As Sam went off to Greece on Friday, my Mum arrived on Saturday morning to stay for a couple of days.
We hadn't seen Granny T for a few months, so it was really nice for her to get to know Eve properly, now that she's that much older and is talking lots.
My mum was such a great help, she played with Eve and looked after her so that I could transfer my tomato plants into the front garden and have a general gardening session. A couple of hours gardening was so good, real therapy for the soul!
We set Eve up with a magic painting book for the first time and she absolutely loved it.
Granny passed on a little round table that she no longer needed. It is the perfect size for Eve. We moved around some furniture in our lounge, so that now Eve has a great art station. The table has already been drawn all over, but hey ho, I'm sure that will turn into an art piece in itself.
Hard at work on some creations
After a good lunch, we headed out to the park. Eve has eaten really well this weekend, even though she had a sore stomach on Friday and Saturday. She's a real trooper with her teeth now.
When we woke up on Sunday morning Eve loved having her hair brushed by Granny T. My Mum's Mum said that you should brush your hair fifty strokes a day! It's not often that I remember to do this, though it makes you feel good if you do. Sam is usually the one who brushes Eve's hair. I mainly do it after her bath in the evening.
Eve's hair is so long and curly now. I'm so thankful for my little Goldilocks.
I cleaned Sam's studio whilst it rained outside and Eve and Granny played downstairs on Sunday. It was nice to spend both days pottering about at home with Eve and my mum.
Eve slept till 5.30am on both nights that my mum was here, and is generally sleeping through the nights consistently at the moment. It was my mum that didn't sleep well on Sunday evening, so she headed back home to Cornwall a day early, on Monday morning. It was a beautiful day so after some cleaning at home I wandered over to my sister's house in Bedminster. It was so nice sauntering through the park, rather than my usual rush of half walking-half running.
Colourful Poppies and houses in beautiful Bristol
Walking through Victoria Park
We had a yummy quinoa mackarel salad in my sister's garden with Jago, which was simply divine. Having a day off in the sunshine with loved ones can't be beat. I miss my dear Eve so much when we're apart so it's always nice to see her cousin Jago in her place. Eve was at nursery, and I didn't want to change plans that had already been made. She had a great day by the sounds of it, having fun in the water with her little friends.
My sister Claire and I enjoyed a nice 2/3 pint of Chimay (Belgian, made by Monks apparently) whilst Jago slept in his pram. The North Street Standard is cool. I'd heard about it and was pleased that it is as good as I'd heard. Chimay is a really nice wheat beer. We also tried the Frontier craft lager which was incredible, and definitely the nicest lager I've tasted in a long, long time.
The North St Standard is a minimal, industrial type of bar but it really works, they've done it well. The barmen were chatty and informative.
When I collected Eve from nursery yesterday afternoon her friend Euan came over to me and gave me her Tommy Tippee cup which was sweet.
When we got home I was opening her tub of pens as she wanted to do some drawings. She picked out the biro, and clearly said 'biro.' This morning whilst she was being looked after by my sister, she said 'Jago' for the first time. Eve can differentiate between strawberries and raspberries, and will shortly say blueberry too I should think.
We had a few accidents on the floor last night before her bath. I leave her without her nappy on to try to get her to use the potty when she gets home from nursery. I think she is beginning to understand because this morning she dragged her potty into the kitchen, then sat down on it and made a 'psssssss' sound. It was a shame that I was dashing out the door to work and couldn't work on the potty training with her a bit more, but we'll get back to it this evening.
Daddy AKA DJ Frenic smashing it in Greece this weekend
Daddy arrives home this afternoon and we simply cannot wait to see him. Even though it's only been a few days, Eve has made some big developments. I'm sure he'll be thrilled to carry on with the potty training tomorrow morning ;-)
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