Sunday, 8 June 2008
Birthday time
OK, I am not good at keeping this up to date - first one for 6 months. I blame Alex for backing pictures up so fast that they are gone from the camera before I know it. I have put on a few from when we were at Mum and Dads at easter when Owen wasn't well, some from his birthday today and a finger painting one which has slipped through Alex's net.
Monday, 28 January 2008
Weather not to be missed..
You know the long winter has kicked in when a nice day becomes an event you just have to celebrate. Two weeks ago we had the most beautiful weather we have seen for a while - very cold and frosty, but sunny and clear and fresh. We went for a kick about on the beach, and picked up Michaela and her Dad on the way, they were out enjoying the weather too. Even the sand was frosted over, and the kids had a good time trying to play football.
Bathtime fun
A few days ago, we opened the letters and postbox set for the bath that Santa got Owen for Christmas, and he really enjoyed swimming about in them. 
They kept getting stuck to him, and we labelled him OJ, but he wasn't too impressed with that.
He soon got back to enjoying himself though. His Dad was very impressed with his spelling. When Owen picked an O, alex was impressed that he picked his initial, and said 'Oooh', then Owen took another O and an H, and spelled out Ooh on the bath. Possibly an accident, possibly a (well-hidden) genius, who knows?
He has a new favourite dinner, which is not very healthy but he gets to have it sometimes. He loves the beans, and the sausages go in whole and sideways, we will have to try and get a photo of that sometime! 
Auntie Carol Ann sent a cookbook for Christmas, which has a recipe for homemade baked beans, so we might try that sometime. Dad has been learning to cook family meals, too, and making a great job of it. Last night's leek and bacon pie was delicious! While Dad has been learning to be Mum, Owen has been learning to be Dad.
I guess Mum better try some other roles, maybe turn into Dad and try making the cups of tea for a change!Thursday, 10 January 2008
Well, the blog is back.. by popular request. It has been so long since I was on here, that I haven't even put any pictures up from Halloween. Believe it or not, this is the best photo of Owen we have in his full bat suit. He really didn't like wearing the head piece.
We don't even have any good pictures of the party in full swing, so we will fastforward to Christmas time. Here is a picture of the snacks we left out , on our cosy Christmas Eve, which was when poor Dad started with his tummy bug.
Of course, we made sure that the fire was safe for later when Santa would be coming down the chimney! When we got Owen up on Christmas day, he came into our bedroom and opened his stocking. He wasn't entirely interested in the presents at first, although the apple and the orange caught his eye. Once we switched off his baby einstein DVD, he started to look at his presents. Once we all felt a bit more awake, we went throught to see what Santa had brought. Owen seemed a bit underwhelmed again, and not really wanting to open his presents, but that was just until he found out what was in them. He soon got into the swing of opening presents and playing with the toys. Santa had left all his stuff in the winnie the pooh tent he brought, and some of those got left until the next day to open. Here is Owen with some of his other things.
We don't have a lot of photos, because we were busy taking video, then I was busy cooking once we got back from church. He really enjoyed his lunch, and ate a lot, even though we fed him at one and then again at three. Owen and Mum went to Auntie Jean and Uncle Hop's in the afternoon, where Owen had a great time playing with blocks, and he found a place to hide and jump out on his Mum - cheeky monkey! Dad had gone back to bed, but he got up again and played for a bit longer, so Owen had a really good day. Boxing day was a quiet day all round, Owen and Mum played and relaxed while Dad rested. The 27th was busy though, as we had to pack all our clothes etc for going South, and thought we better take down all the Christmas decorations too, since two of us wouldn't be back until January. Then we tidied the house, and messed it up again when I couldn't find my purse, five minutes before we had to leave to catch the flight!
We got there Ok, though, and even though Owen stayed awake for the whole flight and the drive in the car to Gran and Di's, he rallied and had enough energy to open all his presents there. He loved Gran and Di's house, and Mum and Dad enjoyed their days (and whole night!) out in Edinburgh and Glasgow with Auntie Karen. Just as Dad was going home on the 31st, Mum was coming down with Dad's bug, and then Uncle John and Di got it. So it was hard going the next few days, and no pictures were taken!
Once we got back, everyone recovered and now we are all back to normal, with Owen quite happy to be back at nursery. This picture was taken in December, and I love their matching T-shirts, and the way Michaela is trying to boss Owen around, and look after him at the same time, she is really good at that!
We don't even have any good pictures of the party in full swing, so we will fastforward to Christmas time. Here is a picture of the snacks we left out , on our cosy Christmas Eve, which was when poor Dad started with his tummy bug.
Of course, we made sure that the fire was safe for later when Santa would be coming down the chimney! When we got Owen up on Christmas day, he came into our bedroom and opened his stocking. He wasn't entirely interested in the presents at first, although the apple and the orange caught his eye. Once we switched off his baby einstein DVD, he started to look at his presents. Once we all felt a bit more awake, we went throught to see what Santa had brought. Owen seemed a bit underwhelmed again, and not really wanting to open his presents, but that was just until he found out what was in them. He soon got into the swing of opening presents and playing with the toys. Santa had left all his stuff in the winnie the pooh tent he brought, and some of those got left until the next day to open. Here is Owen with some of his other things.
We don't have a lot of photos, because we were busy taking video, then I was busy cooking once we got back from church. He really enjoyed his lunch, and ate a lot, even though we fed him at one and then again at three. Owen and Mum went to Auntie Jean and Uncle Hop's in the afternoon, where Owen had a great time playing with blocks, and he found a place to hide and jump out on his Mum - cheeky monkey! Dad had gone back to bed, but he got up again and played for a bit longer, so Owen had a really good day. Boxing day was a quiet day all round, Owen and Mum played and relaxed while Dad rested. The 27th was busy though, as we had to pack all our clothes etc for going South, and thought we better take down all the Christmas decorations too, since two of us wouldn't be back until January. Then we tidied the house, and messed it up again when I couldn't find my purse, five minutes before we had to leave to catch the flight!
We got there Ok, though, and even though Owen stayed awake for the whole flight and the drive in the car to Gran and Di's, he rallied and had enough energy to open all his presents there. He loved Gran and Di's house, and Mum and Dad enjoyed their days (and whole night!) out in Edinburgh and Glasgow with Auntie Karen. Just as Dad was going home on the 31st, Mum was coming down with Dad's bug, and then Uncle John and Di got it. So it was hard going the next few days, and no pictures were taken!
Once we got back, everyone recovered and now we are all back to normal, with Owen quite happy to be back at nursery. This picture was taken in December, and I love their matching T-shirts, and the way Michaela is trying to boss Owen around, and look after him at the same time, she is really good at that!
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