A full month of Giftmas!

Would it be a blog post if I didn't mention it being a quick week, Sophie teething or Katie and I not sleeping very well (or Katie having it particularly hard as Sophie is always shouting for her)? Probably not, but I won't bother even mentioning them.

This week Sophie has had great fun at nursery and spending time with Gran and Grandad, She has also seen Uncle Paul three days in a row - Friday night, Saturday afternoon babysitting with Auntie Nicole and then Sunday afternoon over at Grandad's to celebrate his birthday.

It really is amazing how she treats my Brother - it is really as if she knows he is such a close relation. Children are apparently really good at reading faces and hearing sounds so maybe she hears/sees something that gives it away but she shouts for Paul constantly these days and is 100% relaxed in his company. (she is pretty relaxed in most peoples company but Paul in particular).

Anyway, as part of the babysitting Paul and Nicole did some great arts and crafts with Sophie - she loved the painting. Here is her masterpiece.

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Sophie is also getting geared up for Christmas - we have decided to go a bit mad and instead of giving her lots of gifts on Christmas Day we are going to try and spread a lot of them out.

This isn't a present for her but she did enjoy playing with the cardboard box left over after I built an office chair from a well known self assembly furniture store. It was a car and then it was decided that it could be a bed.

We also bought Sophie a table and chairs so she could do some play sitting down, and entertain some friends - here she is entertaining Ducky.

Gran also bought an early gift for Sophie - it is a fairy treehouse - she loves it. There is a wee baby, a fairy doorbell and a chute - everything a girl could ask for.

Her nursery learning journal continues to be very informative indeed - if you would like to log into it and see for yourself then send me a message and I will get you some log in details for it. Here is Sophie playing with sand, putting a wee baby to sleep in a pram and then playing with sandfoam.