Now, I know what everyone’s thinking:
they just love their food too much to
complete a food challenge. Yes, we do love our food, but that’s not why we
failed! Mark, being a man, ‘forgot’ we were going to start our
Food Challenge on the 10th and, that day, came home from work and announced
that he was on a very strict diet. I didn’t believe him, since this isn’t the
first time that one of us has said we’re on a diet, then minutes later is eating cake, but this time he was for real. He’s doing really well actually,
and it’s kicked me into action too. Let’s face it, I can’t use the
I’ve-just-had-a-baby excuse any more. Anyway, until we’ve reached our weight
loss goals, we’re postponing our Food Challenge. I promise we’ll do it at some
point!
Before we started our diets, I
squeezed in some baking. I made chocolate cupcakes for the year 11s to celebrate
surviving their GCSE Music exam:
dulche de leche brownies:
and Nutella-stuffed brown sugar cookies:
I was pleased that my own versions of
dulche de leche brownies and Nutella cookies were edible!
Anyway, that’s enough about food. At the end of last month, we spent a day with Grandma Seaside, Great Grandma and Ray and Great Auntie Wendy, Great Uncle John and second cousin Jake. We also took Amelia on her first day trip. We visited a stately home and its gardens with the Samson family. It was a lovely day and surprisingly Amelia wasn't scared of the horses! Here are a few photos:
And very excitingly, we took Amelia on her first holiday last week! We spent a lovely few days in St. Austell, Cornwall with Granny Jan, Grandad and Great Grandpa. We stayed on a farm close to the coast. Here’s our holiday in photos:
And very excitingly, we took Amelia on her first holiday last week! We spent a lovely few days in St. Austell, Cornwall with Granny Jan, Grandad and Great Grandpa. We stayed on a farm close to the coast. Here’s our holiday in photos:
On the way back, we visited Grandma
Seaside in Swanage, where Amelia played the saucepans for the first time.
This month seems to have been a month
of firsts actually. Amelia now rolls over, has a bath in the big bath and
sometimes sleeps on her tummy:
And next week she’s been invited to
her first hen party!
Amelia’s also eating really well now.
I’d been a bit worried that she wasn’t eating enough, but since I’ve stopped
puréeing her food and started giving her things that Mark and I would eat, she’s
been shovelling it down! She has a whole Weetabix and a whole banana for
breakfast, a cheese, egg or tuna sandwich and fruit for lunch and a whole cooked
meal (her favourite at the moment is chicken, mashed potato, leeks and peas in
a cheese sauce), more fruit and a yoghurt for dinner. I’m so proud of her!
