Le Grand Tour

Dear Great Gran,

Not much to report here this week but here are two pictures taken by Colin when he and Lorraine visited the weekend before last.
Here Ruth is sitting in the drivers seat of Colin's car and happily listening to the live broadcast of the Saints beating Collingwood. Colin's happiness must've been infectious - or perhaps barracking for the Saints is genetic?
In the meantime, we are asking Ruth to conserve her cuteness until the visit of the other grand parents.
much love,
Brendan

Phase Changes

Dear Great Gran,
As Ruth has become more alert and less sleepy during the daytime, we have been wondering how may soporific baths are too many for one day?























You can see she is happy and relaxed afterwards...
















...although a little perturbed by the frozen puddle outside.
















Speaking of phases changes from liquid to solids, here Ruth is helping herself to her first meal of rice cereal. She grabbed the spoon from my hand and put it straight in her mouth!

















Actually, the phrase "straight in her mouth" doesn't really do justice to the copious smearing of food on hands, face and clothes. Which is another reason for the frequent baths...
much love,
Brendan

Green Dwarf and Snow White

Dear Great Gran,

Sorry we haven't written for a few weeks , but our computer had frozen up. We have solved the problem be installing an oil heater in the study.

Here Julie perambulates with Ruth's prambulator in the winter sun.
Ruth is beginning to notice more of the world around her as she travels in her little cocoon.And here Little One is without a couple of the outer layers.
Finally, we had been told that by leaving old stiff nappies hanging out on the line overnight, they would become softened by the cool night air. But look what happened!
They were stiff as boards at 9.30am the following morning!
However, we did discover some advantages with this new technique, such as:

• It was easier to stack nappies vertically and thus save space,
  
• You could make a really neat and straight fold, and
  
• They became snow white, although some of this disappeared once the frost fell off.

much love
Brendan