Parks...

Now that the busy Christmas period is over and normal life has resumed we are back to going to the park. Below Della plays at our local park...

Her wellies don't help get speed on the slide!

But you can get speed on the swings1

It's only a 5 min walk home - or 25mins if Della decides to play en route

On Sunday we decided to treat Della and take her to Rowntree park which is a little car ride away but has the best swings/slides/geese and is beside the river so it's a bit more fun. However, when we arrived we saw the notice below...

Uhoh

We were not deterred though and jumped the fence as Della was upset that she couldn't go on the swings. You can see in the background that the park isn't in the best condition having just been totally submerged but we like to break the rules!

The play area across the feild wasn't broken though so after Simon struggled to get back over the fence (he is aging!) we headed to the climbing frame...

 Then, Della pondered her thoughts while watching ducks on the river!

Getting creative...

Della has always enjoyed getting creative. She started with coloured pencil's, progressed to bic biro's and then recently she has become very interested in paint and glitter! I think this is an influence from nursery but we have also started getting messy at home and she really really enjoys it. Although clean up can take quite a while!

Here she is getting messy.

A couple of video's of this to follow soon...

New Bedding

Della has a new quilt and a tiny little pillow now and she loves it. Last night was her first time sleeping in it and she did well. She likes to pick out the animals and make their noises. In fact this morning after she woke up she insisted on going back into her cot (I got in and played a little too) before she would get ready and put her clothes on. You will see that Della also likes to have all her soft friends in bed with her too.

2012 phone photo highlights

I normally take photos on my camera not phone. However, I've been cleaning out my phone and found these photos, some highlights from 2012 I think. Look how much Della has changed in the past six month!!

Cute spikey hair

I LOVE this - in New York - Looking hot and huge!!

Bath time is always fun!

Mmm food!

More bath time fun!

Helllooooo.....

This is a plane

Sunny sunny day

Boo!

Sunshine

Hello pockets

Sleepy happy girl

Reading with GranAnne and Ethan

Napping with Daddy

In the shop Della insisted she put these shoes on, it was very funny - she wanted a sparkly moment!

Uncle Nick's Birthday

This week Uncle Nick had a birthday so we invited him round for tea. Della helped me prepare all the vegetables standing on a chair. This is something she is enjoying doing lots. She has eventually understood that the big knife isn't for her but she is very content put chopped things into bowls, snacking on them as we go. 

Della hand made her present for Uncle Nick's birthday and very much enjoyed helping him open the presents. More on Della's emerging creative side will be in another blog post...

A final few from Christmas

Here are just a few more photos of Della around Christmas time...

Della tries on my Gamesmaker shoes from Anna. I'll have to keep a close eye on them I think!

Over Christmas we went to Ikea. After looking all over for a suitable quilt and cover for Della the only ones we could find that weren't totally covered in pink fairies were at Ikea and Granda Andrew said he would get them for Della for her Christmas present. While in Ikea Della very much enjoyed embracing the child friendly side of the store and even tasted some Swedish meatballs (I had the rest with chips, mmm...)

I can't wait til i have a wendy house in the garden

What's through here then?

Della started crying so we tried to sell her

Then she was a bit cute and we changed our minds!

Della enjoyed spending lots of play time in Cousin Ethans new house

Here she tried to help Ethan open his pencil table, he tells her to get off!

Ethan is just as happy with his table as Della was!