Wilder Walking

Finally, in the last 2 weeks, Wilder is walking, and walking fast. Here is an early video from his walking progress, more to come.

News no pictures

Hello, and welcome. First an update - I've been using Flickr for all the photos in the blog but they are about to limit free users to 1000 photos, and delete any extras - as I have over 4000 there right now, I need to find an alternative for the blog. Hopefully coming soon. I will also convert all the previous entries to a PDF book for download, so nothing is lost. I've already done the first 2 months of 2011!

In the meantime, Ilona has for some reason started to speak with a Southern US accent, despite never, as far as I know, having encountered someone who talks like that. It is real Southern Belle 'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers' stuff. You may recall she returned from York at the beginning of the year speaking like a northerner, ('Carry me like a baby'), so she seems to have a knack for accents. But as for the Southern one, as I have no idea where she hears it (the only TV they watch is Octonauts, which is British), I can only conclude morphic resonance must be true.

First Race

Yesterday morning we all left the house early (for a Sunday) and headed out to the 2018 Weston Reservoir Run. Emily ran the 5K, while Bluet and Ilona both ran the kids fun run, once around the track and they'd completed their first race. Wilder did not run as he needs to learn to walk first (he is getting close, a couple of steps at a time).

School Photos 2018

Here are Bluet and Ilona's school photos for 2018:

Wilder talking and showing his tongue

Delivery girls

We are almost every day getting deliveries of household essentials like lawnmowers, shown here. When this arrived Bluet and Ilona decided they needed to move the box from just outside the garage, where the postman left it, to just outside the front door. This they managed despite the immense weight. Unfortunately, the postman had a better idea of where I wanted it than Bluet and Ilona, and we had to move it back.

They also enjoyed the novelty of watching a lawnmower being filled with petrol and started up, then they went off and played in the garden while I cut the grass

Woods near where we live

Redding is full of nature trails, and some are even within walking distance of the house. Of course, the kids did not want to go, but once they got there they loved it

Wilder loves to play in the dirt wherever he can find it, which is everywhere