tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27343982788465202342024-03-13T08:01:54.986+00:00Milton's ManorAn American Family's Life and Adventures in LondonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734398278846520234.post-12623050952992650492013-08-08T20:04:00.002+01:002013-08-08T20:04:29.397+01:00BABY ON BOARD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Charlotte's going to be a big sister! Our due date is January 30. I've started a blog just for the pregnancy (<a href="http://bethiesbabyblog.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">as I also did when I was pregnant with Charlotte</a>) and you can find it by clicking <a href="http://atreegrowsinlondon.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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Please check out this video and consider donating to my Kickstarter campaign! I'm trying to raise an ambitious $10,000 to make an album with violist da gamba, Andrew Arceci. We are already over 60% of the way there, but still have a ways to go! There are fab awards for each level of donation and every donor is listed in the CD booklet! </div>
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We posted loads of pictures from our America trip on my Instagram feed, but it was fun to look through the photos we snapped with the big camera. Here are a few of our favourites:</div>
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As always, we wish we had taken more photos, but it was nice to just be able to relax and enjoy our moments as well. We had a fantastic time with everyone! Charlie especially. She was laughing in her sleep last night, and I can only guess which one of you she was thinking of!</div>
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It turns out that our downstairs neighbour is a photographer! She used to work as a children's photographer in her native Australia, but hasn't done much of it since arriving to London. She asked if she might take some pictures of Charlie to get back into the swing of things. I enthusiastically agreed! </div>
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I love that the pictures are all natural and unposed. Rebecca put both me and Charlie at ease and you can definitely see the result of that in the pictures. Because it was so relaxed, Charlie had an absolute blast on the shoot! She didn't want Rebecca to leave! It was particularly special to have Rebecca in our home to take the pictures (as opposed to as studio). As a result, we got some really sweet pictures of Charlie doing what she does best: playing and being absolutely adorable.</div>
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Photography-By-Rebecca/114801818544441?fref=ts" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a link to Rebecca's Facebook page or give her a call at 7447 456205. I highly recommend her and her work!</div>
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First of all, you should know that there were balloons . . . lots of balloons . . . two hundred balloons to be exact!<br />
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They were SUPER fun and festive and Charlie LOVED them! They had to be blown up that morning (unless they arrived "treated" the day before, but that sounded awfully chemically for a kid's party). So we had a guy arrive at 7am to start blowing up balloons with a huge helium tank. Charlie slept in pretty late so they were all blown up and ready to go by the time she woke up. She was thrilled!</div>
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The rest of the party was pretty simple, we had brunch foods complete with mimosas for the adults and flavoured milk for the kids (and Josh). We added sprinkles to the rims of the glasses by dipping them in powdered sugar and water and then into a pile-o-sprinkles:</div>
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I didn't want to organise many activities but I did make a "Pin the Face on Charlie" game. It started off looking like this before we played:</div>
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I spun the kids around and let them put the individual face parts on without a blindfold:</div>
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It ended up like this:</div>
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It was pretty hysterical to watch. That bow tie just kills me! </div>
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Everyone seemed to have a great time, and Charlie loved opening all her gifts:</div>
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Her favourite part may have been having everyone sing happy birthday to her. She seemed so flattered and honoured by it all! The look on her face while people sang was absolutely priceless:</div>
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PS: <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/charlies-birthday-party.html" target="_blank">Charlie's first birthday party!</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Charlotte Loveday is two!</span></div>
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On the day after Christmas, Our Little Loveday turned two. Jason and I can hardly believe that two years passed so quickly. She's such a big girl now! She's using the potty, surprising us with all the words she knows and she's a rockstar at the memory card game on the iPad. ;) She's funny, clever and full of surprises. She's an absolute joy to have in our lives! </div>
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Okay, enough gushiness. I'll get to the good stuff. Here are a few pictures of the dollhouse we got her for her birthday:</div>
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I got the house itself at the Crystal Palace Christmas Fair (that I was singing at!) and the furniture came from my mom. She bought a bunch of vintage furniture which I painted to help update it. (Inspiration from <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/05/building-a-house-for-dolls-part-2/" target="_blank">here</a>.) Charlie absolutely adores it!<br />
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Her two favourite things to do with the set is to put the baby on the toilet:<br />
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. . . and to put any of the other dolls in the shower:</div>
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I'd like to give the house some better decor. Mainly, I'd like to add some wall paper and perhaps some new items such as potted plants and rugs, but for now, Charlie likes it just the way it is and that's all that matters! . . . for now . . . </div>
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After the dollhouse and other birthday gifts, we made some birthday pancakes. Charlotte loves to help cook:</div>
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We won't have a cake until her birthday party next weekend, so the pancakes got sprinkles and candles:<br />
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We spent the afternoon at the playground and giving her new Balance Bike a test drive:<br />
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It was a bit cold and muddy, but we had a great time:</div>
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She got more birthday candles when we went out to Pizza at the Palace for dinner:<br />
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The staff at Pizza at the Palace are SO great with kids! In fact, once they found out that it was her birthday, she got a second ice cream with a candle (the first ice cream and babyccino came with her meal) AND a lollipop! Lucky girl!</div>
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She had a fantastic time and was excited to put on matching pyjamas with her doll, Annabelle, for bedtime (thanks Aunt Annie and Uncle Randy!):<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy birthday to our sweet little girl. We couldn't love you more!</span></div>
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We spent Christmas 2011 with family in Mount Vernon, WA at my sister's house. It was so wonderful to be surrounded by family for Charlie's first Christmas. We spent Christmas 2012 as a family of three at home in London. We all missed our family in the states, but we had a great time being in our own home. </div>
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Charlotte was SO excited to wake up and open presents and find gifts in her stocking! Her excitement made things that much more fun for Jason and me. It was a truly magical Christmas.</div>
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Charlotte's big gift was a Balance Bike. It is basically a small wooden bike with no pedals. The idea is that she'll use her feet to push herself forward. As she learns to balance, she'll be able to go faster and faster and by the time she's big enough for a pedal bike, she'll already know how to balance on it! </div>
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She still has a bit to learn . . .<br />
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She got lots of other great gifts but a sure favourite (The most favourite being the wooden play fruit. Thanks, Elliot!) was a set of Dr. Seuss books that Jason found for her. Luckily, they're lots of fun to read, because they're getting lots of use!<br />
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While I was still on my way home from Miami, Jason and Charlie prepared the house for Christmas Eve festivities. By the time I got home, there were Christmas crackers on the table and a duck feast in the oven!</div>
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We had a fantastic time eating and drinking and enjoying each other's company. A great time was had by all!</div>
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Though nothing about our great evening could top this moment of seeing my husby and sweet baby girl after nearly three weeks of being away:</div>
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My parents (or Ammee and Dadada as they're known to their grandkids) came for a visit over Thanksgiving and my birthday. We had such a fantastic time and Charlie LOVED having them stay at her house! We saw some sites, ate at a few pubs and Charlie got to take another ride on the London Eye with my folks. We all agreed that their visit absolutely flew by and we were all sad to see them leave!</div>
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Some of these photos showed up on our <a href="http://instagram.com/bethielethie" target="_blank">Instagram feed </a>and a few are from the camera (which we kept forgetting to bring along!) but they all give you an idea of what we were up to:</div>
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I guess this is a bit of a random photo dump, but I treasure each of these pictures! Thanks for coming all the way to London to see us! We miss you!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734398278846520234.post-1524101464771572672012-12-06T21:51:00.000+00:002012-12-09T15:39:42.030+00:00Merry and Bright<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Jason, Charlie and I got all sorts of festive before I left for Miami. We turned on the Christmas music, got a tree and I even got a red pedicure (it was actually the most terrifying pedicure of my life, but that's another story . . .). </div>
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Here is Jason with our tree at The Secret Garden Centre here in Crystal Palace. For the first time EVER we chose one in under 45 minutes! It was the first one we saw! It took about thirty seconds for us to choose it. It was a true Christmas miracle.</div>
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Charlie's favourite part about getting a Christmas tree was that one of her most favourite people in the world, Rob (Emily Bemily's dad), was there. SHE WAS PUMPED!<br />
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There was a brief tree decorating hiatus to head to Build a Bear with the Hallidays. Charlie chose and outfitted a stuffed dog for Emily for Christmas and Emily made a bear for Charlie. It was nap time, so Charlie was a bit sleepy and dazed for the whole process:</div>
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But it wasn't anything a little snuggle from Rob couldn't fix:<br />
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Her favourite part of Build a Bear? "Washing" the dog she made for Emily in the "bath" station. <br />
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The rest of the evening was spent napping and then decorating the tree:<br />
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Charlie loved unwrapping the ornaments and putting them on the tree. Here she is trying to show some pretty ornaments (that Grandma Peterka made!) to the camera:<br />
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We had a great time decorating, I'm just sad I'm not there to enjoy it! December 24th can't come soon enough! Until then, I spend all my free time gazing at pictures like these. I can't get enough of this kid!<br />
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<i>As I write this, I sit on the floor in a gorgeous condo in Miami eating the biscuits I brought to share with the choir. (I'm still in my pj's and hoping to fall back asleep soon, but I woke up STARVING!) I'm here until Christmas Eve singing Christmas concerts and a few Messiah concerts. I already miss Jason and Charlotte terribly, but I'm happy to be back working with friends in Florida!</i></div>
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Thanksgiving is a funny holiday to celebrate in London. Obviously there are no festivities (decorations, parades, etc.) so we have to make our own. Since everyone works on the actual day of Thanksgiving, we've decided to celebrate it on the following Saturday instead. It (as they say in the UK) works a treat! (Wait, is that what they say? It sounds odd now that I've typed it . . . ) </div>
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<a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.com/2011/11/pumpkin-pancakes-at-mary-mayes-house.html" target="_blank">For the second year in a row</a>, we've celebrated Thanksgiving morning with Jason's famous pumpkin pancakes and the lovely Lorriman family (who are expecting a fifth child very soon!). A great time was had by all and the kids even made us a fantastic "Happy Thanksgiving" banner that I've already rolled and saved to put up again next year!</div>
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(Check out last year's Thanksgiving posts <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-day.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-thanksgiving.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-host-thanksgiving-in-small.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)</div>
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The rest of the day involved cooking and socialising and watching American football (which Jason rigged so we could watch Thursday's games). We had a full house of friends and family: The Hungerfords, my parents, Mary and Emily, Josh and our neighbours Jayne and Patrick from upstairs. It was Jayne and Patrick's first Thanksgiving dinner and we were happy to share all of the silly traditions with them (homemade "French fried onions" included!). </div>
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And then there were Charlotte and Emily. These two had the best Thanksgiving of their lives. They did lots of running around, playing with each other's Bitty Babies (Charlie's is the blond and Emily's is the brunette) singing songs together and basically having the time of their lives. (It is much improved form last year when Emily fell into a vat of turkey fat . . . ) Given their giddy state, they were a bit difficult to capture on film, but I did my best:<br />
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Here is a group of Pa and Grandma Barbara with their good friends Karen and Mark:<br />
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And a group photo of the Hungerfords on Hungerford Bridge!<br />
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One of Charlie's favourite parts of their visit was holding their hands and walking around the city:<br />
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Our last hurrah together was to take a flight on the London Eye. Jason and I had take a ride on The Eye back in 2007 for our fifth wedding anniversary and we were excited to ride it again. It was a stunning view at dusk, but it made it a bit difficult to get pictures of people in our pod!</div>
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After a fantastic <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/bonfire-night.html" target="_blank">Bonfire Night last year in Blackheath</a>, Jason and I had our expectations pretty high for this year. We were initially planning on heading back to Blackheath, but then a friend told me that Crystal Palace Park was hosting a fun fair and fireworks. We were especially wooed by reading about the special "fewer bangs" kid's show at 7pm. (Unlike Blackheath, they charge £5 for adults but all the proceeds go to charity.) We decided to give it a try and were so happy we did. It was a great time and nice to be able to walk home afterwards. </div>
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Jason and I agreed that despite being a kid's show, it was one of the best displays we'd ever seen!</div>
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Most of the pictures didn't turn out because it was so dark, but at least you can get an idea of what we were up to:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I know her coat is a bit small. She now has a new bright green one!</td></tr>
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Okay, now that that's taken care of, let me tell you about our Toddler Halloween Extravaganza! My friend Mary called me while I was in Miami and said, "You're not going to have time to play your Halloween party. Let me do it." I couldn't say no! We had a powwow on the phone about the overall plan and then she set to work buying Halloween themed plates, cups, napkins and even pull piñata (where you pull strings to open it instead of bashing the living daylights out of it). She also made this adorable spider fishing game with magnets! </div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">(As you can see below, Mary is pregnant with twins! YOWZA!)</span></div>
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The other big activity was pizza time! Mary and I found some adorable mummy pizzas on Pinterest that we recreated:</div>
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They were even cute once we cooked them! We served them with ghost bananas and scary apple/peanut butter/raisin mouths. </div>
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We decided that the easiest way to serve five toddlers at once would be to just have them all sit on the kitchen floor. It worked really well!<br />
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We had a great time and things were much improved from our makeshift <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/our-little-lamb.html" target="_blank">Halloween last year </a>(where we put Charlotte in her fluffy white lamb coat and called it a day). We were all sad that Jason couldn't join us, but he had fun looking at pictures when we got home. We also got quite a few trick-or-treaters! (Although, I had to put up signs to get them to come to our house! Haha!)</div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Charlie's godmoms, Corinna and Maria, are visiting from Seattle! This is their second visit to see us and we absolutely LOVE having them! I'm quite heartbroken to be missing out on their visit this time but I'm having fun<strike> obsessively</strike> checking out their pictures on their blog and Instagram feed! You can follow along here: </span><a href="http://twinsabroad.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Twins Abroad!</a></div>
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PS: Here is <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.com/2011/10/jadore-ma-marraine-et-elle-me-le-rend.html" target="_blank">a link to their first visit!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734398278846520234.post-69245274225957685672012-10-16T16:59:00.001+01:002012-10-16T16:59:55.714+01:00Cute Stuff Charlie Does-She loves singing her favourite songs:<br />
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<li>The ABC's</li>
<li>Sleeping Bunnies</li>
<li>Ring Around the Rosie</li>
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-I put up some decorations around the house for Halloween which included a 3D spider that I hung in Charlie's window (right over an enormous existing spider's web outside!). To distinguish it from the real spider, I told her it was a "silly spider." She is now a bit obsessed with spiders and loves to look at the "real cybah" and often talks about the "silly cybah" in her room. As a result, we sing A LOT of the "Incy Wincy Spider" (or "Incy Wincy Cybah" in Charlie's case).</div>
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-If you ask her to sing you a song, she'll generally sing "Baa Baa Black Sheep" first. Her version is a bit different from the original and goes something like this:</div>
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However, if you ask her to sing the "ABC's" (which she calls "ABCDF") she gets nearly every letter as well as the little postlude. </div>
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-Whenever Charlie calls out my name (Mama), I either respond, "Yes, baby?" or "Mama, loves you!" She LOVES either of these responses and often calls my name just to hear the response. At some point, I started responding "Yes, baby" in a funny, pouty voice which she loves to imitate. She'll even have the conversation by herself and will say, "Mama?" followed by a pouty, "Yes, baby?" I'll try to get a recording of it at some point. It is the sweetest thing!</div>
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-Charlie loves her swimming lessons and will often pretend to swim in the bath while chanting, "Paddle, paddle, paddle! Kick, kick, kick!"</div>
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-At some point in time, Charlie started talking about people being happy. She'll be playing and then look up and say, "Emily's happy?" or "Megan's happy?" (Megan is her babysitter). Then she loves to go through the list of everyone she knows in order to announce that they are happy.</div>
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-Right before we left for Morocco, Charlie somehow picked up the phrase, "I don't like it" and proceeded to use it All. The. Time. Seriously, she didn't seem to like anything! She even woke up from a nightmare one night yelling it! Jason ingeniously decided to start asking her "Well, what do you like?" every time she repeated her mantra and eventually wore her down with it. Phew!</div>
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-On the rare occasion that Charlie has trouble sleeping or wakes up in the night, the easiest way to get her back to sleep is to talk about who is currently sleeping. Just like the litany of who's happy, the litany of who's sleeping is both calming and reassuring to her.<br />
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-Charlie is getting pickier and pickier about what she wears. Recent obsessions include a tank top (or vest as they say in the UK) that has little stars on it. It is a hand-me-down from Emily Bemily and she is obsessed with it! She also loves her little pink Gap tutu skirt as well as a floral jumper (light sweater) that a woman at our church bought for her. She is equally picky about her shoes. I've learned to not get my hopes up too high about putting her in adorable outfits because she's bound to want to put on her Crocs with an adorable little dress or her floral jumper over an already patterned shirt. I've decided to choose my battles and her clothing is not very high on the list!<br />
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-I am generally freezing cold at any given moment, so it isn't uncommon for me to wear my big fleece robe over my clothes if we're hanging out at the house (don't judge me). If Charlie gets hurt or needs a snuggle, she'll ask to get into "Mama's robe" for a snuggle. If she's particularly needy, I'll wrap her up tight and carry her around the house that way while I tidy up. I used to carry her around with me in my robe all the time when she was a new born and love having her all snuggled up that way. The night before I left for Florida, I let her use my robe as a blanket in her cot so she can be in Mama's robe every night. :)<br />
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That being said, she'll generally eat anything we serve her thanks in part to<a href="http://www.amazon.com/French-Kids-Eat-Everything-Discovered/dp/0062103296" target="_blank"> this book</a> I recently read!</div>
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-We don't really watch TV, but every now and then if she wakes up super cranky from a nap, I'll let her watch an episode of either Winnie the Pooh or Bob the Builder. She usually loses interest after about ten minutes or so, but recently she's been loving Bob the Builder! Luckily it isn't one of these kids shows that drives me crazy with annoying music and stupid characters. They're both pretty harmless. Jason also has some Charlie and Lola episodes on his iPad that he lets her watch when we travel. It is such a cute, pretty show (except, maybe a little confusing for her given that "Charlie" on the show is a boy!). </div>
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-Speaking of indulgences when we travel, Jason also has <a href="http://www.angrybirds.com/" target="_blank">Angry Birds</a> on his iPad. She calls it "Birdies" and she loves playing it! It was a great way to keep her busy on the flight, but now she asks for it all the time! Luckily Jason takes his iPad with him to work, so we're less likely to have a video game playing toddler (oy). </div>
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-While we were in Morocco, Charlie started calling us "Mamapapa." It came from always having the both of us around (which she, of course, loved!). When we got back and Jason went to work on Monday, Charlie was sad. Jason said, "I have to go to work." Charlie pouted and said, "Charlie go to work." Our hearts melted.</div>
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I'm sure I'm forgetting SUPER cute stuff, but this will have to do for now. In closing, here are some adorable shots of Charlie playing at the pool in Morocco. They were some of the only shots we got with our nice camera before the battery died (we forgot the charger just like in <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.com/2012/04/italy-part-iii-wild-italian-greens.html#uds-search-results" target="_blank">Italy</a>. Ugh!):</div>
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Tomorrow I leave for the states and will be gone until the day before Halloween. It is a long trip, but I'll be making a lot of beautiful music! I have a brief recording in DC for an upcoming Kickstarter campaign (watch this space!) followed by a tour of South Florida with Grammy nominated choir, <a href="http://www.seraphicfire.org/" target="_blank">Seraphic Fire</a>. Then I'll head back up to DC for concerts in the DC/Baltimore area with my medieval trio, <a href="http://www.eyaensemble.com/" target="_blank">Eya</a>. </div>
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Having recently <a href="http://www.miltonsmanor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/morocco.html" target="_blank">been on holiday</a> with Jason and Charlie, it feels even more difficult than normal to leave them. We got to spend such wonderful time together in Morocco and have been really enjoying each other's company in general. Charlie is more and more fun every day! I know I owe you all a "<a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cute-stuff-charlie-does.html" target="_blank">Cute Stuff Charlie Does</a>" post and maybe I'll get a chance to write that while I'm away. Until then, here are some pics from a brief photo shoot we had one night before bed. Charlie was being over-the-top adorable and wanted to cuddle with me in bed while drinking her milk/singing the "Incy Wincy Spider" (yes, it's "Incy Wincy" here and not "Itsy Bitsy"). </div>
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When Jason and I decided to plan our first official family holiday together, we decided it should be be somewhere warm and somewhere with a beach. There are loads of easy options in Europe for such a vacation when you live in London (Greece, Spain, Portugal, the south of France, etc.) but with a little research we learned that all of the obvious places wouldn't be quite as warm as we were hoping for this time of year. Some stewards on a recent flight Jason took recommended we look into Morocco and we were totally sold! </div>
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When we were childless, our vacations were not unlike a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.97296045916.109480.611085916&type=3" target="_blank">trip we took to Costa Rica</a> where we rented a car and drove eight hours through the rainforest to get to a secluded house on a beach. Then there was our trip to Barbados where we hired some locals to teach us to surf, rode the local bus routes and ate at a tucked-away restaurant that was a favourite of the locals. </div>
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Needless to say, our previous trips were not particularly child-friendly. This time around, we decided to go with <a href="http://www.clubmed.co.uk/cm/resort-agadir-morocco_p-341-l-EN-v-AGAC-ac-vh.html" target="_blank">Club Med</a> in Agadir, Morocco. I'll do an entirely separate post about the facilities there, but they were extremely child-friendly! They also had a nursery service that we took advantage of so that Jason and I could spend some time together lounging by the pool while Charlie socialised with kids from around the world (okay, mostly from France). She was also able to take her nap there so that Jason and I weren't stuck indoors for two hours in the middle of the day. We would pick her up after naptime and play by the pool or on the beach until dinner. It was pretty perfect. We all feel relaxed, rested and ridiculously well-fed. </div>
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We didn't stress ourselves out by taking too many pictures with the nice camera as we wanted to focus on being in the moment as much as we could. We did manage to snap quite a few moments with our iPhones though. Here are some of our favourites (made prettier with some Instagram filters!):</div>
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A few weekends ago Emily Bemily came over to play with Charlie's new play kitchen. They were having so much fun making pretend tea, that we decided to make them a couple proper cuppas.</div>
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Take a look at top of the sidebar on the right side of the screen. If you click on one of those pictures, you will be taken to a new page housing all of my pictures that I've taken on my phone and uploaded into the Instagram app. I usually include a brief explanation as to what was going on at the time I took the picture. They are generally just little snippets from our day. Here are a few of my favourites so far:<br />
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If you want to get the description of each photo, click on the photos on the top right of the screen and take a look. If you click on my profile picture, you can see all the photos I've posted thus far. And if you have a smart phone that allows you to download Instagram, do it and add "Bethielethie" to get far more pictures of my child and my life than you ever dreamed of. ;)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734398278846520234.post-30746279166923391042012-09-07T14:37:00.000+01:002012-09-07T14:37:32.999+01:00Goobles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Who knows how funny words and cute nicknames evolve, but when you have kids, they just do. Case and point: I met a baby yesterday who is also named Charlotte but goes by "Bon bon." No joke. </div>
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Charlie has lots of cutesy nicknames ("Wharley" and "Noodle" to name a few) but the most useful nickname is "Goobles." It is a name we use to describe when Charlie is feeling "goobley." </div>
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The pictures below describe Charlie when she's in a "goobley" (aka: silly or cheeky) mood:</div>
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I'll start with Charlotte's favourite update. Can you spot it?<br />
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I never thought I would be the kind of person to display a toy kitchen in their living room (we've really tried to keep our home from being overrun with toys) but I don't mind this one so much. The best part is that Charlie LOVES it!! <br />
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We were picking up a few things at Ikea and couldn't resist it. We'd like to get her more accessories for it, but we've found some items from the recycling (jars, tea box, egg carton) to let her use in the meantime! I'm also going to sew some little tea bags for her once I figure out how to use my new sewing machine (Jenn, care to come for a visit?!). Charlie is obsessed with tea making and drinking at the moment and would adore having some tea bags to make her tea parties more authentic.</div>
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The other big update in the house is that we've been getting more art on the walls. We got rid of a lot of our wall hangings when we moved here and it is a slow, expensive feat to replace them! It has, however, allowed me to be more thoughtful about what we do hang on the walls. My new favourite item is this painting that my Grandma Peterka made (first seen in <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/grandma-peterkas-art.html" target="_blank">this post</a>). She normally painted florals, so this was WAY out of the ordinary for her. I had it framed at <a href="http://www.the-picturepalace.com/" target="_blank">The Picture Palace</a> here in Crystal Palace and I highly recommend them!!</div>
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I also had this "peace" poster framed there (yes, I chose the same frame!). I got it for $5 at a yard sale a few years ago but the frame broke shortly after we bought it. It doesn't fit a standard frame (and the custom frame I bought online didn't actually fit it, so I used it for <a href="http://miltonsmanor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/charlottes-art.html" target="_blank">this project</a>.) but Crystal Frames fixed her right up! </div>
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I also bought one of their pre-made frames for this screen print I've been wanting to get on the wall. It is in the hallway, so I get to look at it all the time! It reads, "Oh darling, let's be adventurers."<br />
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The kitchen now houses Charlie's little white table and chair set. It used to belong in the living room for playing, but she enjoys eating her meals there (she currently prefers it to her high chair) so we've just left it. Luckily the kitchen is spacious enough to accommodate it!<br />
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And just check out that window. Seriously folks, they don't make them like that anymore! I especially love that it opens from the bottom OR the top so I don't have to worry about my toddler climbing out! <br />
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I was also thrilled to finally get this print on the kitchen wall:<br />
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It was given to us by our dear friend Anna (who recently just had her second baby!!), but we'd never gotten around to framing it. We've been carrying it around for eight or nine years now!! It reads:<br />
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It is a funny little print with a run-on sentence, but it tugs at my heart strings. I LOVE finally having it out on display!<br />
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Hopefully my next update will include pictures of the bedroom!<br />
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We are having some technical difficulties uploading some recent adorable videos (namely, the one involving the introduction of a certain new play kitchen . . . ), so the video accompanying these pictures will have to wait. (But trust me, it will be worth the wait!) For now, enjoy watching Our Little Loveday as she thoroughly enjoys consuming a raspberry and melon salad. </div>
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Today our amazing neighbours, Jane and Patrick, threw a garden party for the house residents as well as some of their other Crystal Palace friends. </div>
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She kept saying that she kept things simple (they picked up a few of the items such as the bread from a local Turkish grocery store), but it was just about as involved as I'd ever want to get when entertaining twenty people in my garden!<br />
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There was a fun assortment of people. (Forgive Charlie's un-lady like pose in the shot below . . . )<br />
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Charlie had a great time! She gorged herself on olives, devoured her very own cupcake and played lots of football (and by football, I mean soccer) with some new friends:</div>
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Charlie got to eat her dinner while watching the remainder of the party. She had fun watching everyone and kept yelling, "hiya" to everyone. </div>
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So here we are, a week into Jason being away. Every now and then Charlotte will look at me and say, "Papi. Sad." Then she makes a sad face and fake cries. It breaks my heart every time! Charlie and I both miss him like crazy, but we're managing without him. In fact, we're having a great time together! (But I can't seem to get my act together enough to get out the nice camera, so sorry for all the iPhone pics!).</div>
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Urban Beach Day at a church down the road:</div>
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New art supplies!:<br />
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/bethielethie/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> inspired cardboard house:<br />
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We've also gotten out and about quite a bit. It has been beautiful here!! Here's a pic of a path in our park under gorgeous blue skies:<br />
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Watermelon with a friend on a hot day:<br />
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And at our pub with Emily and matching Peppas:</div>
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I've also been cooking (wipe that shocked expression off your faces). Jason is the usual chef around Chez Hungerford, but in his absence I've been able to hold my own, thank you very much! Given that meat freaks me out (especially when I have to handle it raw. BLECH!) I've stuck to simple vegetarian meals such as salmon and some delicious quinoa and bulgar wheat fritters. Mmm! <br />
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We've been taking good care of each other while Jason's gone. We both take our vitamins every night and Charlie has gotten really good at letting me brush her teeth (also usually Papi's job . . . ). We've been arriving to Charlie's school on time in the morning (a minor miracle) and I even let Charlie bring her own bag to her hook, just like Papi does:<br />
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Still, the best part of our days are when we get to chat with Jason in China. Charlie likes to carry around my iPhone and hug it and kiss it when we FaceTime with him. It is so sweet. <br />
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