Tom you are just talking so much. When I asked you what colour a car was, you sail,´Daddy, I think it´s white.´
Well this I know is a process all little kids go through but it just amases me. You are only 2 years and 1 month old.
You can eventalk a little in Spanish. Un mas cafe is your latest.
Tuesday 15 May 2007
Tuesday 8 May 2007
Ouch
Well Thomas it hhad to happen. You fell over and skinned your left knee. You were very brave and did not shed any tears what so ever.
A little girl has been kidnapped in Portugal. She is only three years old. Be safe.
Daddy
A little girl has been kidnapped in Portugal. She is only three years old. Be safe.
Daddy
Wednesday 2 May 2007
3 weeks old
Thomas you are now three weeks and a couple of days old, we are sitting outside our home in Marbella I am drinking a coffee from my favourite
mug and you are sitting beside me in you maxi-cosi pram thing, sucking on your favourite dummy. Penny is lying on the patio beside us catching up on her sleep. Mum is upstairs trying to catch up on her sleep a little as well. You and I are listening to ‘How to dismantle a nuclear bomb’ by U2. I have tried you with all the usual songs that kids are meant to like, such as Bingo, Hush little baby etc. They don’t work that well with you. You like U2, Johnny Cash and the Bare Naked Ladies, particularly the song ‘If I had a million dollars.’
We all went out yesterday for our first official meal together. Mum fancied a little carrot cake and I wanted a cheese burger. So that meant a trip to Yanks the American diner. You were very well behaved as was Penny. We all sat outside in the afternoon sun.
In the morning the whole family including Grandma and Grandpa went for a walk along the passeo in marbella. It was a beautiful warn sunny morning. The sea was so blue and absolutely flat calm. We could see across to Africa and Gibraltar. Lots of people were out in boats and jet skies. The beach was quite busy, lots of Spanish people come here at this time of year. They were all on the beach, getting a suntan, swimming in the sea etc. I was so proud to be pushing your pram along the passeo. Lots of people were peeking in to see you. We all had a beer on the beach except mum who had a coffee and we all shared a plate of crisps. All this must sound boring to you, I would guess, but we all had a fantastic time showing you off.
We are still struggling with your nappies. They do not seem to be designed to keep you dry. We had to change you three or four times last night. Everything was wet. We are looking for another brand. (note)We have had success with the nappies (pampers) are you ones that work. You sleep for a couple of additional hours if you are dry and a couple of extra hours sleep for daddy and mummy is an amazing luxury.
We have all been having a fantastic time with you in our lives. We are all a little more sleepy, but so much more makes up for the lack of a little sleep. I guess we are getting less sleep than I imagined because mummy has just pointed out that my t-shirt and sweat pants are on inside out. Actually my sweat pants are on inside out and back to front.
I can see your mind beginning to develop behind you baby blue eyes. You are now taking much more interest in your surroundings and you can focus on objects that are held close to you. Both of your eyes now point in the same direction at the same time, this is a good thing.
You have had a rash all over your face. You went to bed last Saturday looking like a beautiful angel and woke up on Sunday morning looking like Nikki Lauda (Austrian racing driver, burnt in a racing accident) It only lasted a couple of days after the doctor gave you some cream.
Thomas, if you are ever thinking of having a child, let me recommend that first of all you complete a degree or even an advanced degree in engineering or ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Why ? simple, assembling baby things like prams cots etc is a highly challenging task not for the faint hearted or the uneducated. Your bugaboo push chair (they call it a ‘total transport system’) took me 3 hours to assemble. I can build £20m buildings but I struggle with prams, cots etc. The reason is simple all the instructions are in some sort of modern hieroglyph, in fact called a pictogram. In my opinion if your product instructions are in hieroglyphs the least you can do is to include some sort of translation documentation. The bugaboo instructions you read back to front. You start at the last page and work towards the beginning. Very strange, easy in China a lot harder here. You will not really understand what I am writing about until you have to do these things for your children.
Last night I set up our skype account. This is revolution in telecommunications. Goodbye telephone, hello voice over internet.
The General Election takes place on the 5th May. Everyone thinks that Tony Blair will win his third term. We shall see on the 6th.
mug and you are sitting beside me in you maxi-cosi pram thing, sucking on your favourite dummy. Penny is lying on the patio beside us catching up on her sleep. Mum is upstairs trying to catch up on her sleep a little as well. You and I are listening to ‘How to dismantle a nuclear bomb’ by U2. I have tried you with all the usual songs that kids are meant to like, such as Bingo, Hush little baby etc. They don’t work that well with you. You like U2, Johnny Cash and the Bare Naked Ladies, particularly the song ‘If I had a million dollars.’
We all went out yesterday for our first official meal together. Mum fancied a little carrot cake and I wanted a cheese burger. So that meant a trip to Yanks the American diner. You were very well behaved as was Penny. We all sat outside in the afternoon sun.
In the morning the whole family including Grandma and Grandpa went for a walk along the passeo in marbella. It was a beautiful warn sunny morning. The sea was so blue and absolutely flat calm. We could see across to Africa and Gibraltar. Lots of people were out in boats and jet skies. The beach was quite busy, lots of Spanish people come here at this time of year. They were all on the beach, getting a suntan, swimming in the sea etc. I was so proud to be pushing your pram along the passeo. Lots of people were peeking in to see you. We all had a beer on the beach except mum who had a coffee and we all shared a plate of crisps. All this must sound boring to you, I would guess, but we all had a fantastic time showing you off.
We are still struggling with your nappies. They do not seem to be designed to keep you dry. We had to change you three or four times last night. Everything was wet. We are looking for another brand. (note)We have had success with the nappies (pampers) are you ones that work. You sleep for a couple of additional hours if you are dry and a couple of extra hours sleep for daddy and mummy is an amazing luxury.
We have all been having a fantastic time with you in our lives. We are all a little more sleepy, but so much more makes up for the lack of a little sleep. I guess we are getting less sleep than I imagined because mummy has just pointed out that my t-shirt and sweat pants are on inside out. Actually my sweat pants are on inside out and back to front.
I can see your mind beginning to develop behind you baby blue eyes. You are now taking much more interest in your surroundings and you can focus on objects that are held close to you. Both of your eyes now point in the same direction at the same time, this is a good thing.
You have had a rash all over your face. You went to bed last Saturday looking like a beautiful angel and woke up on Sunday morning looking like Nikki Lauda (Austrian racing driver, burnt in a racing accident) It only lasted a couple of days after the doctor gave you some cream.
Thomas, if you are ever thinking of having a child, let me recommend that first of all you complete a degree or even an advanced degree in engineering or ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Why ? simple, assembling baby things like prams cots etc is a highly challenging task not for the faint hearted or the uneducated. Your bugaboo push chair (they call it a ‘total transport system’) took me 3 hours to assemble. I can build £20m buildings but I struggle with prams, cots etc. The reason is simple all the instructions are in some sort of modern hieroglyph, in fact called a pictogram. In my opinion if your product instructions are in hieroglyphs the least you can do is to include some sort of translation documentation. The bugaboo instructions you read back to front. You start at the last page and work towards the beginning. Very strange, easy in China a lot harder here. You will not really understand what I am writing about until you have to do these things for your children.
Last night I set up our skype account. This is revolution in telecommunications. Goodbye telephone, hello voice over internet.
The General Election takes place on the 5th May. Everyone thinks that Tony Blair will win his third term. We shall see on the 6th.
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