Rock-a-bye Baby

Church day. Always feels refreshing. Had a lovely time with our church family and listened to some compliments about our children. Most notably today compliments on Pumpkin's ability to draw so well, a budding artist, just like his nana and grandad. 


At lunch time Bean asked what letters make the word 'door' so we gabbed some magnetic letters and showed him. We then played around with the letters d o o r to make words, Pumpkin especially enjoyed the word poo (turn the d upside down.) why is it you don't have to teach small boys toilet humour? We spent a great few minutes playing with letters and words. It's the first time Bean has explicitly asked about letters and words and spelling and writing and it made my heart happy. 


Daddy has spent the afternoon fixing his bike ready for his return to work tomorrow and trying to locate a puncture in Bean's bike. The boys helped with pumping and puncture finding interspersed with playing with cars in the garden and Bean teaching Plum how to colour and being bitten by an ant. Poor Bean was quite upset by this and refused to walk for a while. Daddy took the boys out for a ride once all the bikes were in top condition. 


Plum has struggled with her usual sleep pattern today. Not that it's that regular but she does manage a sleep every two - three hours for 45mins to 2 1/2 hours. I was thinking that she would go to sleep in the car on the way to church this morning but she ditdn't and only grabbed half an hour in church (the organ always wakes her.) When she tried for a nap this afternoon we were disturbed by Pumpkin yelling and bounding up the stairs and when she finally fell asleep an hour later she has woken after only half an hours sleep. Poor tired girl.

Teaching Plum to colour

Helping pump up the tires