tree and bottle, opened it in no time, sending some marbles cascading across the floor and others were placed straight into his mouth. Silly me! A twisty lid is now no challenge whatsoever to him! (The marbles are now in an egg cup out of his reach!) 

Warren's sweetcorn is growing almost as quickly as J can turn his hand to something new; E is doing a sterling job of consuming plenty of milk and getting plenty of sleep, resulting in her steadily growing body. I, on the other hand, am smaller than I was a couple of weeks ago. Thankfully!

Toys

I spend a LOT of time thinking about toys. How to organise, what to buy, what to set aside for a while, which books to purchase, which books to order from the library, what activities to make happen, how to juggle the budget. It seems to take me a long time to translate what I observe in the ever curious J into tangible, chewable things to put in his hand. It often feels like an uphill struggle, one at which I'm doomed to fail. Is this how it's always going to be?! 

(E's first cuddlies - a zebra from Aunty and a rabbit from grandma.

I didn't know there was a grey and white theme!)

Snapshots

It's Friday - the day when I normally post - but, alas (although, perhaps, unsurprisingly?), I had nothing prepared. So, I thought I'd snap what I could and see what I ended up with ... 

Sorting out the washing looks a little different as the piles mount up around a sleeping E.

J stands on the table precariously near the edge as I sit feeding E.

It's lovely to lie in the garden of a summer's afternoon, but a sudden gust of wind can be surprising!

Their first feet photo! Yay! The first of many I hope...

Welcome!

This week we welcomed our lovely daughter into our little family. I don't think there's too much to say except that she's healthy, she's lovely and - above all - she's here. She's a delight to us already, as is her brother who has welcomed her with joy and gentleness. 

Thankful, thankful.