Little Lydibug: Zoom there goes another

The weeks are going by a bit too quick, I'm just trying to remember what we got up to. On Wednesday Lydi and I went to school, everyone said she looks a lot like me now and she got lots of compliments about her hair colour. She had a great time crawling around the classrooms and disrupting lessons. We popped to Ikea (yes I only bought what I needed) then we had afternoon tea with my wonderful TA. Lydi was very spoilt with lots of attention from her three teens, a dog and two rats. She wasn't sure about the rats, but loved playing the piano.

On Friday we went swimming and it was assessment week. Lydibug is a real water babe (nothing like her mum) and got a great report, even I got good comments. The only thing we need to practice is holding onto the sides, but we're loving being jellyfish.

I had a great night out with a couple of mums, had a lovely time but it did feel a bit strange being out without Lydi. Think I need to practice this. Apparently Lydi was looking for me but was very good for Daddy.

Lydi is mastering more skills. She now spoon feeds herself (very messy), drinks from a cup (even messier) and can climb on to the sofa (not so messy but will have to watch her even more now). She loves walking about holding our hands and as taken a few steps holding just one hand, but not ready to go it alone just yet. I think her teeth are on the move again as we have had a few unpleasant nappies and she has got nappy rash, something she has never really suffered with as her cloth nappies are great. I use Green Kids and they are currently on sale, 20% off everything.
Lydi had a huge afternoon sleep today, it got so dark with the storm she must have thought it was night. For those back home the storms here are nothing like I've seen before. We went outside but the thunder was so loud it made both of us jump. She was copying the signs for rain and thunder, and trying so hard to be brave but every time it thundered she would throw herself on me. It's a good job I'm so brave...

Here are a few photos from the past week.