What do you look like?!

We saw this on Andy Wier's facebook so we thought we'd have a go...I (Anna) would like to add that I am very pleased that I was the only one of the three of us to have purely celebrities of my own sex as results! I am also slightly worried about some of Mark's results - (check out the guy with the beard, who Daniel seems to have inherited too) And Daniel seems to have quite an obsession with Harry Potter...hmmm...

Learning to eat

In the last couple of weeks we have started to wean Daniel. So far we haven't found anything he won't eat, but there are a few things that he screws his face up at before gulping them down.

Foods he likes:

Sweet Potato

Potato

Butternut squash

Carrot

Broccoli (yes broccoli!! - and I felt sick feeding it to him!)

Apple

Banana

Avocado

Foods he thinks are a bit dodgy: (Mummy and Daddy agreed)

Baby banana porridge

Baby rice (a.k.a. wallpaper paste)

At first I decided I was going to make all the food myself, but then saw that the organic pots in the supermarket were only 40p each (if you buy 10) and so I thought I might as well get some for when we go out - a lot less hassle. I think I'm going to be in for a shock though when we start weaning other babies in Peru - I doubt baby foods in jars are readily available!

Of course, as is inevitable, food gets pasted all over his face, bib, clothes, hands, mummy, floor, table... (and he's not even feeding himself yet!)

Daddy can't wait 'til he's eating steak (medium rare, of course)

Here is a video of him eating - just watch that concentration!

Langsett Weekend Away

This weekend we went away to Little Wenlock, to Jayne's parents house (fortunately for them they were not there) for a weekend away with our group at church. After following the RAC directions and ending up at a large roundabout 5 miles from the house we looked up the address in a local A-to-Z and ended up in the village. Some locals were necessary to actually find the road, but seeing as there are only about 5 streets in Little Wenlock, it wasn't too difficult!! The view was stunning from their garden

and we all went on a walk or two around the area - including Daniel.

Highlights included Charis refusing to do an impression of Bill Clinton; Morton learning yet more random English words (eg. going on a 'recky'); Daniel throwing up an entire avocado breakfast (perhaps more of a low-light!); Mark's treasure hut (clues including 'A computer has one, and a type of lizard is one' to find clue by the baby monitor); and an excellent BBQ courtesy of Jayne's brother (I thought the steaks were the best, but everyone was raving about the lamb fillets)

Fun was had by all!

4 months and counting

All being well, depending on flights details, Anna, Daniel and myself will be jetting off to Peru, via L.A. We have flights booked for the 15th September to L.A, and we just need to wait for confirmation, and we'll book tickets from L.A to Lima (capital of Peru) and then to Arequipa. I am very excited but know that it is all happening and can't wait, but know in God's timing, and 4 months will go in no time at all.

Here's one I took earlier!!

Genesis 9:16

Came out of our front door on Saturday night and this is what I saw! I took some photos, turned round again and it was gone. We don't live next to the Noah's Ark pub for no reason, you know!

Asleep in his cot

Bank Holiday Monday seemed a good opportunity to lower Daniel's cot as he is getting more mobile every day - he is grabbing onto anything within reach and getting more and more wriggerly - we just didn't fancy hearing a bump in the night and finding him catapulted onto the floor!

A Weekend in Newcastle

This May Bank Holiday we went to Newcastle to visit Mark's sister Liz and her husband Will.

We all had lots of fun - Daniel found Auntie Liz particularly hilarious. We visited Pet's Corner and had a walk around by the river. On Sunday we walked around Bowham Lake, which was very beautiful but VERY windy. The carm lake turned into waves hitting the shore!

Daniel, however, managed to stay snug as a bug in his rug against the wind.

English grammar

I (Mark) amusingly am teaching English as you may know at a school in Sheffield. I have found that the level of English grammar is very low, so I decided to do a test, a spelling and definitions test . Some answers have amused me, so here they are to hopefully do the same for you.

A. Spell and give the meaning for:

1. saga, a games company
2. beck, my primary school
3. druid, a monk with a long beard
4. periscope. in the science lab there are 2 periscopes
5. druid, is a hybrid
6. saga, an insurance company
7. inferno, my favourite song is disco inferno
8. knapsack, a river bank- what was she thinking of?
9. opera, my nan goes to the opera
finally 10, angel a messenger belonging to God. I was very impressed. Pity they didn't do very well on the rest of the test.