lnr | Jun. 10th, 2014

Things I have apparently mysteriously failed to mention previously on LJ:

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Things we have done since 20th April:

Given Blood
Evicted a wasp's nest from the shed
Had our NCT group birthday party (pic below)
Visited Clown Around soft play in Harston and Botanic Gardens with Sing and Sign folk
Bought a smartphone (Nokia Lumia 520) so taking lots of snaps on my phone
Been to the Festival of Wheels in Shelford and tried on police hats
Annual cycling campaign ride to Reach Fair (maps below)
Given up on Waitrose for lunch with several toddlers and switched to Scotsdales
Jack's birthday party and baptism
Visits to Kayleigh/Jamie, Rod/Thomas and Jenny/Jack
Moved our satellite dish due to a tree growing in the way!
Took Matthew to help me vote in the local/european elections
Visited granny and grandad, and went to the National Railway Museum and the Barwick Maypole festivities (pic below)
Day out at the Cambridge Model Engineering Society with a long ride on a model train!

Matthew is now:

Walking and running like it's going out of fashion
Learning more words to understand, and following instructions (when he wants to)
Nearly but not quite talking, "yum" is his current favourite word
Loves reading books, and will ask for the same one over and over
Coming to mummy and daddy for cuddles, not just milk
Settling a little better at the childminder's, especially when distracted with rice cakes
Loving getting messy, and splashing in water
Doing lots of playing outside, including in the rain (pic below)
Eating! Full meals rather than just small amounts
Starting to feed himself with cutlery (pic below)
Napping in his cot, sometimes once sometimes twice
Currently being very hard to get to sleep at bedtime, and waking 2-3 times most nights
Riding on the big seat of the bike, not just the toddler seat (except when sleepy) (pic below)
Putting things in and out of other things
Climbing on stuff
Occasionally having small tantrums when he doesn't get his own way, especially when hungry