What noise does a duck make?

'Baa' according to Simon and a fish goes 'woof woof'.

New Jim Jams

Grandma bought Simon some new jammies. Thanks Grandma!

King of the (Sand) Castle

Our patio is being retiled. So the builders placed a big pile of sand in the middle of it. Simon was able to have a play before it got turned into concrete.

Climbing

Simon's mobility is taking off in leaps and bounds. His latest self imposed challenge is climbing into tight spots. Here he is in his toy cupboard,

and in the bottom of his pram.

Easter

Simon crammed lots of things into this Easter. He got to hang out with Gran and Gramps as well as Grandma and Grandpa. After church on Good Friday he informed us that 'God . . . save' which we were very proud of and on Saturday he had his first Easter egg hunt and ate his first egg.

Finding the first egg of the hunt.

Searching . . . .
success!
Putting all his eggs in one basket
and then trying to make off with it.

Discovering there's something under the foil.

and it tastes good.


All finished.

Big Boy Bed

Simon's bed has been converted to a toddler bed. This is his first time sleeping in it.

We converted the bed in the hope that Simon would get out and play quietly with his toys so we could sleep later in the morning. Instead Simon calls out for us until we go in, then he hops out of bed and plays (loudly) with his toys.

Mummy also made Simon a quilt to go with his new bed. He seems to like it and cuddles it as he sleeps.

New Kicks!

First solid sole shoes. Too excited to stand still for a photo.

Gardening

Simon and Mummy have been doing some gardening. Simon has been learning the different between weeds and plants (i.e. Mummy gets upset when he pulls out the plants) and that plants need leaves for food so we can't pull them all off.

These are our beans. They have been our most successful plants so far. Despite being attacked by snails and caterpillars they are still growing. They have just started to flower so we should have our first harvest soon.
Simon took this photo of the carrots (hence the finger). You can also see some baby lettuce from some seeds that got spilt.

The parable of the cardboard house

There was a man who built a house out of cardboard. The rain came down and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great splash.

Cuddles

Simon gives cuddles without being asked sometimes.