Some people never learn...

Happy Halloween

Some people never learn. Mummy is one of those people. If any of you were reading the blog two years ago you may remember a post called "Halloween is halted"  where Mummy ate all the sweets before the guisers had all been round. Well history does have a habit of repeating itself.

After the rugby World Cup final (circa 17.45), Mummy announced she was feeling sick. On cross examining Mummy it appeared that she had eaten somewhere in the order of 20-30 sweets. The sweets that were meant for the guisers coming round. The logic for this was based on our neighbour Yvonne telling Tanya that they hardly got any guisers in the neighbourhood. It seems she was wrong.

After about 10 guisers in, Mummy was looking decidedly worried. The depleted sweet stock was looking very low indeed. With every ringing of the doorbell Mummy looked decidedly more ghost like, as the dawning realisation of her sweet binge was coming home to roost. By 19.30 Emily was rushed off for an early bath and our lovely pumpkin was hastily brought it. It seemed Halloween had been halted once again.

Even more amusingly, Mummy also insisted that there were such things as "ghoulies". To which Daddy burst out laughing. Sticking hard to her case, Mummy pushed her T-ism, and so Daddy resorted to the dictionary to explain his mirth. No such word as "ghoulie" could be found but he did find...

"goolie or gooly - n, pl -lies 1. Taboo slang. a testicle"

Most amusing. A true T-ism. A shame Emily has started copying everything Mummy and Daddy say.

Our little Halloween cat

In less amusing sweet news, it appears Emily is developing Daddy's passion for cooking. She has taken great delight in helping out in the kitchen recently, and her piece de resistance has to be a cheesecake that she made last weekend. Clearly one for the Great British Bake Off in the years to come...

The righfully proud chef

A century of the supreme being...

Well this is the 100th post on the blog. I had no idea that I had written that many until I went to write this one. And its all primarily down to one person - the supreme being herself. Here she is almost 3 years ago...

Day 2 of life...

So Emily is now 35 months old, and well on track in terms of her development. She amazed me the other day with a picture of an elephant and completing a 40-piece jigsaw with only a little prompting. She's also developing physically and getting much braver by learning to climb and balance. How children learn so much and so quickly is absolutely incredible to see. As adults we don't have anywhere near the same capacity to learn. 3 years ago she could do very little for herself, but now, although she still has much to learn, its fascinating how many life skills she has started to master.

 Most definitely an elephant...

 Pleased as punch post-jigsaw completion

 Getting so much braver

Videoclip: Discovering hopping

Still loving the outdoors

 This has to be one of the best views from a swing

Grandma and Grandad paid us a visit last weekend and we had a delightful time. With trips to Fintry, Schoenstatt and Campsie Glen; lots of coffee, cake and other nice food; and some gentle walks and great fresh air; a wonderful time was had by all I think. We even discovered just how much Emily likes rugby!!

 Playparks bring out the child in us all

 The senior Rookes with Rooke junior

 Competitive poo-sticks

Embracing the Scottish air

Videoclip: Passionate for Scotland

The Dog and Dragon...

The Revenge of the Autumnal Dragon

The end of September saw the fine weather continue as we headed up to Banchory for what is becoming an annual trip to Nana and Baba's for some fine food, relaxation, baby sitting and a spot of munro bagging. And once again we had our annually wonderful time. Highlights were a trip round a magical, fairy wood; the horse welfare centre; tramping through autumnal forests; a trip to the allotment; and Mummy and Daddy getting a cheeky night away in the van and a spot of munro bagging. Thanks once again to Nana and Baba for looking after us amazingly well.

Searching for fairies

 

Horse love at the Welfare Centre

Mummy and Daddy's escape

Spooky shadows

 

 Nana and Emily enjoying the fruits of the allotment

 

 One, Two, Three...Wheeee!

And then October came with incredibly the sun still shining. Its not shined everyday but there's been some great days and lots of time spent in the garden. The supreme being has been getting her head round the seasons and has been really engrossed in watching the leaves change colours and start to fall. We've been blackberry picking and enjoyed the apples from the garden. We've discovered new play parks and paths round Kirkintilloch. We've swept up leaves and put up our Dutch nesting box. It's been great finding more out about our new community, and watching Emily discover and learn more about the world around her. Her speech grows all the time, she counts beyond ten and every other thing is "Why?". There's lots to be thankful for this autumn.

How d'ya like those apples?

Videoclip: Conquering The Wibbly Bridge

Videoclip: Man's best friend