Thursday, 8 July 2010

Storytime ... Gracolocks and the 3-in-1 Chairs !

Are you sitting comfortably ? Then I'll begin ... !


Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Juliette ... oops I mean Gracolocks, who was walking through the forest when she came to a little house. Being a curious, cheeky little girl (which is just a nicer way of saying nosey and rude !) , she wandered straight in and started looking around.


First of all, she came across three bowls of porridge in the kitchen - one small, one medium-sized and one big. Being well-versed in her bedtime classics, she immediately thought to herself, "Oh crikey, I'd better get my snooping around done before Daddy, Mummy and Baby Bear get back ... or until I wake up out of this dream" !


Shooting upstairs, she came across three chairs - one small, one big and one medium sized.



Followed by three pairs of shoes - one small, one big and one medium-sized.



Glancing at the three different-sized beds, she dismissed those immediately, thinking to herself "Who wants to go to sleep when they're in the middle of an exciting fairy tale adventure/dream ? Not me, that's for sure ! Naptime's for babies !"


Skipping back outside and peeking in the garage, she saw the Three Bears' Car - but she wasn't sure if it was a Bear-ntley or a BMW (Bears' Mechanized Wheels). (These are the jokes, folks !) Knowing that even if this was a dream, bears can't drive, Gracolocks peered into the back seat expecting to see three car seats, one small, one medium-sized and one big. But there weren't - there was only one.



Suddenly the three bears arrived and said, "Oi, get your hands off our Nautilus car seat. It's a 3-in-1 car seat that fits small, medium and big-sized bears so unlike everything else in our house, we don't need three of them. One does the job."



Then Mum woke me up and said "Hello, Sleepyhead. Did you fall asleep dreaming of testing out your fab new carseat at the weekend ? You've been dribbling all over the settee" !





Not long to go Gracolocks (and Sophie and Pierre) - I promise we'll test it out next weekend !

Monday, 5 July 2010

Welcome to our fish and chop shop !


No, we're not really branching out and opening a restaurant - someone who will remain nameless didn't shut the freezer properly so everything (and I mean everything) defrosted. I must have cooked the equivalent of 1 cow, 2 pigs and an aquarium full of fish !

Still this lot left to go - but I think I'll leave that for Mike too barbecue later. It's getting too hot in here now (not to mention pongy - pooey fish/meat mix !). So much for a quiet start to the holidays !

Pleeeease Mum, can I sit in the naughty seat today ?!

Who'd have thought the kids would be squabbling over whose turn it is to sit in the naughty seat ?! Ahh but you're thinking of the Naughty Step ... they're talking about the funky new Nautilus car seat from Graco that we've been sent to roadtest ! It's a 3-in-1 car seat that is suitable from 9 months to 12 years, so it's absolutely ideal for us to test out thoroughly.

You'll be hearing a lot more about it over the next few weeks as we try it out, one kid at a time, on various long journeys but for now, here's a quick pic of the little beauty in all its splendour.




for more information, check out the Graco website here : http://www.graco.co.uk/en_GB/product/8J96/

or watch this space ... (oh and this one : http://madhousefamilyreviews.blogspot.com/ !!)

Cuddles with my French Mamie





Ahhhh câlin !

Annual sheepshearing, oops I mean haircut !


Hairdresser : "What would you like us to do then ?"
Me : "Whatever it takes to beat the heat !"
Same length as my normal summer crop except this time, I've had it layered all over to reduce the volume (and now that I have, the mini-heatwave is over !)

These boots are made for walking ...



Or at least crawling ! Well, he does now go on all fours and slide backwards so I guess that's progress (of sorts !). There's a boy at the park who's 22 months old and still not walking so I guess not crawling at 11 months isn't too bad !

Cute to the power of three

Today's the first day of the holidays - yay ! So it's time to play catch up on last month's photos before getting loads more new ones to post throughout the holidays. Hold on to your hats for a whistlestop roundup !



Slobbing out in pyjamas until 11am is an important part of the holidays !



Yummy cherries from the market



Looking extra chubby in this photo for some reason !









Playing at getting married !








Pierre's getting well into this reviewing lark now ! (Loads of photos of the kids on my reviews blog so so don't forget to check it out too : http://madhousefamilyreviews.blogspot.com/ )