Daily Photo Challenge - 14.01.14

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Since J was so good at nursery last week, and earned himself an award sticker from nursery every day, we decided we’d treat him. When we were at Grandma & Grandad Parker’s house over the weekend we were talking to them about it and Grandad was kind enough to give J a boost to his pocket money to put toward his treat. In town, J chose a Thomas the Tank Engine Take N Play set called Lion Canyon to add to his existing track. As soon as possible, it was out of the box and set up in the front room, connected up with the rest of the track. This addition has been a firm favourite since! Top marks to the Take N Play set! My favourite photo of the day has to be this one of him playing in the front room - he was so happy and entertained for hours!

Daily Photo Challenge - 13.01.14

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Sunday night was pretty miserable for J – he was coughing, snotty and over tired. He kept waking up throughout the night and was feeling very sorry for himself.

He didn’t go to nursery, but after I persuaded him to have a bite to eat I gave him some Calpol to help make him feel better.  It quickly perked him up, and we brought the Thomas Take N Play set down from his room to play with it in the front room. As you can see, he may have been unwell but he was happy enough!

Daily Photo Challenge - 12.01.14

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We went to visit Daddy P’s mum and dad today. It was a very chilly and windy afternoon, and J was starting to cough a lot and hadn’t slept well the night before. To get there, we had to go in the car, and I’m very conscious about ensuring the carseat harness is tensioned properly – well, it is my job! So J never wears thick, padded winter coats or snowsuits in the carseat as it means you can’t tension the harness fully against the child. Since it was so chilly today, and he wasn’t feeling well, I wanted to keep him cosy in the car on the way to see Grandma & Grandad.

Some time ago a friend gave me a Thomas the Tank Engine Snunkie to use with J in the pushchairs when he got too big for the footmuffs. The Snunkie not only has a snuggly fleece lining but has Velcro tabs to hold it in place on the pushchair chassis. So instead of fixing it to the pushchair chassis, I fixed it onto the harness hooks on the carset – et voila! Another use for the Snunkie. They really are handy! So I could tension the harness of the carseat correctly against J but he was kept warm enough by using the Snunkie over the top.

We completed his cosy clothing with a grey onesie from Tesco F&F range and a knitted Spiderman hat (handmade by Grandma Parker) and he was a very comfy little boy!

Daily Photo Challenge - 05.01.14

It was a rainy day today so after a late, lazy breakfast I asked J what he wanted to do … I wasn’t surprised when he announced he wanted to play trains. And so, at the age of 32 and two thirds, I found myself in my PJs cross-legged on the floor in his room putting on a funny voice to sound like the Fat Controller, singing the “Thomas and his friends” song and having conversations about which version  of Thomas to use to pull Annie and Clarabelle (we have normal Thomas, Ltd Ed Metallic Thomas and Party Thomas!) It was a very lazy but very nice and happy way to while away the hours with my boy.