Monday, 23 March 2009
Friday, 13 March 2009
Curtis does Comic Relief, Red nose Day 2009
Today we sponsored Curtis to make as many people laugh and smile during the day as he could....and he sure put his heart into the task, using many of his now well honed cute and comic pieces such as peekaboo games, standing with his arms stretched out behind him like a ski jumper mid air, doing cutesy sideways glances, and generally chattering away and being the dafty he usually is. Dedicated to the task he only took a 1.5hr sleep break in the afternoon, so tonight we've donated money on his behalf to Comic Relief.
How heartbreaking it is to watch the clips on TV of the poor wee babies in Africa ill with Malaria, and of the many people suffering hardships in the UK. Even more painful to watch now as a parent.
To donate to Comic Relief
Call 03457 910 910
Text 'YES' to 66609 to donate £5
or log on to www.comicrelief.com
How heartbreaking it is to watch the clips on TV of the poor wee babies in Africa ill with Malaria, and of the many people suffering hardships in the UK. Even more painful to watch now as a parent.
To donate to Comic Relief
Call 03457 910 910
Text 'YES' to 66609 to donate £5
or log on to www.comicrelief.com
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Curtis the music man
We've been pretty slow in getting round to putting Curtis's birthday money to use - apologies to those still waiting to know what we've done with theirs, but today we can finally tell Grandad Ken that Curtis's birthday money was used to buy him his very first guitar - a mini one of perfect baby proportions with safely capped off tuning coils as well as a percussion set which included a cool drum & drumsticks, a harmonica, a tambourine and two shakers.
For some time now he's shown an interest in Gareths guitar and to give Curtis more freedom to experiment we thought one his own size would be great fun. He loves it, though isn't sure if it's a musical instrument or a ride on toy, often combining both. He bashes away on the drum, shakes the shakers and tambourine but is yet to master blowing to produce a noise from the harmonica. He puts it to our mouths to play it for him and this amuses him immensly so I'm sure the day he does it himself he'll be totally blown away!
Thanks Grandad Ken, I love my presents and I've got a sneaking suspicion that you'll be kinda pleased with the choice of gifts too x x x x x
For some time now he's shown an interest in Gareths guitar and to give Curtis more freedom to experiment we thought one his own size would be great fun. He loves it, though isn't sure if it's a musical instrument or a ride on toy, often combining both. He bashes away on the drum, shakes the shakers and tambourine but is yet to master blowing to produce a noise from the harmonica. He puts it to our mouths to play it for him and this amuses him immensly so I'm sure the day he does it himself he'll be totally blown away!
Thanks Grandad Ken, I love my presents and I've got a sneaking suspicion that you'll be kinda pleased with the choice of gifts too x x x x x
News from Curtis Hughes
Mum and dad have taken lots of videos and photos of me lately (so what's new huh!!) but haven't had time to upload them yet so here's some news from me.
Hairy head - yes, I really do now have what could be described as a full head of hair, it's not the longest or thickest hair but it's strawberry blonde, fairly straight and alll mine. I think I'm now past my baldy days, at least for the next 20 years or so (genetics ain't on my side for this one!).
Visiting Kelvingrove Museum - mum and I spent our Wednesday afternoon hanging out in the West Ends fantastic Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow. The large open spaces wewre great for practising walking and the huge array of animals on display cause much 'oooooing' 'ahhhhhing' and pointing. Nearly all of Curtis's favourite animals from his 'where's spot' book were in there life size which cause great excitement from Curtis and some embaressment from mum as she was forced to produce appropriate animal noises for each one just as she must do when reading the book.
Hairy head - yes, I really do now have what could be described as a full head of hair, it's not the longest or thickest hair but it's strawberry blonde, fairly straight and alll mine. I think I'm now past my baldy days, at least for the next 20 years or so (genetics ain't on my side for this one!).
Visiting Kelvingrove Museum - mum and I spent our Wednesday afternoon hanging out in the West Ends fantastic Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow. The large open spaces wewre great for practising walking and the huge array of animals on display cause much 'oooooing' 'ahhhhhing' and pointing. Nearly all of Curtis's favourite animals from his 'where's spot' book were in there life size which cause great excitement from Curtis and some embaressment from mum as she was forced to produce appropriate animal noises for each one just as she must do when reading the book.
Monday, 23 February 2009
My cup floweth over!
All the books say that a one year old should be taking most of their daily drinks from a cup. Curtis gets through several cups of water each day, but as you can see, it doesn't all reach his mouth!
Steppin' Out...
The weather was quite mild this weekend which gave Curtis the chance to step out onto the street to take his old english sheepdog for a stroll outside our house. He was quite chuffed with himself and won some attention from some elderly ladies who were passing by too. He walked to the end of the street and back several times wearing his firts pair of real shoes and also sporting his cool Ted Baker parka. Nanna, Taid and Molly were here this weekend too, helping us through a backlog of DIY tasks...sadly we kept them so busy we didn't get time to take any photos of their visit - but did manage to get Nanna on one of these videos.
After this weekends intensive walking training out on the street, Curtis took about 6 steps all by himself at teatime tonight. Most children save this landmark event for an eager toddle over towards their beloved parents, but for Curtis it was the lure of seeing his favourite Old MacDonald DVD on the shiney new TV Nanna and Taid had brought over for us!
After this weekends intensive walking training out on the street, Curtis took about 6 steps all by himself at teatime tonight. Most children save this landmark event for an eager toddle over towards their beloved parents, but for Curtis it was the lure of seeing his favourite Old MacDonald DVD on the shiney new TV Nanna and Taid had brought over for us!
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