Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Uncle Thomas brings Roary the Racing car to visit......vroooooom
As to be expected of a young Mr Hughes, Curtis is very excited by red sporty cars such as Roary on CBeebies....so imagine his delight when Uncle Thomas turned up this Easter in the real thing.....vroom vrooom. Curtis was keen to get in the driving seat himself as you can see belwo (photos coming soon) and 'helped' by resetting and moving all the mirrors and dials before Uncle Thomas drove away home!
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! Curtis, Gareth and I popped over to Belfast to spend some time off from work with G's family. Sadly Gareth only had 2 days off and had to go back to work yesterday, but Curtis and I are staying for an extended break so that Curtis can spend time with his grandparents and Uncle Tim and I can get some work done.
photos and further up-dates coming soon.....
photos and further up-dates coming soon.....
On Easter Sunday we went for a trip to Bangor to collect Daddys previous car where it had been given some TLC at the bodyshop. Daddy got to drive in the sun with the roof off and has maybe now come to terms with saying goodbye to his beloved black VW beetle....whether Taid is yet ready to part with it is another story all together!
The sun was shining on Bangor so we all went for a stroll along the harbour to see the boats, the really big swans and lots of little dogs out walking.
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Lovely weekend in Glasgow
There was nothing so special about this weekend; Curtis and I (Steph) just did what we usually do when Gareth is working; busying ourselves with trips out, catching up with friends and playing silly games around the house. This weekend was a bit more chilled than usual however as Curtis has had a fever for a couple of days, (possibly just an extreme reaction to teething) tho' he is ok now.
Saturday we had to miss our early morning music class and post class brunch and runaround at the Tramway as Curtis had slept in and was a bit under the weather, so instead we took out time to get up and watched one of C's favourite Baby Einstein DVD's 'Old MacDonald'. At lunchtime Jamie and Milli came to visit followed by Dan, then in the afternoon I took Curtis out on his trike to do the recycling and to visit the local shops before spending some time playing nin the front gardenh and catchign up with neighbours as gthey passed by.
On Sunday we went for an early lunch at The Tramway and even managed to sit outside as it was just about warm enough. There we met some lovely little ones who were also out to play in the Hidden Gardens, noteably Jack who aged only 3 seemed to have the warmth and maturity of a far older child; when Curtis cried as I'd removed a dirty napkin he'd found on the floor from his hands, Jack came running over and gave Curtis a wee car and said 'it's okay you can have this...come and play with me'. How sweet! Once Curtis was fed and suitably tired we drove into town and I transfered sleeping boy from car to pushchair and went off to Borders - ah bliss. Once Curtis awoke we went out to Buchanan Street to watch the street entertainers; first was 5 piece Scottish drumming and piping band Clanadonia, who were as their website proclaims 'keeping it Tribal'. I videoed a wee bit but as I dont know hwo to upload (and that my mum would love to see a clip) here is a clip of them from youtube.
Next stop was watching some younger, less sweaty looking pipers further along Buchanan Street (video coming soon), popping up to the Merchant City to check out the art stalls and then off to Princes Square (Glasgows indoor'designer' shopping mall) which has a large mosiac centred ground floor which is used by any under 5's in the area to dart about and play in whilst their parents sit about on the surrounding steps or the coffee shops resting their legs. It's such a friendly place and again all the kids were very friendly, older kids watching not to run into the little ones and several kids politely returning Curtis's toy ambulance whenever it was borrowed for a quick 'broom' broom' on the flooor or wheh Curtis had left it lying about. The whole weekend represents whats so lovely about this city, it's full of things to do and friendlt people.
Photos and videos coming as soon as I work out how to download them from my phone.
Saturday we had to miss our early morning music class and post class brunch and runaround at the Tramway as Curtis had slept in and was a bit under the weather, so instead we took out time to get up and watched one of C's favourite Baby Einstein DVD's 'Old MacDonald'. At lunchtime Jamie and Milli came to visit followed by Dan, then in the afternoon I took Curtis out on his trike to do the recycling and to visit the local shops before spending some time playing nin the front gardenh and catchign up with neighbours as gthey passed by.
On Sunday we went for an early lunch at The Tramway and even managed to sit outside as it was just about warm enough. There we met some lovely little ones who were also out to play in the Hidden Gardens, noteably Jack who aged only 3 seemed to have the warmth and maturity of a far older child; when Curtis cried as I'd removed a dirty napkin he'd found on the floor from his hands, Jack came running over and gave Curtis a wee car and said 'it's okay you can have this...come and play with me'. How sweet! Once Curtis was fed and suitably tired we drove into town and I transfered sleeping boy from car to pushchair and went off to Borders - ah bliss. Once Curtis awoke we went out to Buchanan Street to watch the street entertainers; first was 5 piece Scottish drumming and piping band Clanadonia, who were as their website proclaims 'keeping it Tribal'. I videoed a wee bit but as I dont know hwo to upload (and that my mum would love to see a clip) here is a clip of them from youtube.
Next stop was watching some younger, less sweaty looking pipers further along Buchanan Street (video coming soon), popping up to the Merchant City to check out the art stalls and then off to Princes Square (Glasgows indoor'designer' shopping mall) which has a large mosiac centred ground floor which is used by any under 5's in the area to dart about and play in whilst their parents sit about on the surrounding steps or the coffee shops resting their legs. It's such a friendly place and again all the kids were very friendly, older kids watching not to run into the little ones and several kids politely returning Curtis's toy ambulance whenever it was borrowed for a quick 'broom' broom' on the flooor or wheh Curtis had left it lying about. The whole weekend represents whats so lovely about this city, it's full of things to do and friendlt people.
Photos and videos coming as soon as I work out how to download them from my phone.
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Je dis le non!
Yesterday at Jamies house, his dog Milli followed Curtis around the garden as he walked about with a gingerbread biscuit. At one point Curtis stopped still and spent a whole minute looking thoughtfully, and very seriously between the biscuit he had in one hand and Milli's drooling lips. Then in one decisive move he moved the biscuit towards Milli who took it very gently and gobbled it up. Curtis then stared at the space where the biscuit had been before bursting into sobs of tears. We realised later that although Curtis has been pretend feeding us all, including his toys, TV presenters and the occasional inanimate object such as the light or refrigerator for some months, we usually just pretent to eat the food.
Later when Mili came up to Curtis as he held onto a packet of crisps he held on tight to the packet and for the 1st time, and quite clearly said 'No'. Funny thing was the intonation in his voice was perfectly whiney and disgruntled!
Then today when Jamie, Dan and Milli left our house after a brief lunchtime visit Curtis burst into tears (which is now very common when anyone leaves) then as their car drove away he said in what sounded like a cute French accent to me 'non, non'.
Later when Mili came up to Curtis as he held onto a packet of crisps he held on tight to the packet and for the 1st time, and quite clearly said 'No'. Funny thing was the intonation in his voice was perfectly whiney and disgruntled!
Then today when Jamie, Dan and Milli left our house after a brief lunchtime visit Curtis burst into tears (which is now very common when anyone leaves) then as their car drove away he said in what sounded like a cute French accent to me 'non, non'.
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Monday, 23 March 2009
How ever did that get there????
We are quite puzzled in our flat as we have recently encountered some very strange things happening about the place, just this Saturday morning for example Curtis screamed with excitement and laughter as he called me to see that one of his toys had curiously turned up in the toilet! Hmmmmmmmmm...it's a mystery to us all!!!
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