2012: Week 36

Saturday 1 September

I took dozens of photos of Jen and Daisy this afternoon and, as ever, managed not to get any where they were both looking at me and smiling. So I chose this one, which was the point at which Jen started saying 'Daisy, get your finger out of my ear!'

Sunday 2 September

Impromptu photo session in the park with my best girls.

Monday 3 September

It was a beautiful afternoon and Daisy wanted to go in the garden after her nap so I took the opportunity to dig over the vegetable patch while she was playing in the sandpit. I found a worm and decided this was a good time to show it to Daisy. I'm not keen on creepy crawlies myself, but I know that kids' fears invariably come from their parents, so I screwed my courage to the sticking place and picked up the worm. OK, so I was wearing gloves, but still... Daisy loved him! A little too much, in fact. I ran inside to get my camera and when I came back out she was holding most of the worm in one hand and a tiny piece of him in the other. And her hands were not exactly close together...

Tuesday 4 September

We spent a lovely day today at Woburn Safari Park with Daisy's friend Teddy and his Mum. They loved running round after the goats and there were quite a few contenders for today's photo. Daisy also loved looking at the giraffes, until they all walked away, following a food truck. She spent most of the journey home saying 'Bye bye giraffe. He's gone for his food.' Which was very cute, but I wish she'd spent the journey home napping instead.

Wednesday 5 September

This afternoon we went round to see Harry and his Nonna (who's half Italian). Daisy blew this bubble all by herself!

Thursday 6 September

Another photo from yesterday at Harry's. 'That's it, you just plant one right there.'

Friday 7 September

We took Daisy to the shoe shop this morning to get her feet measured - I've been aware that we've needed to go for a little while but wanted to wait until schools went back this week before taking her. Last time we went it didn't go well, as she didn't like having the measuring thingy on her foot, so this time I told her we were going to get new shoes, like Peppa Pig does in one of the (hundreds of) episodes we've watched (hundreds of times) in the past couple of weeks. She was very happy with this idea, but I think when we got there and there was no Miss Rabbit to serve her, she was less enthusiastic. Then the foot measuring thingy came out, and this was the result... The lady helping us thought it was hilarious that before comforting my daughter, I felt the need to capture the moment on camera :). Daisy was more than happy with these shoes in the end, even said her now-commonplace phrase 'Let's go pay for it!', and 5 minutes later you'd never have known she'd been upset...