B&B’s (by sarah)

here are some B&B's for people to be getting along with - I will post more later!

Longford Lodge 68, Tewkesbury Rd, Longford, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL2 9EH Tel: 01452 526380

FRIAR TUCKS 137, Bristol Road, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL2 4PQ Tel: 01452 720312
Classification: Bed & Breakfast

Farmhouse Fayre Long Green, Forthampton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL19 4QH Tel: 01684 833209

Chequers Bed & Breakfast Chequers, Pirton Lane, Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL3 2QP Tel: 01452 857092

Ashleworth Court Bed & Breakfast Ashleworth Court, The Quay, Ashleworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL19 4JA Tel: 01452 700241

Gemini Guest House 83a, Innsworth Lane, Longlevens, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL2 0TT Tel: 01452 415849

Forest Gate Ross Rd, Huntley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL19 3EU Tel: 01452 831192

Crickley Court Guest House Crickley Court, Crickley Hill, Witcombe, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL3 4UF Tel: 01452 863634

Kilmorie Gloucester Rd, Staunton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL19 3RQ Tel: 01452 840224
Classification: Bed & Breakfast

Dogshill Staunton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL19 3PD Tel: 01452 840231
Classification: Bed & Breakfast

Rolly Dinosuar, Free Will and Fridge Magnets :) (by sarah)

Jean is developing fast - less than a week ago we were awakened by the sounds of rolly dinosuar. This is a big dinosuar toy that you put little roll-along-balls in, the balls either fall down some steps which are its tail, slide down a ramp and out of its mouth, or travel through its belly making a pendulum swing. This is all accompanied by noise of the jinggly fun baby toy type and if the ball comes out of the mouth it even raws!

Now for a baby its quiet hard to post the balls in as a) you need coordination, b) the holes are only just big enough and c) you have to remember to let go of the ball but not to soon! The next morning after we heared her setting it off - she had had a contanment breach of the nappy kind so we had to clear her cot of everything for a wash - including rolly dinosuar and tho! She had been stuffing no the roll alongs balls in it but the little juggling bean bags instead - some of which where really wedged! So is had worked outposting things but not whats was theright shape.

That day though we showed her again about puttint the balls into rolly dinosuar and lo! She did it with a 25% success rate - now its the first thing she does when she is put in the cot and she had an 80% success rate 🙂

On the slightly daunting side she has also discovered her own version of no - and its stroppy and normally accumpanied by a glare to scorch! She has taken to bad manniedly through her food or bottle over the edge of the high chair if she doesnt want it - I'm trying to show her that she just need to shake her head to say no - having moderate success - ie she shakes her head and if I dont move on it quick enough she still throughs it angrily over the side - little moo cow! Also yesturday we had the first histrionics - I took her emty bottle away to replace it with her fresh full one and I swear it it was a tantrum 🙁 She snatched it back! And wailed crossly at me, so i took it away again to give her the fresh bottle - which she throw and snatched back the old one - so I took the old one away completely - feeling mean and telling her not to snatch and wondering if she understands enough yet - I think she realised she had done something wrong becuase she stopped glaring and wailing and just looked worried 🙁 But we read Elmas Friends together and she cheered up.

I also made her cry becuase I found some of her toys 'discarded' in a cardboard box we had given her, so I started taking them out and giving them back to her and she cried - I put them back in the box and she stopped - I asked her if they were supposed to be in their and she put another toy in the box - opps! Silly Mummy there she was painstakingly putting all heer toys in a box and I come along and take them out again! Oh well.

We did have lots of fun with the letter fridge magnets that me and Al got as a wedding presant 🙂

She mastered pulling them off and putting them back on the fridge and we spelt her name (well obviously I spelt her name!) - the fun only ended when she desided too start eating them - so I substitueted them with baby bell and everyone was happy 🙂

JEan understands the concept of sharing - sort of ie shes got the hang of giving you something - including sharing her bottle with you (you have been warned) but she hasnt quiet got the idea of no more yet - again I'm hoping that this will help with the food issues I mentioned earlier!

Thank Goodness I used Acrylics! (by sarah)

I was painting last night just some more alien landscapes, I had dry pictures on the other half of the table with books over the edges - to try and make them flat (the edges curl up and I've found if you leave them long enough with wieght on the edges they straighten up a bit), when I nocked the water pot over 🙁 If the dry pictures had been water colours they would have been ruined!!!! But fortunatly I discoved last year - acrylics!

I love acrylics 🙂 You can make them look like oils or water colours or poster paint! But they dry water proof! The are easy to mix into new colours and come in a huge range anyway - plus you can get many different textures 🙂

Last year for our anniversary I painted Al a picture and he got me a book on acrylics 🙂

At some point I will set an on line gallery up but I just have to much to do right now - but I'll let you all know!

The Weekend (by sarah)

This weekend was quiet cool - we went to the Witcomb village fete where I managed to pick up two Terry Pratchettes I didnt already have and an audio cassette of Truckers 🙂 There was also a skunk there - a real one, I assume it had had its scent glands removed! It seemed content and happy and wasnt in a cage though was on a lead. There were also ferrets and weasles - Live weasles, in one whole piece unlike the poor baby one Babara brought in at breakfast last weekend that Tim had got to 🙁

We did general household stuff and also went to Cranham Priase to see if it was the sort of service we wanted at the Christening and meet lots more people from the village who we have never even seen before!

Jeans First Word (by sarah)

Jean's official first words were hurrah, hurrah, hurrah - in direct imitation of Al shouting this this morning!!! 🙂

Unfortunatly mum got abit over excited and flew her hands in the air whooping and saying well done which scared poor Jean!