Sofia 3 months

Sofia can roll over, babble up a storm, dribble for England (spitting that is, not football skills!) and melt all our hearts with her sheer cute-ness!  She does not like lying down, but loves standing (supported) and bouncing, rolling onto her tummy or sitting up watching the world. She is fascinated by the TV (and when we went to the cinema the other day she was transfixed by the huge screnn until succumbing to tiredness), can be comforted by the hoover and will grab anything within reaching distance and gum it.

Jasmine put these goggles on her and took this photo when we weren't looking!

helping daddy balance the budget

in one of her favourite spots

I think a cry is coming on......

getting some mummy love :-)

Matching outfits :-)

awwwww!

with her big brother, wearing a dress that used to belong to me!

London weekend pt2: Chinese New Year

This year some family members joined us in visiting London's Chinatown for the celebrations......

sorry Pippi, I couldn't resist!  Your faces are just too funny!

London weekend pt1: Different Prints studio

One of Nick's best friends (and mine too after all these years), and the kids' godfather, Andreas (Auny), is an artist.  And a very good one at that.  He has a studio in the Bernie Grant Art Centre in Tottenham where he does silk screen printing amongst other arty things.  Jasmine loves art.  Since she was a small toddler she has loved experimenting with paints, crayons and crayons on any available surface (yes, even the white walls in our rented homes).  Auny promised her and Ben that they could come to his studio and do some art work one day, and that day came when we went to London for the weekend to celebrate the Chinese New Year.  So off they went with Nick and their cousin Jerome to get their hands dirty.  And dirty they sure got!  I don't have any pictures of them doing any art though - if I had been there you could be sure I'd have shots of every possible activity from every possible angle, with every combination of people present.  Alas, Nick had the camera and he is not quite so enthusiastic.....  He did, however, take some cute pics of the children each trying on Auny's flat cap and scarf......

And one of Auny's most recent pieces of the late J Dilla