Visit from Tatum

For a couple of mornings this week Olivia got up STUPIDLY early ie more than 2 hrs early! Rich has been brilliant at dealing with this and yesterday he took her off to Shrewsbury for breakfast and to visit his friend Chris. Chris' wife is also expecting another baby (at around the same time as me) and so he took their eldest daughter Tatum off their hands for a few hours. They came back here and played wonderfully together in the garden and had a fabulous time. As they entertained each other it didn't need much input from me other than to sit at the side and take pictures. Fortunately all this excitement also wore Olivia out and she slept much better last night (hooray!).










At some point in the afternoon Olivia decided she was going to the seaside:

Visit from the Davey Family

My sister and her family came up this weekend to visit. It was lovely to see them all and have a big family tea together on Saturday evening at my parents. The girls played really well together and Olivia had been excited nearly all week when she found out that the were coming up.

Happy 3rd Birthday Olivia

Tuesday this week was Olivia's actual birthday. She's had some lovely presents and particularly likes her new scooter: The 'Cosmic Flasher'!!!!!. Pictures of the Cosmic Flasher to follow at a later date once she's figured out how to use it :-)

More Party Pictures

More pictures:








I think the grandparents enjoyed themselves (not that you could tell from this!):


but clearly my Aunty Nat doesn't like dogs:



The Birthday Cake:



Olivia was keen on slicing the head off the fairy (should I be worried?!):

3rd Birthday Party

Sunday 14th March was Richard's 33rd birthday and also just 2 days before Olivia's 3rd birthday. We decided that it would be good to have a joint party for the 2 of them, though in reality it was really a party for Olivia (Richard never being keen on being the centre of attention).

We had a really good afternoon. The weather was a little chilly at times but the sun was out for most of it and there was no rain, meaning we could be based in the garden. Despite getting a bit panicked by it all (I felt I really didn't know what I was doing and was worried there weren't going to be enough children), it went well. Only 2 games were needed in the end: pass-the-parcel and musical statues; the rest of the time the children charged about the garden.

Pass the Parcel:



Olivia and Millie playing Musical Statues (!) :

1st Session at Pre-School

Olivia had her first session at Edgmond Owls pre-school. She'd been excited about going for ages and took to it like a duck to water. When we got there she ran in ahead of me, waved, said 'hello' to everyone and proceeded to join in with what was going on. I felt like a very proud Mum indeed...

Wish I had her energy

Wot No Bath?!

The hot tap on the bath somehow broke and so for a few nights we had to resort to washing Olivia in the sink. She quite enjoyed it!

Crash!

Occasionally Olivia crashes and is found asleep in odd positions...

Garage

Hard to believe I know, but we needed more garage space.... So, we had some builders in to dismantle the original garage which was still within the old chapel's garage and had it re-erected right next to it.