Huge news here in Somerfield, Christchurch. We have been privy to a vocabulary hat trick! Yep, Charlie was feeling verbose today and decided to share three new words with me!

At breakfast time he pointed to my eye and said (yes, you guessed it) “eye”. I went ballistic with praise so much so that I wonder whether he thought I was telling him off. But he decided to blitzkreig and move on to “ear”. Aw, so proud.

Mealtimes are obviously the catalyst, as at dinner, he came out with “more” for the first time. Perhaps it’s the borrowed retro highchair.

Nursery for two hours this morning while Mummy went to the gym. After lunch we met up with Nana after having a coffee.

This is how a coffee should look. This particular brew is a flat white ‘bowl’ and OMG it’s awesome.

This is Charlie’s first masterpiece. Created at nursery.

This is Charlie on his new wheely bug “Tiger”. He growls at Tiger “GRRRRRR!!”. Don’t be fooled by Charlie perched confidently on Tiger. He is a) not comfortable on it, and b) cannot propel Tiger along the floor without being pushed. Charlie has come up with his own technique which involves kneeling in front of Tiger, holding on the handlebars and pushing Tiger along in reverse walking on his knees. If you stop him and try to plonk him on top of Tiger a tantrum ensues. In his own time….

And now for some surreal toy photos:

Little Dude.

It’s still really cold here and windy, but we’re starting to see a few glimpses of sunshine.

I feel the cold much more here as there’s no boiler to crank up as the mercury sinks. I’ve had my electric blanket on!

Caleb and Nicki are camping up in the alps this weekend. They’re still covered in snow so good luck to them!

That’s it from us for now. Speak soon. xxxx