Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Sunday, December 09, 2007
I think a halo would suit me...
This is my favourite picture from our trip to New Zealand, taken by Harold on the lawn at Hawea Flat. A wider selection can be found on flickr, including Sofia's first meeting with Vino. (They got on well - he was very licky, but she seemed to like that in a dog.)
Our first week at home was a bit of a trial, with Sofia waking up at least once every night. At 4 am on Friday she was particularly vocal, which turned out to be due to the emergence of two front bottom teeth.
We're all off to New York for a long weekend on Thursday morning instead of a Christmas holiday, as Jules has agreed to work between Christmas and New Year.
We've also booked our New Zealand holiday and will be jetting in again on 21 January.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Grub-Grub Heath gets to grips with solids
We moved Sofia to her own room at the weekend with zero drama. Seems we miss her more than she misses us - although Wom is triumphant to have seen off the interloper at last!
Six weeks tomorrow until we arrive in New Zealand.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Valencia - our first family holiday
We left for Valencia on Friday morning, carrying everything Sofia might possibly need for three days in Spain - no chance of getting away with just hand baggage this time.
Sofia made friends with the official in charge of the baggage scanner - he offered to hold her while Jules folded the pushchair and she smiled and laughed and patted his face. 'That went a lot better than I expected!' he said, sounding quite chuffed!
That night we got a cab out to the port and had dinner at a place that specialised in rice - not spectacular but quite edible.
On Saturday we went into the old town and Jules and Annie climbed the tower at the cathedral and then we had great tapas for lunch. In the afternoon we went to IVAM, the modern art museum, where there was a clever installation of neon lights, water and tv screens - hard to describe but very effective.
That night was wet, unbelievably, so we just went out for italian near the hotel - not particularly memorable.
On Sunday we went to the Oceanographic - a large aquarium split over several buildings. Introduced Sofia to beluga whales and walruses, as well as the obligatory dolphin show, but she was really more interested in the other people, who I'm sure she sees as her public! She has an equally large fan club in Spain as in England!
Sunday night we went into the old town for dinner and had our first really good evening meal - here we are eating some of it in the picture. Sunday was a lovely hot day as well so it was a very balmy evening and we ate outside.
Monday was mainly spent getting home - we went to the science museum in the morning because it was close to the hotel, but it wasn't great and we didn't stay long.
Sofia was an excellent travel companion - slept obligingly in her pushchair at dinner time (mostly!) and didn't object to sleeping in the travel cot the hotel provided. In fact the first morning she slept until 9 am and we nearly missed breakfast.
So, yes, we'll be doing it again soon.
Jules and the bike
Just for Harold, here is Jules and his new bike. He refused to get back on and ride up the street again so this will have to do.
And now perhaps we can move on and talk about Valencia.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Sofia and Daisy
Daisy the donkey is the toy du jour, and favourite pushchair companion. Zippy the zebra is finally having his much-needed bath at the moment - in the washing machine in one of those little bags that you put washing tablets in. The Marshall Wace duck is in the machine as well, having been pooed on yesterday (not the best look if you're a white duck!)
Another 15 minutes until we know if either of them made it in one piece...
Blackberry pie
I'm not sure if a rampant blackberry crop is something to be proud of but the pie I made with them was delish! I also made the pastry with the magimix, so I felt very domesticated.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
High-quality baby seats - exhibit A
We took Sofia for her first swim at the pool on Sunday and she loved it. Plenty of giggling and not a bit worried by all the water, people, other babies, compulsory showers...
As of today she is 5.62 kg (12 pounds 6 oz.)
Monday, July 16, 2007
Getting to grips with Zippy
After two trips to Swiss Cottage today, Sofia is signed up for Aquatots swimming lessons, starting on 10 September.
Our first trip was wasted as we couldn't register for the lessons without Sofia getting a child membership for the leisure centre, and she couldn't get a membership card without her passport. Baby swimming lessons, passport...the connection is obvious, really, isn't it?
Anyway there were only four places left in the September classes, even though registration only opened today, but luckily we snuck in under the wire on my second trip (with the passport).
In other news, Zippy the zebra is getting a good workout, with lots of stretching.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Reading in the beanbag
A few more photos are now up on flickr. This is Sofia's favourite book - she enjoys the different textures and the fact that she can turn the pages herself.
In other news, we have a fox as a regular visitor to our garden. Photos to come as soon as the wildlife photographer gets her act together...
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