Green Tongue

Not a great weekend, the weather wasn't good - quite a bit of rain and it has got colder. The plan for Saturday was to go to a steam rally in Bridgnorth with the Zielkes, but Olly came down with a cold and none of us really wanted to get cold and wet, so we visited the Zielkes instead. Tom was in his element (lots of new toys) and we all got to catch up.

Next stop was Shrewsbury for a spot of lunch and some shopping, including Setonaikai, meaning that we picked up lots of Japanese food. Didn't get home until 4pm, Tom was tired, so put him down for a quick nap, then had a late dinner (dim sum - yummy) and late to bed (Tom didn't get to bed until 8.15 - which is mega late for him!

Today, we decided to go to Enginuity for Tom to have a play - which he did, he certainly does enjoy himself there - as long as he can play with the water feature and the recycling apparatus he is as happy as Larry. We then walked to the Green Wood centre to have lunch (Tom wasn't very happy with us and grizzled pretty much all the way there) and then back (with some cheese on toast and flapjack in his tummy he did much better on the way back!)

We then had a lazy afternoon - the boys playing with trains whilst I made Japanese in the kitchen - gyoza and chicken karaage, both of which I was quite pleased with.

If you are wondering about the photo - Tom had a cupcake with green buttercream on it as a treat earlier this week (I made some ready for a wedding consultation, but the bride pulled out at the last minute, meaning extra cake in the house) Makes a lovely picture doesn't it?

Cakes

I had a pretty busy week with work. I took on an order that went from being a simple cake, to being a very involved cake telling a story of a family going stock car racing in the 1970's. It got so involved that I tried to put Tom in nursery for an extra session this week, but they couldn't take him, meaning I had to work most evenings which wasn't great, means I have no time to relax and Matt doesn't get any quality time with me. I have decided not to take on any orders this week, so I can catch up. We also need to go out as we have two babysitting sessions owed us at the moment.

New Words

Tom's really beginning to pick up words now, we've had loads over the past two weeks: Saturday, nose, toes, toast, knee, light, chew, cake, me and many more I can't think of right now. He is also beginning to mimic us, so saying words he doesn't necessarily know the meaning of. It's quite exciting seeing his language develop and makes interacting with him so much easier. He still can't say Tom, if you ask him his name he says 'Daddy'! He will recognise himself in a photo though and say 'me' when you ask him 'who is holding the ball' etc

Long Mealtimes

He has also developed a really annoying habit of chewing his food really slowly, he will chew and chew and chew, but not swallow, meaning meal times can get very very long. Having said that he is still eating well - he ate dim sum and gyoza this week, without too much coercion.