rosie in her new gorgeous french cardigan and her cool sunglasses...
below is rosie's new aqua draw mat - see she can write her own name already! what an intelligent girl she is!!!!!

Hi,

so this week has been a busy one since getting back from hols. i am trying to catch up with washing, getting our house all tidy and clean and getting ready for school next week.

rosie is being a total nightmare going to sleep at night, well i exaggerate really - she is in her cot settling herself but is whinging lots, i think her 3 new teeth are giving her problems bless her! poor thing. She came with me into school today to get my classroom ready, she enjoyed sitting on the children's chairs and playing with all the trays of school stuff, especially the calculators... is she a maths genious in the making???

Then this pm we spent the afternoon in Jo's garden with lots of our mummy baby friends. They are all now walking, the last two of our groups started this holiday so they are now all now on the move. Amazing to think this time last year they weren't even eating real food, not rolling over or sitting up yet and look at them now!!!! incredible!!!

well rosie is back in nursery tomorrow after two and a half weeks off, I hope she settles ok with not too many problems. I am back in school to keep going with my room and sorting stuff out for the children coming in next week. ARGH! I don't feel ready yet. Will I ever????

chat soon xxxx

wow what a wonderful holiday we've just had, a fabulous week in guernsey and a few days in france. We had a great time playing in the sand with rosie, I had a few swims too and we all ate lots of yummy french food and drank lots of wine! Rosie was cuddled LOTS by everyone, all my family loved seeing her again and watching her run around everywhere!!! She adored the beach, running across the sand, watching us build sandcastles then knocking them down and paddling in the sea!





we had a lovely family get together with granny sue and grandpa sam, auntie ant and uncle areth, great grandma and great grandad trott, the cousins, 2nd cousins, friends of family etc etc was good fun!
rosie getting ready in her gorgeous dress made by granny sue
rosie loved walking down our road to see the golden guernsey goat and the sheep, by the end of the week she could find her own way there, we just followed her as she led the way - so so cute. She amazes us everyday with her understanding of the world, she can follow any instruction now we give her, like going to fetch her shoes or passing something to someone else, she is amazingly intelligent we think!!!! ;-)
The West show was on during our time in guernsey, rosie loved seeing the cows and she now 'moooooooos' at them or when she sees photos of cows!
and the pigs....
and the sheep....
finishing off our day with a ride on the helter skelter with her daddy!
Me and my two gorgeous girls, rosie and my 2nd cousin alana.


on the boat to herm island, we had a fabulous day trip out, rosie loved the boat and wanted to stand on the outside deck the whole journey! we went on the ealry milk boat but by the time we reached the beach it was gorgeous sunshine! i swam with mum and my cousin elaine - everyone else chickened out!

rosie and alana played so wonderfully at the beach, collecting shells and passing the shells to one another and putting them in their bucket! cute!!!!
it was a great holiday. and these are just a few photos out of about 450 photos!!!!!!!!

Hi,

sorry I've not written in a while - the summer hols have been so busy but great! I love being busy. Lots of social events and Rosie as gorgeous as ever.

Above is the photo taken at Auntie Diane's the day after Ant's wedding, it was so hot so Diane got a washing up bowl and lovely cool water and some fun things to play with, Rosie took out each item then climbed on in! She enjoyed herself so much!!!

Below are photos of our messy play session at our house - we had all Rosie's friends round and we laid out a big shower curtain. We played with cooked spaghetti, baked beans, jelly and shreddies! Rosie and her friend Phoebe loved it, but all the others were a bit more sensible and wouldn't go near the mess.

We got her a Rockin Dog! She loves it!!!! It had money off in Babies R Us and I couldn't resist.

Rosie pulls this funny face all the time now, it's her new facial expression that she wants to share with everyone. So so cute! Makes me giggle!

And a much nicer mini smile below! Her hair has grown so much she can now wear a clip!!! yey!

Well we are getting very excited about our holiday to Guernsey. Looking forward to relaxing in the sun.... (wishful thinking!) I have been baking healthy muffins for Rosie - pineapple, carrot and ginger ones, they are so yummy!!!!!! I had better go and help her eat one!!!! :-)

BYE xxxx