Can you spot the Fieldfare hiding in this photo? Last winter we had a number of these birds around here, but this year we've only seen this ONE bird. He frequented our back garden during the many weeks of snow we've had, eating red berries off the bushes. It's a large, heavy bird and I kept trying to get a photo of him. But as you can see, he's quite good at hiding!
Abgiail, Clement and Benjamin with their trains made out of sticklebricks! :-)
Dressed all cosy and wearing a cute wee hat from "Aunty" Nome!
I love her sweet face, if I might say so myself! age around 2.5 months old
Fieldfare again - I've rather enjoyed attempting pics of birds from the windows this winter, while being kept inside with lots of snow!
A beautiful ice formation on some Climbing Hydrangea flowers
icy flowers again! :)
My dear husband and 2 smallest people! :)
Clement has his own unique style of art: he almost always draws in circles! (the giraffes were coloured by someone else, btw) Anyway, as the above shows, there are loads of circular shapes in different colours all over the page. He doesn't usually do the random messy scribbles that so many little children do - it's all circles!Speaking of Clement, not sure if I've mentioned on here before about him being a chatterbox? He's talking really well now - complete sentences too! He's quite a lot of fun to talk to, though it's a bit crazy when you hear him in the background repeating everything that is said around him, including complicated words! I guess he's trying to practice his language skills, so he copies everything he hears - quite like a parrot! It's really good fun having such talkative children and if Benjamin is anything to go by, once they start talking, they *never* stop! :-)
Out for a walk on New Year's Day - 2.5 months old
Benjamin on a scooter with Peter making sure he doesn't run off!
A cold Clement, all wrapped up (for once! as he usually takes hat & mittens off as soon as he's outside)
Abigail and her scooter
Me looking rather huge, wearing Deborah in the Papoozle, and with a big coat zipped up around her! :)
Me and my baby girl - she's looking a bit grumpy, as she didn't enjoy the cold weather (it was very cold - well below zero)
The beautiful views that we have only a few hundred yards from the house. Can't say Scotland isn't beautiful!
Sheep in a nearby field, with the Dornoch Firth in the background
Deborah *loves* to have a bath! She's very messy tho, as she splashes and kicks like crazy!
Deborah wants to join in with her brothers colouring ;-) (and yes, I'm holding her up!)
such a darling little girl - chewing her favourite blanket
Abigail (complete with messy hair, as always!) wanting her photo taken with Deborah, who she loves to pieces
Looking all grown up here - nearly 3 months
moving about on the floor at 3 months old - a few minutes after I took this photo, I found her about 6 inches further along, with her head off the rug
Picking up some favourite toys. It's quite amazing how skilled she is at grabbing toys and holding them. She's very coordinated and *always* has something in her hands (and mouth!). She's been teething since about 2 months old, as all of my babies seem to do! But if Abigail is anything to go by, the teeth might not appear until she's 8 months! It usually seems as if my babies are teething for a couple of years! :-P
Peek-a-Boo!
3 months old here, and wearing a very special dress, which my dear friend Marilyn in Canada made for her! :-) It's slightly big for her just now, but I was really wanting her to wear it for her baptism, so I tried it on and it wasn't *that* much too big, so she wore it. Oh, and the hat she's wearing in the pic is one that I wore as a baby - still in very good condition, nearly 29 years later! It's great for keeping her ears warm with all the cold weather we've been having.
Modelling the lovely dress again, which is complete with matching "bloomers", which are very sweet looking!
Abigail and her mini snowman
Deborah seems to have skipped right past baby books and board books - she's got rather advanced taste ;-) as seen by her keen attention and excitement as Peter was reading "Harry's Mad" by Dick King-Smith! It was hilarious how excited she was, even giggling! She seems to love hearing books read.
Another one of the happy little girl listening to the book
My dear Benjamin
And the very cheeky Clement
