Belated happy valentines day!

Cupid came to our House on Thursday, we had a lovely day with lots of lovely treats and Daddy cooked Mummy a beautiful meal.

The girls got strawberry hats from Mummy and Daddy for Valentines day... They sported them whilst sampling last seasons nightware!!!
Naughty Dora kept creeping into Maragrets garden...Her real name is Dora the Explorer just like one of Tilly's favourite characters!
We went shopping with Rachel and Macy to Milton Keynes on Thursday! Notice the concrete cows in the background!
With all this gorgeous weather we have been out and about and making the most of the sunshine! Tonight Mummy and Daddy are going out with Gracie's Mummy and Daddy (Vicky and Andy) to celebrate Andy's birthday, we are going to a comedy club in Oxford and we are really excited!
Dora has been a naughty chicken and got into Margarets garden and ate her flowers, so she is in BIG trouble!!!
Elsie is still on her Lactose and Dairy free diet and seems to be improving, we are just waiting for her hospital appointment with her consultant and dietician to talk about weaning.
Elsie has been trying her best to sit up although she still needs alittle help...she looks so like her Daddy now!

Helllooooooooo There! <3

Today we have had Glorious weather, We were out and about from 9am this morning as we had Doctors appointments and Jabs to do, by the time we finished with that we popped home for some lunch, walked to town and then came home and played in the garden for a while and then Olivia Harper came round to play!!! Matilda and Elsie fell asleep at 4pm in the front room and did not wake up again until 6.30pm just in time for Supper!
Elsie has been on her Dairy free diet for a few weeks now and although there has been some improvement she has to go back to see the gastric consultant tomorrow as she has not been digesting her food very well. So hopefully we will be a step closer to finding out what is wrong with her tummy.
Tils is still loving school and adores Higgle and Dora, she was picking them up earlier and Olivia was not impressed! Every afternoon we have to and check 1000 times to see if they have laid any eggs...then as we walk up the path she will say 'Thank you 'Iggle and Dowra for my h'eggs!!!'
We are lookoing forward to Jenny coming up to see us next week and Grandma and Grandad also coming up to se us which is very exciting we look forward to seeing them!

Granny and Pop's had been in Thailand for 10 days and came round to see us last night as we were having a good bye meal for Auntie Bundle who is flying on an aeroplane as I type to travel around Australia for a year.
Tils and Liv playing in the garden!Making the most of the sunshine!

Tilly decide she was going to do some push ups like Sporticus (Lazy town) on Elsie (Robbie Rotten) Mummy was lucky enough to be Stephanie!!!
Matilda looking gorgeous and grown up!


Tils feeding her sister her Baby rice and butternut squash.
Tils and Els doing lunch!!!

Funky Friday!

Today we have been quite busy although we have not done anything too interesting, Matilda has been a monkey today, like all children she has her good days and her bad days but today she made an extra effort to be a monkey!!! She spoke to Grandma and said 'My been a rascal today Gan -ma'
We started the day with some painting, Only Granny came round (with the carpet cleaner she had hired for the cottage and Mummy was borrowing) and decided to paint a little spot on Matilda's Tummy and Matilda retailiated by painting her whole body and arms Metallic Green like a crocodile!!!

look at My arms Mummy -Me a crocodile -Snap snap!!!

Iam so clever look at me!!! So proud of herself!

The girls on the walk to town!
Baby Elsie is all grown up! she loves her new buggy!
Closest Tils is going to get to going to Winchester House school!!! She is trespassing on their land...telling me I wont be able to catch her!!!

I will only come out if I can have a noddy magazine, a pack of Smarties a tin of pineapple and Iam allowed to put the chickens to bed.- she is getting very good at bargaining!!!
We had to walk to the shops and get Elsie's prescription for her new milk, so we walked slowly and stopped to look at every single thing on the way!
Iam going this way Mummy...Argghhhhh!!! - Sound of Mummy pulling her hair out!!!


Then we got home and changed the chickens straw and changed their water...Matilda climbed in to their run and topped up the feed!!!
Matilda closing their door ready for bed!
We are missing Daddy while he is away but he seems to be enjoying himself and has passed his shooting exams -although I dont envy him as he has to camp in a field for a few days and most places round here are on flood alert!!!
Uncle Charlie is coming up on Tuesday night after work and taking us back down to Brighton for a few days it will be great to see everyone, especially Grandad Gray as he has been in Hospital since the day Elsie was born and has only met her briefly for 20 minutes about 3 months ago so that is really exciting as he is back home with Nanny now.

One wednesday Elsie had her Hospital appointment with the Gastro pediatrition, and she has been diagnosed as Dairy intolerant, This will hopefully stop the digestion problems she has experienced since birth, she has been prescribed a dairy free formula to take for 3 weeks to check that it is the dairy and not fish, or soya and then when she is 6 months (in 3 weeks time) she will be able to have soya milk. the only worry now is that she is allergic to eggs too, so we will just have to wait and see.

Mummy has finally found the camera cable to upload some pictures!Unfortunatly the camera has decided to stop focusing properly so sorry about the quality of the photos - they seem to be very blurry!
On Tuesday morning we had Frazers 2nd Birthday party at his house, Matilda then went to school in the afternoon and after school we walked down to Bumble bees for George's Birthday! so as you can imagine Tilly slept very well that Night!!! We got some pictures of Tils and her friends at Frazer's party but we were not allowed to use the camera at Bumble Bees which is a shame as they were having so much fun! Luckily Daddy was able to collect us when he finished work as it was raining and pouring!
Tilly and the sweeties she won in the pass the parcel!
Tilly and Olivia Harper and the Birthday boy Frazer
Penelope Harper and Elsie Williams having a cuddle with Susie!
Tilly and Her friend Katie

Mummy has been very busy decorating Matilda's new bedroom, it is finished but needs some shelves etc which I think father Christmas may be bringing! Yesterday We stayed in in the morning (Mummy was doing Til's room - but had to pretend I was doing boring Mummy stuff as it was a suprise!) and then after lunch we went for a walk into town to get Tilly some shampoo and some meat (for Daddy) from the butcher, When we got back Tils played some more then helped me prepare supper and Mummy did the finishing touches to Tils room, Then we had soem tea and We told Tils to go and have a look in the 'spare room', she could not believe it and kept saying 'Thank you! Thank you!' and then she decided to ask 'Did you make it ?' -even her books and toys...funny girl!!! She slept in the there last night and fell out of bed at about 10pm - I went up to see if she was ok and she was lying on the floor sucking her fingers..Still asleep!!! So we had to wedge her in with pillows - she has had the sides down on her cot for ages so didn't think she would fall out, but I suppose she is just getting used to it!Tils so excited about her big girl bed!
Silly old Daddy got into Bed With Tilly !


Tilly openign the door to her new room - the camera has a delay - I tried to get her face but she moved too quickly!!!
Tilly looking at her new mirror - the ribbons hanging off had some small hair clips on, the ribbons were from her christening gifts.
Tilly talking to the birdy in the cage!!!
Tils in her new bed!
Tils woke up this morning and was happily playing in her new space which is great as she did not have much room in the nursery, we are hoping that Elsie will move into the Nursery tonight - she has slept through the night for 3 days in a row now -WOOOOOHOOOOOO!

We went to see the hens this morning...but no eggs yet!Tilly was getting cross with Dora as she would not go into her bed and it was raining! Tils has school this afternoon and I have hair to do.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Matilda, Daddy and Grannhy with the Cake she made!

Yesterday was Daddy's Birthday and Matilda made Daddy a birthday cake, Daddy had lots of cool gifts but one very special one was an ' eglu' which now means he is the proud new owner of two chickens... Tils has named them 'Higgle and Dora'! so we should hopefully be getting eggies for brekkie very soon!!!

Higgle






Dora


Mummy and Daddy went to 'The crazy bear' over in Oxford last night for Daddy's Birthday dinner, it was great - Granny and Pops Babysat so we were able to go and enjoy ourselves, Mummy had Chicken and Pistachio Terrine to start with Pickles and Malted brown bread, I then had King Prawns and Clams for Main and salted peanut Caramel with Chocolate sorbet for dessert, Daddy had Lamb (Uncle Tum suggested Brains - as he was convinced he had seen them on either Gordon Ramsey or River Cottage???) with bearnaise sauce and he also had Venison Pie for main and then Lemon Posset for dessert, it is a gorgeous venue and we would have loved to have stayed the night! When we had finished Eating Unlce Tum/Big Tom/Bowl and Loz came to join us for a drink which was lovely as they had driven from Maidenhead after a long days work! We left at 12 am and got home late it was a really lovely night and a big treat!The Crazy Bear!!!Daddy, Unlce Tum and Loz!

Today was tumble tots and then we had a presentation at Tilly's school she was given a 'treasure chest' of treats - 2 reading books, some colouring pencils and stickers.
Daddy finished work early so we went to town and Daddy brought Matilda and Keira a milk shake!!!

Elsie has started trying to hold her bottle, she has also been holding her head really well and has got so big and strong!!