Snapshot - Pea Podding

Just to say that I'm pretty sure that pea podding is the most wholesome toddler activity there is.

She thinks it's pea "popping", and softly says "pop!" as she pops them in the bowl. It's pretty delightful.

That's all! Happy Monday! 

The Golden Age

Can we talk about how good commercial vegan ice cream is these days? We are living in a golden age. I'm currently in a town of 2500 people, and the grocery store has no fewer than 20 kinds of vegan ice cream. Coconut, almond, soy, Tofutti Cuties and ice cream sandwiches. Today's prompt is 'quick, easy, delicious', and I'm not sure it gets easier than this: my kid's first ice cream cone, all to herself. 

She's been requesting another since the moment she finished! And the world is as it should be, the baby sticky with ice cream, with dirty feet, in a wet bathing suit. 

Picture Post: Noisy, Amazing, and Disgusting

Firstly, I should apologise for the photo quality lately. We were having a problem with our camera, so everything has been on the iPhone lately. It's fixed now though. 

Secondly, how fast do these new skills crop up?? F is speaking in SENTENCES. Not just 'I did it', but stuff like, 'Mommy no wash her hair'. She says 'bless you', and 'scuse me', and when I ask if she wants her vitamins, she says 'yes please!' - I can't handle how cute it is. Basically an angel child (until bedtime). She's got a decent handle on plural (although two apparently qualifies as 'lots of', so just now at breakfast, 'LOTS OF spoons!!!'), and getting to grips with a few adjectives, favourites being noisy ('noisy bird!', 'noisy dog!', 'noisy baby!' - just you wait, kid.), amazing (her dad pointed out some 'amazing clouds' once, and she's been trying it out for other things. Not sure that car was amazing, but ok), and disgusting. When I make roast potatoes, for some reason, she eats them while chirping away, 'mmm, DISGUSTING!!' And laughing at her hilarious joke. Crazy kid.

How about some pictures? 

Looking cool.

 

 

Telling me she looks cool.

 

 

Somebody likes Mommy's pregnancy pillow.

 

 

Stuck indoors on a beautiful day, waiting for my new passport to arrive from the Embassy. So, art day. Just an aside, I've acheived a life-goal - when it came time to renew my passport, it was FULL of stamps. Not an empty page to be found. Teenage me would be flabbergasted.

 

 

Baby selfie.

 

There's a big sand pit and cafe in Blackheath, and we're there pretty much every day. They put buckets of water out sometimes, and my kid is always the only one actually GETTING IN. So we leave a wet sandy mess wherever we go, but you know, summertime.

That's all from us today. Have a good weekend!

Daisy Chains

 

Today we all hung out in a meadow and made daisy chains like we were in a Marc Jacobs ad or something. It was lovely. We had a picnic (chickpea salad sandwiches, hummus and carrot wraps, lemon water), and tried not to sit on the rabbit poo. A few pictures:

 

So many daisies!

 

 

Hope you are all enjoying the long weekend, and getting out in the sunshine when you can find it. It's happening, guys; summer is happening.