Swingtastic

Daisy loves the swings so we go on them most days. Here is a sequence from this afternoon in Garratt Park. Before the swings we went to the One O'Clock Club again. Daisy seems to enjoy interacting with the other babies and kids. Although there were a few tears today when she got smacked in the face by a big ten month old. Oh no! It was an accident so she was soon smiling and playing with the other little girl again.

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One O'Clock Club

I'm knackered. Woe! Daisy's foot banging in her sleep is resulting in not much sleep for me although she happily snoozes through the noise. As does Andy. Lucky for some!

Quick round up. Cath and Hame's party on Saturday night was great. We had another really good NCT yoga session yesterday and today we went out for lunch then took the babies to the One O'Clock Club at Garratt Park. It has loads of great things for little ones to do. In particular they all loved the sensory room. Daisy was nearly beside herself with glee. It's low light with soothing music playing and has lots of coloured lights and mirrors and nice thing to touch and rattle. Obviously, everything goes straight in the mouth. There is also a heated water mattress for them to lie on and rock and a corner walled off that is lit from below and filled with plastic balls for them to sink in to. Twinkling fibre optics trail on it from above and Daisy had a great time in it trying to lick all the balls. Yuck. In the main room there are lots of paints and crayons and loads of great toys. Outside, there is a play area and paddling pool on hot days. Baby heaven. And not too bad for mummies either.

Above is Daisy almost showing off her new tooth. The photo was taken on Sunday and the tooth is already through much more. She's not the only baby on the block with a new tooth though. Rafferty had his first through today. Well done Rafferty!

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New Zealand 32 - 12 Australia

Daisy is looking very pleased with the All Blacks storming win over the Wallabies in this morning's Tri-Nations opener. She would very much have liked to be wearing an AB's top but the smallest size we have found over here is a child's age 8. Note to kiwi uncles, she wears a size 12-18mnths rugby jersey.

We don't have anything planned for today but tonight Grandma Julia is babysitting and we are off to Cath and Hame's going away/Hame's 30th party in Shepherds Bush. Yay!

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Yoga

We did a yoga class today with the NCT girls and babies. Daisy was happy to lie on my mat and watch me do all the hard work but Archie got right in to it and pulled a few moves. It was really fun so we are all going to book a course. I haven't done any yoga for well over a year so it was hard work!

After yoga we went to the pub for lunch. Because we've been away I hadn't seen the other babies for two weeks and they have all grown so much! George and Elie are now on solids and George impressed us all by gobbling down his lunch, no fuss or mess.

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Ahoy!

It's properly scorchio again so we got Daisy a paddling pool to beat the heat. She had her first dip yesterday and really enjoyed it. Ness, Bob and Dave were around for a bbq so she enjoyed all the attention also!

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England 0 - 0 Portugal

But Portugal won 3-1 on penalties. Bugger. Still, it wasn't a bad effort with Beckham, Owen and Rooney all off the pitch.

Here is a photo of Daisy and Flob in Guernsey. Back in the day when England's World Cup hopes were still alive.

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First tooth!

Daisy got her first tooth today! There is a little jagged white edge poking through her gum in the middle at the bottom. She let the world know of it's arrival by biting Grandma Julia. Her gum has been getting harder and whiter for the past few weeks and she's been dribbling for England but we had no idea it was so imminent as she hasn't been upset or seemed sore. What a good baby! Let's hope England trounce Portugal this afternoon in the footy and it can be a double celebration.

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