snakes, bikes and mowing the trampoline

'Mummy, lets go, come on Mummy lets go outside'

My eldest repeated this from 5.30am as she had awoken to sun and wanted to play outside on her bike.  Not wanting to pass the opportunity of a nice day out we went

My daughter could hear the neighbours cutting grass, so she wanted to do the same.  Only she decided to Mow the trampoline, I have no idea why.

 'Where has the worm gone Mummy?' My eldest then asked me, remembering last time we went in the garden she held a worm.  We then set upon the task of finding her a worm

We found a rather long worm, which she decided was a snake.  She wanted to put it on the moss, as she said the snake lived here.  

It was a really lovely day spent in the garden

This day I love snakes, bikes and mowing the trampoline

Silent Sunday 26.05.13

Project 365 : Week 21

Sunday

We were very luck to attend the Baby show at Birmingham NEC.  It was a really great day out and we met some very lovely people.  My youngest daughter loved all the different stands.  She was caught posing with the giraffe from funky giraffe bibs, whilst wearing a funky giraffe bib!  This has to be one of my favourite pictures from the show.

Monday

One of my favourite finds from the baby show, is the Cuddle Twist from Cuddle Dry.  My eldest daughter has wanted to tie her hair up after the shower for as long as I can remember.  The Cuddle twist let her do this and she is ever so happy.  She calls it her hair towel and she keeps asking for when she can wash her hair, just to wear the towel.

Tuesday

My youngest is now becoming more independent and wanting to feed herself.  She is getting better but still makes a huge mess, I figure she is enjoying herself.  She has also started posing for the camera, this photo is my favourite of the week,

Wednesday

My youngest has a new skill.  She comes up to you lifts your top, says tick tick and then wiggles her fingers on your tummy.  

Thursday

The girls decided to play with everything and created a huge mess.  If the images are moving my youngest is signing where.

Friday

Whilst I was doing some admin for work my youngest kept coming over the laptop screen and saying boo!yes the mess got worse if you look in the background.  I added the monsters to hide my work.

Saturday

The sun was shining, which after yesterday weather is hard to believe.  My eldest daughter and I played out in the garden whilst my youngest napped.  She found a pet worm.

tick tick and an evening walk

My youngest decided to show me her new skill this evening.  She would come up to me lift up my top say tick tick and wiggle her fingers on my tummy

After an hour or so of tickling it was time to go to bed.  My eldest had fallen asleep, I think from a busy day at nursery but my youngest would not settle.  I tried everything and in the end decided that as it was not raining I would take her on an evening walk.  We did not go far just round the block, but it was lovely to get some fresh air. 

It also gave us an opportunity to try out our Bundle Bean.  I was happy knowing that she was wrapped up very warm and that it was secure on the pushchair thanks to the Velcro straps.  She did try a few times to put her dummy in the pocket on the front, I think my eldest will put her hands in here.  I found it really easy to attach to the pushchair.  The inside feels lovely and soft and with the outside waterproof I knew that she was well protected.  We will hopefully be using our Bundle Bean as a picnic mat this weekend, which I am looking forward to.  I shall also be using it as a blanket on the carrier when we go walking for the training to the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge [please sponsor me].

My youngest kept herself amused by pretending her dummy was an aeroplane

She also pointed out all the birds she could see

She really did not want to go to sleep.  I would love to say she finally did but after an hour of walking it started to get dark so we headed home.  

It was really lovely to get out for an hour and get some fresh air and really nice that the rain held off just long enough.

This day I love tick tick and an evening walk

a little bit of chocolate posing

My youngest is now demanding to feed herself.  I would like to show you what happens when a 1 year old gets hold of a spoon and a chocolate yoghurt and enjoys having her photo taken

That would be a little bit of chocolate posing!

This day I love a little bit of chocolate posing

A twist up and alls dry

For a long time my eldest has wanted me to twist her hair up for it to dry after we get out the shower.  We have tried over and over with towels, but they just don't stay on and then she gets upset.  It is because I tie my hair up and she is wanting to copy.  

After visiting the baby show we came back with a Cuddle dry, cuddletwist.  This was the perfect solution.  The hood of the towel went on her head, I twisted the back and then slotted it into the elastic on top.  It stayed in place and she was ever so pleased.  I loved how happy it made her that she could finally put her hair up.

The cuddletwist also, due to its high absorbency, dried her hair a lot quicker which meant we did not have to struggle so much to dry it.  I am so glad we found cuddle dry at the baby show because they really made my daughters morning.  She is ever so happy to be able to twist up her hair and she adores her new towel.  I am even thinking of buying one for me!

This day I love a twist up and alls dry

The toadstool review : Trix Trax spin and swirl

I have been eagerly awaiting our toys to review from the toadstool.  My eldest daughter was very excited when she saw the box for the Wonderworld Trix Trax spin and swirl.  We had to set it up straight away

Of course my youngest had to help too

Trix Trax is suitable from 3 years old.  We found however that the instructions, although in picture format, could be a little tricky to interpret at times.  I personally think it is for an adult or older child to build and for younger ones to enjoy.

My eldest also got fairly frustrated with the building process as the plastic bricks would not click into place like she is used to with her building blocks and so did not 'stick' together.  Once we managed to get to grips with the instructions, we found we only needed them once and could then build again from memory.  My eldest knew what to do straight away and even took it upon herself to show her sister

The video also helps to illustrate our one other downside and that's stability.  My youngest barely touched and the whole thing fell over.  I think this is due to the plastic bricks not clicking and locking in place.  Perhaps a board to build the Trix Trax on would remove this stability issue.

We took the Trix Trax and re built downstairs to test if it was any more stable on a table

It did last a while longer before parts started to become dislodged.

At the end of the video my eldest daughter says 'oh no its broken'.  

Even with parts moving as they did, my eldest daughter loved playing with the Trix Trax and it is her current favourite toy.  Every morning I have to set it up before breakfast so she can play.  The wooden parts of the track are made to the highest quality and painted in such lovely colours that it is such a shame the plastic bricks let it down.  

Having seen the enjoyment my daughter gets when playing with the Trix Trax I think we may have to purchase more sets to link them all together to create one big track.

I can see this becoming a popular toy but if you are purchasing for a child under 5 be prepared to put the track back together a fair few times