Not all that happy at being put in the car again... love this picture :).
Sunday 22 July
Got a bit of food round my mouth, you say? Where?
Monday 23 July
Feeding time at the zoo ;-).
Tuesday 24 July
Fun with windows...
Wednesday 25 July
One of my favourite pictures of the year.
Thursday 26 July
Pancakes? Yes please!
Friday 27 July
My cheeky monkey! Daisy's wearing Team GB colours today, in honour of the opening of the Olympic Games. Which obviously she didn't stay up to watch, but she wanted to get into the spirit of the day :).
Where does the time go? Only a month until my baby is two... Although Jon's been teaching her to say 'I am two' for weeks now. Plus she's certainly been starting to have tantrums like a two-year-old...
A couple of weeks ago, Daisy came up to me in the kitchen and said 'I want a cracker.' It was probably the first time she had uttered a full, subject-verb-object sentence and I was so proud :). I did, however, want her to learn her manners at the same time, so I said, 'Oh do you? What do you say?' and waited for her to say please before giving her a cracker. Evidently the next couple of times she asked for a cracker, I replied with 'Do you? What do you say?' because she's now started saying 'I want a cracker, do you?' :). This has now developed into her substituting the word 'cracker' for whatever it is she wants. Here she is asking for 'flakes' (corn flakes). It's not the best of examples, but it's the only one I've got and you get the idea. What I love is at the end of the clip she knows just who to ask to get what she wants: -
Here's another clip later on in the same video. Naughty Grandpa! One of the songs we sing is a farm song which goes 'Moo, moo, moo, moo, that's the way it goes,' [substitute other animals noises in different verses], and Daisy's version goes like this: - This video isn't indicative of anything in particular, other than the fact that she's just so funny: - She's started saying 'How about...' when someone asks her a question. 'Daisy, which story to you want?' 'How 'bout... this one?' Or, 'Daisy, do you want to go in your buggy, or walk?' 'How 'bout.... Mummy carry?' I wasn't aware I said 'how about' all that much, but I guess she must have got it from me... She's learned how to work the DVD player this month, so now instead of bring me a DVD box (usually Happy Feet) and saying 'Penguins on TV, penguins on TV', she just puts the DVD in the machine herself :). She loves the part of the film where the penguins dance to 'Boogie Wonderland', and even joins in herself: - In case you weren't sure, at the end of that clip she really does say 'stinky poo'. I didn't teach her that :). Finally, here she is reading one of her favourite books - although not one of mine, I have to say: on each page there's a picture of a baby animal you pull the tab to reveal a picture of the baby with its mother. Daisy can get a little over-enthusiastic so I have been known to hide the book under the sofa when I'm fed up of policing the tab-pulling to ensure they don't get broken... Another reason for showing this video is that I love the way that Daisy pronounces Mumble, the name of the baby penguin on Happy Feet :).
Next monthly update you'll be two, Daisy Bear...
Jon and his nephew, Finn, reading Dear Zoo, every kid's favourite book.
Sunday 15 July
Picnic time!
Monday 16 July
She's cheered up now, but you can tell she'd been having a paddy some time before this picture was taken... :).
Tuesday 17 July
After it stopped raining, Daisy and I went out this afternoon to jump in muddy puddles.
Wednesday 18 July
Love those beautiful eyes...
Thursday 19 July
My three favourite girls! We drove up to Mum & Dad's today and met Jen there; we'll be going to the Lake District on Saturday and Jon will join us there on Sunday.
Daisy and Jon spent the morning digging up the potatoes they planted in March. Got one!
Sunday 8 July
We were supposed to go to Ipswich today, to watch the British Grand Prix with Jon's family, but Daisy was sick in her bed during the night and again this morning so we didn't go. Of course, she wasn't sick again after 08:30 but given that she doesn't travel well, we didn't want to risk it. This was her and Jon at lunchtime. She was still in her pyjamas but had decided that she was well enough to put her wellies on...
Monday 9 July
Daisy insisted on wearing her sunglasses today. It wasn't at all sunny, which made her insistence even funnier. I took this photo when we got to the supermarket - I think it's great that it looks like she's giving thumbs up!
Tuesday 10 July
Love this kid.
Wednesday 11 July
Roses from the jungle that is our garden after 2 months of almost solid rain.
Thursday 12 July
Daisy's new favourite place to sit is on the kitchen counter while I make her meals. Here you can see she's demonstrating exactly the thing I ask her not to do - touch the toaster...
When we were at the Bernabeu Stadium, we bought Real Madrid t-shirts for Daisy, Eloise, Jessica and Finn. We gave them out this weekend and tried to take a picture of all four of them wearing their new shirts. This is exactly what I was expecting would happen...
Sunday 1 July
We had more luck when we took Daisy out of the equation :).
Monday 2 July
Daisy loved feeding monies into this machine. One money, two monies, three monies...
Tuesday 3 July
Kisses for Penguin.
Wednesday 4 July
Daisy doesn't like it when I brush her teeth while she's in the bath, but quite often asks to wash her hands and brush her teeth in a morning. I think she just likes standing on the bin...
Thursday 5 July
You might already have guessed by Sunday's entry (i.e. that I took it on Saturday) that I didn't take many photos this week. This photo was taken on 5 July 2011, a year ago. Apart from the fact that she looks bigger, she's hardly changed at all.
Friday 6 July
It's a hard life. Got to have a rest when you can. And a rest isn't a rest without Aggie and Ellie.
