Saturday, 16 June 2012

Six of the best & an update

I love clicking and flicking wildly through blogs, getting lost in the links. 
You never know where you will end up or what new things you will discover.
I drag any pics that take my breath away to iphoto and then look at them at the end of the week. 
I have discovered that I am really attracted to certain things........

Collections
Monochrome
Things that are beautifully aged
A little bit French
A little bit nautical 
Quirky, nutty & 'off'

Below are my six top images for the week. (All are via Desire to Inspire)







In other news.......
Finn is starting to take a bottle.
I am starting to believe in a world where life revolves around more than just 3 hourly feeds.
Yay!!!



xxx

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Solid!

We've been giving solids a try for the last week. It's going great. Finn started off only having a couple of spoonfuls and is now chowing down two ice cube tray portions. So far we have tried apple, butternut and carrot. He loves all, but the butternut rocked his world! I have side stepped the baby rice after reading 'French Children Don't Throw Food'. After all, I think the stuff tastes like wallpaper paste, so I'm sure Finn would think so too! 







He's one happy bebe!
xxx

Monday, 11 June 2012

Jubilee Muffins

Lemony, yogurty muffins for the Jubilee. 
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Only a week late, but I guess the Jubilee can last a while longer (in our household anyway!)





Recipe from here.
xxx

Saturday, 9 June 2012

Hit the bottle



Todays post is a plea. A plea for help, ideas, solutions. How do you get your baby to take a bottle when they really really really don't want to?!
Finn is now 5 months. I have breastfed him exclusively up until now. (Thinking all through, this is a great idea, it's the easy option, his food is so portable ie: it's me, yadda yadda yadda!)
Now I am sooooooo annoyed at myself! Why I didn't think to introduce a bottle early?! Now the little mite is strictly a boob man. No bottles for this kid! He may only be 5 months old, but he is the most stubborn little person I have ever met!
I am pretty much desperate to get him on a bottle as the night feeds are getting me down, way down.
Last night when Finn woke at 2am and I was willing him to go back to sleep, Richard gave me a little tickle to say 'hey are you awake?' and I whacked him one! Sock! Poor Rich!
So far I have tried Avent, Tommy Tippee and Nuk brand bottles. They all seem to make him gag or he just chews on the end. I have tried the milk cold & warmed up. I have tried various brands of formula. I tell you our 'baby' cupboard is pretty rammed right now!
So, do you have a tip or trick I could try? Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

xxx

Friday, 1 June 2012

Chryssie's for the Queen







A bit of colour for her Majesty. 
What are you up to for the Jubilee?
xxx

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Finn, Clara Mouse & more

Finn has a new friend. Clara Mouse! How sweet is she? Finn has a lot of hand-me-down toys but when I saw Clara I just knew they would be BFF's. 




Max also has a new toy. A paddling pool!


Finn is still king of the baby gym......


And brotherly love has been well and truly established.....



Sweet times.
xxx


Sticks



At last! A brilliant idea to make use of Max's mounting stick collection! Found over at this blog.

xxx

Friday, 25 May 2012

French Dream



Some of you will know that I am a card carrying Francophile.
Obsessed from an early age with all things French.
I moved to Paris from NZ, on my own, not knowing a soul, about 7 years ago.
(Okay, so I only lasted in Paree for a couple of months, but by then my life had taken a curious turn. I had met my future husband and my heart wandered to London.)
I used to joke with Richard that I had moved to Paris to marry a tall, dark French man and ended up with a short, dark Kiwi!
So, seven years later, here we are in London. (Which is like living in NZ with a thousand times more traffic and people.)
Mmmmmmmmm.
And yet, my French dream is still alive.
And a few cute little 'Frenchie' things have happened lately.....
Max is doing a French class at nursery. So, as well as learning Spanish (from Dora the Explorer! He knows all his colours and numbers.) He can also speak a little French. 
The park we go to all the time is full of French children as the Ecole Francais is right across the road. It is seriously like being in a park in Paris. Chic little French children everywhere. J'adore!
And finally, we have a proper French family living next door! They are so lovely and are into BBQ's almost as much as we are. We can hear them over the fence, sitting outside and chatting away in French to each other. 
So even though I didn't end up living in Paris, maybe, just maybe I have found my little bit of Paris in London.


xxx