Silas' words

Hi there! Hope that this finds you well; we are fine here and are looking forward to Mum and Dad visiting next week!

We have had a good couple of days this week; Monday was a quiet day although Silas had his immunisations in the morning and his check up which went well. The doctor was pleased with him and asked whether he had 3 or 4 words. I nearly asked "What, a minute?" but refrained and said that he had more like 15! He doesn't say all of them very clearly and some of them are sounds rather than exact words but he makes his point well. His new words this week are "Arf" (giraffe) and "LLLA" (Cinderella) - you need to hear that one really! So he is doing well!

We had a bit of a minor panic yesterday though with him, although all was well. When I picked him up from his nap at lunch time, I went to change his nappy and saw that there was blood on the nappy and that his willy was very swollen. Also, which was worrying me, the nappy was dry and yet I knew he had drunk loads and I was expecting it to be wet; I managed to make an appointment to see the doctor later on in the afternoon but when we saw her, everything was back to normal, there was no blood and no swelling and it was a wet nappy!! She thought that perhaps he had pulled it a little too hard - a likely explanation! Anyway, I was just relieved that all was well!

Although we had to cut it short we also managed to see Elisabeth and Amy as planned as well yesterday afternoon which was fun too! Today, after school we iced a cake that we made yesterday and then met Lisa and the twins at the boat for a bit! The children had great fun playing but Silas is shocking at running off. He kept on making a bee line to the jewellry shop next to the boat and he was very fascinated with all the pretty sparkly things!!!

Naomi has been very good the last couple of days and she enjoyed making and icing the cake which was nice! She was very helpful in clearing up last night - Tim was really proud of her. Esther is fine and has been practicing her writing - she is getting quite good at writing her name which is good! Esther has reached the stage that she only wants to wear skirts and so I have been fishing out Naomi's old ones. This is fine but Esther has such a tiny waist and no bottom that I have to take them in. I have succeeded in doing a couple but one I thought I had done is still too big and the other 2 are denim ones without elastic waist bands and so I am not quite sure how to tackle them! I will have to take her shopping next week I think! She'll like that!

Well, that is about it for now! I will write on Sunday I hope! Take care!