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.
Sunday, 29 April 2007
Another Sunday
Another beautiful day on the Costa del sol. Very warm with a beautiful right blue sky all day.
We as usual went for our morning coffee on on the beach. After you spent 40 minutes or so throwing rocks into the sea we headed off to the old town of Marbella. At the main square there was a charity market being held for a local hospital. We were early, they were just unloading the toys for the stall and so we swooped and bought a big white Porsche 911 GT, a new yellow tractor with a rolling attachment and a driver and finally a little fire engine. We got it all for a mere 2.50€. Not too shabby.
You spent the rest of the day playing with these new toys in the garden, in the paddling pool, in the bath, on the couch and then in bed.
Mummy felt a little ill this evening and went to bed at 7.30pm. She is still asleep as I write this at 11.30 pm. Mummy must have picked up a bug of some sort, either that or she has developed some sort of strange sleeping sickness. Lets just hope it is a bug.
For dinner tonight, I prepared for the family a sweet potato Shepherd’s pie. You ate half a mouthful or so and Mummy just had a nibble because she felt sick. Still I enjoyed it. You went to bed at 8.30pm and I watched a lousy video with Ben Stiller called ‘Night at the Museum’. I also ate one of your teeny tiny chocolate puddings.
We as usual went for our morning coffee on on the beach. After you spent 40 minutes or so throwing rocks into the sea we headed off to the old town of Marbella. At the main square there was a charity market being held for a local hospital. We were early, they were just unloading the toys for the stall and so we swooped and bought a big white Porsche 911 GT, a new yellow tractor with a rolling attachment and a driver and finally a little fire engine. We got it all for a mere 2.50€. Not too shabby.
You spent the rest of the day playing with these new toys in the garden, in the paddling pool, in the bath, on the couch and then in bed.
Mummy felt a little ill this evening and went to bed at 7.30pm. She is still asleep as I write this at 11.30 pm. Mummy must have picked up a bug of some sort, either that or she has developed some sort of strange sleeping sickness. Lets just hope it is a bug.
For dinner tonight, I prepared for the family a sweet potato Shepherd’s pie. You ate half a mouthful or so and Mummy just had a nibble because she felt sick. Still I enjoyed it. You went to bed at 8.30pm and I watched a lousy video with Ben Stiller called ‘Night at the Museum’. I also ate one of your teeny tiny chocolate puddings.
Friday, 27 April 2007
You and The Chocolate Bunny
When you and mummy were visiting our neighbour Sheila last night, despite your mummy’s protests, Sheila gave you a large chocolate bunny. You got so hyped up on the sugar that you were still up running about singing ‘Wee Willy Winkie,’ at 10.30 pm. Then the sugar wore off and you more or less passed out. It was exhausting but it was very funny.
Why do neighbours think it is ok to pump other people’s kids full of chocolate?
Why do neighbours think it is ok to pump other people’s kids full of chocolate?
Sunday, 22 April 2007
New word
Hi Tom
'I see a snail outside daddy.' Was the first time that you used I instead of Tom. You would normaly have said 'Tom see a snail outside daddy.'
You are learning so quickly. I go to work and you know nothing about bumble bees, I come home 8 hours later and you are telling me all about them. It is amasing to me.
I love you
Daddy
'I see a snail outside daddy.' Was the first time that you used I instead of Tom. You would normaly have said 'Tom see a snail outside daddy.'
You are learning so quickly. I go to work and you know nothing about bumble bees, I come home 8 hours later and you are telling me all about them. It is amasing to me.
I love you
Daddy
Friday, 20 April 2007
Poo
Well, little man. You did your first poo in a potty yesterday. The look of wonder on your face was something i will never forget. You were so excited that you had to tell everybody. You even told Elke at the studio.
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