Cocoa

Things went very quiet the other morning and as I looked over I realised that someone had found a tin of cocoa in the kitchen cupboard and had poured it all over the floor. Consequently it was all over him as well, including up the nostrils. Lovely!

Cute

Here we are heading to a coffee shop on the weekend with Mack being very independent. He was sporting his cool new coat - thank you uncle Neil! The scary thing is he doesn't want to hold our hands, he wants to bolt off so we have to be very careful with him and have bought some reigns. Not sure what he will make of them though!

Birthday fun

Mack had a great time today down at the Newton's house in Essex. Sue and Bryan put on an amazing lunch complete with banners and balloons and despite the weather there was alot of fun. Thom requested a Victoria sponge cake so I rose to the challenge and produced one for the occasion. Never realised how difficult it is to bake a good sponge - I felt that this one was a bit heavy and flat but it looked good for the candle blowing moment...



The packaging is sometimes more popular than the present! (circa 6.30am)

Happy Birthday!!

Today our little boy turns one! Mack was born at 10am a year ago at Barnet General Hospital. It's hard to believe that a whole year has passed since meeting our chubby bundle. He is running around everywhere now and charming everyone he meets. He loves books, hide and seek and chasey. A few words are forming - 'dadda' and 'mumma' and something resembling 'dog'. He prefers to point and gurgle and use body language to communicate at the moment. We are going to the Newton's today for a lunch to mark Thom's 40th and Mack's first so more photos later...

Autumn Leaves

Fun in the park

Poncho

The weather is cooling down here so we bought this mini poncho at the farmers market recently. I reckon he can carry off the leggings/uggs/poncho look!

Cute cousins

Mack caught up with UK cousin Oscar recently who is 10 weeks older than him. They are interested in the same things now but there is not alot of eye contact going on yet!

Holiday snaps

We had a lovely holiday in Mauritius and the sun did everyone the world of good. Mack started walking at 10 months and 3 days!

Cousins

Thom's older sister Kate has three teenage daughters who adore newcomers Mack and cousin Oscar. We recently went to visit them and Mack had a great time with the girls as they lavished him with attention. Activities included playing on the trampoline and going on the swings. I was able to put my feet up!