managed to finish sorting out the living room, including putting up table and chairs. In the process found the camera lead, so will be posting piccies at some point soon!
This afternoon, Chrisand Alison popped in on their way back from meeting their camper van. Was nice (lol) to meet Chris in the flesh – not at all how I’d pictured him (although I knew roughly what he looked like from blogshots!). Funny, I think we all forget how difficult it is to get to know each other solely through the written word – there is no intonation, no expression – you can’t tell if someone is shy, terse, offhand, flippant – they can all come across very similarly. Dd had got some mats out that we’ve had under the sofa since she learned not to land head down on the floor, and her and Chris experimented with forward rolls. By the end of the session, she had it well cracked – and was so proud of herself, it was great to see.
Alison and I chatted about Hesfes – I’m looking forward to it, in a quietly intimidated way. Perked up at the news that it might be possible to get online while I’m there though – that would be great. We could group blog! 😉 Dp and Chris had a bit of a chat, and generally, I thoroughly enjoyed the visit. I know I’m not good with ppl, so I always feel a bit tense when ppl I don’t know overly well IRL come over, but I felt very comfortable while they were here so that relaxed me a bit more about the impending camping expeditions as well.
And ds bounced around the garden in a very boyish kind of way – quite surprised when he had a game of roll the ball to me – don’t remember dd doing that sort of thing at his age. Mind, the only thing that I can place really well for her is when she walked – I know that we bought her first pair of shoes on December 1st, before her first birthday in January, and that was because she was going to nursery and playing outside. I like children to be barefoot, but not in winter in a playground! Exploring little leather pull ons for ds – even got him measured and tried on Clarks crawling shoes (boo hiss) but they just fall off his feet – no good at all. No problems length wise – he’s a three and a half apparently – but his heels are very narrow.
The bouncing round the garden must have done him good – he was falling asleep in his tea, went down in his (bedside) cot just after 8 and is still there. I’m a touch bewildered to say the least, but it’s very refreshing having a bit of adult space – we’ve even had a beer! (Just the one, between us, don’t want to get carried away). Right off to catch up with the blogring – couldn’t get my laptop out last night due to the room reorg, so didn’t get round properly last night or this morning…I’m getting withdrawal!
