Flora rode Barney all by herself!

 

 

 

 

zoo trip with a bunch of littles

vacuum dancing

Normally Flora wants nothing to do with cleaning up, definitely following in her parents footsteps. I have no idea why hoovering became so intriguing the other day, maybe so she could explore the cool moves she is throwing down in the video above....

horse riding at the farm

Here is a proper onslaught of photos! As you can see, I was into testing out the new camera that we “bought” using our airmiles! It was a beautiful, sunny day at the farm. Uncle Ben took all the kids for a ride on Barney and I am delighted to say that Flora got up there without any hesitation. Made me a bit teary (okay, I am insanely hormonal at the moment), I was so proud that she had the confidence to do it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

what the ladybird heard

A firm favourite in our house is ‘What the Ladybird Heard’. We have read it and read it and read it. And read it. Flora can literally recite the entire book with just a couple of words prompted by me. I have attached a small video to give an example. She is a little over excited so it may be difficult to understand if you aren’t familiar with the story. The first part goes:

Once upon a farm lived a fat red hen,

A duck in a pond and a goose in a pen,

A woolly sheep, a hairy hog,

A handsome horse and a dainty dog,

A cat that meowed and a cat that purred,

A fine prize cow…

And a ladybird.

jingle bells

learning letters

Because of her fear of the bath, particularly her buddies going down the drain, I now have a shower with Flora every day. To pass this joyous time, we now work on her letters, at least the ones that I have found in the mess of toys that we have downstairs. Not much time has gone into this so I am dead impressed at how quickly she is catching on!