Pre Holiday Cheer

Enjoying the days in the lead up to Christmas. Fresh snow on its way and only one more week of nursery/work until the big day.

Three caterpillars and three stockings...for now (but it could be mid Jan before the next addition to the family arrives....ahhhhh).

At first, Savvy wanted one of the Santa stockings. Then she realised that size does matter, and has opted for the love hearts. Sensible girl.

The Beast

Three weeks to go and all the clichés are in action...

Officially as deep from belly button to back as I am wide hip to hip - a full circle. This means I can choose whether I go through narrow spaces head on or sideways.

Insomnia at night coupled with fatigue in the day, acid reflux, a million loo breaks, swollen feet, sore back, violent kicks and punches from the beast, general grumpiness...
Smile in above photo is clearly a fake.

I'm Not Talking To You Anymore

Mega and I are now frequently being given the silent treatment by our three year old, usually when she's being asked to help clean up or get ready for bed etc - "I'm NOT talking to you anymore". For someone who chats basically non stop (and now sings out of tune Christmas carols all of the time), the torture is for Savvy and not for Mom and Dad. We hope it's a while before she figures this out...

Freezing Fog...and a bit of swimming proof...

Stirling Castle looms

Sticky snow. Rubbish sledging.

Yes, I have style

She Can Swim

We are gutted not to have been able to go to Kendal this weekend for an early Christmas hello. With the dodgy weather, it was just too tricky to tackle the roads.

On the plus, Sav wore her "I love Jessie" shirt all weekend and we got to go swimming as a family.

I haven't been in the water with Sav in over a month. I knew her lessons were going well and that following the lesson formalities she has a 2 hour fun session with Dob in the pool. But I hadn't appreciated the transformation.

I was carefully climbing down the ladder to position myself so I could catch Sav on her first jump in, but she angled herself away from me, took a massive plunge, stayed under for a few seconds, bounced back up like Tigger and swam off. It was ridiculous. I am still in shock. When she saw my face, she was so chuffed with herself. Beaming broader than her purple goggles.

All credit to Mega and his major time investment.

Before the Snow...

Before the snow, there were twigs and leaves and a gentle breeze...and the trails were a true delight.

MegaSmith kindly took some footage of MegaDob on his beloved Snow White in Mine Woods behind the flat.

See MegaDob cruise.

See MegaDob jump.

See MegaDob balance.

Lovely video by "smithmtb studios".

The Snowy School Run

We've broken our no comprimise rule on Sav riding her own bike to school and MegaDob's had to take on the extra work due to the conditions. It's ok - he's well trained with his snowy night rides, although some of his mates appear to have gone with skis yesterday.