Project Monkey

Author: mdk

  • Happy in the bath

    At the age when bath times can be had together for double the mess and fun.

  • 4 in the bed and the little one said…

    Squeeze. This morning was a pile into mummy and daddy’s bed kind of day.

  • Lake Windermere Boat

    Snowy hills in the background.

  • Walking in the Lake District

    12 January 2013 On Saturday we took a short drive to the Lake District to White Moss Common/Penny Rock Woods and then onto Grasmere/River Rothray to do a couple of walks from the Lake District Guide book – Miles without Stiles – which we purchased so that we could take the kids and a pushchair…

  • Spooky Sheep

    Sunday, 6th January 2013 We went for a walk in the early morning on Sunday, the weather was mild for January and as wet as usual so a fine mist was present everywhere. We saw some sheep in a field and Ben had already declared the day to be ‘spooky’ so these were Spooky Sheep.

  • Blackpool 3rd January

    The kids had a massive break over Christmas but Leigh and I had to continue working so we shared the duties of looking after the children between us with the always grateful help of Grandma Linda. On the Thursday I decided to take them both to Blackpool so we could go into the Aquarium and…

  • Grasmere, 1st January 2013

    Like much of the country, I presume, our New Year got off to a rather slack start. Thankfully the kids seemed to have inhereted some of the inertia, perhaps from osmosis as they were in bed on time, and rose late. In the case of Elliott he was happy to stay in bed with daddy…

  • Rarebit, poached egg and bacon

    Awesome brunch food at Baldry’s cafe in Grasmere. Just what was needed.

  • Xmas Visiting 26-28th December

    Apsley, Harpenden, Berkhampstead As mentioned previously we traveled to Apsley on the 26th December so that we could spend a few days in the South East, specifically Hertfordshire, visiting people for Xmas and New Year. While we were there we managed to spend time with Ricky, Malcolm, Rebecca, John, Richard, Norma and Jane some of…

  • Elliott’s First Shoes

    31st January Today Elliott and Daddy went to the shoe shop to have Elliott measured for his first shoes. As usual Markie had quite a lot of opinions on how they should look and feel. because they were first shows, predominantly for crawling to first steps, they needed to be from a select range. The…