IKEA arrow day

Earlier this week we passed an arrow and Bluet asked 'what's that' so I told her. I didn't think much of it, but this morning we went for a walk and Bluet was fascinated by all the arrows she saw. It was difficult to get her down from the big arrow - a feat only possible by promising we would see more arrows. You will notice that Bluet also has a rather fine pair of new wellies with ladybird faces on them. She no longer wants to wear any other shoes. As you can see. Later on we went to Ikea, and Bluet took off the boots in order to lie in the bed. After that, we went to the Children's Museum which had all sorts of halloween activities set up. Bluet painted her own face and really enjoyed 'trick or treating' the people who work at the museum, who were giving sweets to all the kids. So far, she has eaten one trick-or-treated chocolate.

Ikea arrow!

Where's Bluet?

There she is!

Where's Bluet?

There she is!

A long weekend

This weekend has been abnormally long and tiring as Emily is at a conference on the tropical island paradise of Hawaii. To entertain Bluet yesterday we walked to the library, where Bluet mostly looked for Maise books. Her favourite was the pop up one in the video below, which was rather cool, but I was loathe to borrow it as I am sure she would quickly destroy the pop ups that had not already been broken by a previous child borrower. In the afternoon we went to the children's museum, and played in the water, and in kidopolis, a corporate sponsored child run fake town where your child can learn to deliver parcels, work in a bank or drive a police car. This morning we went to the Zoo, where Bluet mainly enjoyed pressing buttons, and then this afternoon we hung out and did summersaults and made towers and read books. Finally, Bluet went to bed. Below you will find some photos, some videos, and my attempt to record a conversation with Bluet.

I walked in to Bluet's room, and found her reading her book to her dolly. Unfortunately my appearance distracted her, so I only got 6 second of video. Tonight I put Bluet to bed, and she was very quiet. I went in to check, and she was sitting by her bookshelf with 'owly' in her lap, reading Miffy books. 

Sunday

On Sunday before the big storm, Bluet and I headed to the park. I thought I'd let her run off a little into the trees and explore. Of course, she immediately found what I thought was a mole hill. As I started to explain what a mole hill was, she reached down to prod it, and I realised it was not a mole hill, but an ant hill. I had never seen such a thing. By this point her and my feet were covered in ants. Then they started to bite. I took Bluet's shoes off to brush off the nasty ants, and she was very brave and didn't cry, just said 'yucky'. Then the storm clouds rolled in and we headed home. So both Bluet and I learned about fire ants. They are not my favourite animal.

As it rained, Bluet discovered rainbows, from some stickers she has. She calls them 'wee-mows' and they may soon rival the moon for sheer excitement. Then later we went to the children's museum (a brisk 10 minute walk away), where Bluet learned to drive.

Off to find some fire ants

Back home, sheltering from the storm

Learning to drive

Playing with the water features at the Children's Museum