Eve, in the little park near our house, looking down upon Bristol
Sam went to Plymouth on Friday with his work mates for their Christmas party. I collected Eve from nursery, and spent a nice time reading books and singing with her in her room before bed. The following morning I took her up to Knowle, hoping that she would fall asleep in the pram whilst I did the shopping. She was completely wide awake, asking to get out of the pram, so I took her to i-Play, the play space underneath the shopping centre.
We had fun, however trying to get her to leave was a bit more of an ordeal. I staggered out with her screaming, dragging the pram and both our shoes and coats! She was so tired by that point that she let me put her coat on, and promptly fell asleep on the way home.
i-Play, Knowle, Bristol
i-Play was fun though. It's been ages since I last took her there. She's so big now and was climbing up the blocks and flying down the slide with ease. I couldn't help but think of my chubby 8 month old baby, who sat in the ball pool the first time that we went there last autumn.
Early on Saturday afternoon my dearest, oldest pals, Laura and Jilly came over with their girls. We had such a nice time - there were seven of us gals altogether, and the kids had fun playing with each other, and argued over baby dolls of course. It was great just to sit there together, drinking tea watching our girls playing.
Eve and Lamorna playing in the lounge
When Sam arrived home on Saturday afternoon Eve was so happy to see him, we spent a few hours just playing and watching tv before she headed off to bed with me.
The sun was shining on Sunday morning for what seems like the first time in weeks, so I quickly got Eve into her wellies and took her to the park. She looked so cute in her outfit - all items were passed down to us. The lovely coat and hat are from her cousin Lottie and the wellies from Agnes - thank you!
Eve enjoyed playing in the sandpit and the swings, but was upset when a little boy tried to share the 'boing boing' (the trampoline) with her. On the whole though she is doing well with 'sharing.' When I collected her on Friday from nursery, Daniel wanted a car that she had but she didn't want to give it him. I then watched her go and find another car, and then walked over to Daniel and his dad. She patiently waited whilst his dad was talking to a carer, and then gave it to him for Daniel. It was good to see her using her initiative.
As we walked past the school car park, Eve pointed out different numbers on the parking bays and was very happy with herself as she pointed them out correctly.
'Oh Dear' is one of her favourite books, that I picked up in a charity shop. When we read it together she sits there and thinks about the different animals that the pig could be instead to try and trick us. She likes laughing about this game.
This morning whilst I was getting ready for work, Eve was drawing with a biro in a farmyard colouring-in book. She told me she was drawing on the car - I had a look and she had clearly scribbled inside the headlights of the car, and inside the eyes and nose of the passenger. Her art / hand eye skills are coming on, which delighted me.
On Monday morning when I dropped Eve off at nursery, we hung her bag on the new peg outside the Bouncies room. She went in with me and didn't cry and I thought, yes we are getting there. But, as it's near to Christmas not many children were at nursery so they had congregated the children in the Tweenie room, her old room. I took her through and poor Eve burst into tears. I think it really confused her. Also, as Daddy had been away for most of the weekend, Eve and I had been together the whole time, so she became quite upset at me leaving her there.
However, when I collected her in the evening, she came running up to me and the first thing she said was, 'Bouncies, nice.' Hurrah!
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