Ice Cream in the Park

Charlie and I spent some time in Crystal Palace Park yesterday.  After a solid session at the playground, we went to the ice cream truck that sits just outside (shameful!).

I learnt from Bethie later that this was the first time Charlie had a cone of her own (though I certainly helped her with it).  I let her choose from the menu, and she chose a whippy with a flake.

Despatch from Bromley

An update on what Charlie's been up to while her mum is away.

Trying on a variety of jewellery... 

Loads of commuting to and from nursery.  Banana in the morning, raisins on the way home.  It's a ritual now.

Pleased after moderate success climbing into and out of a box that holds her toys....

Doing her best LeBron James impression...

Making a tasty meal for her Papi after a long day...

Our Little Baker

Charlie has a new set of favourite toys:  electric mixer accessories.  That's right folks.  What is more fun than a box full of randomly shaped pieces of plastic?  Coulourful blocks?  Nope.  Books?  Not at the moment.  A wide variety of stuffed animals?  Fuhgetaboutit.  Charlie loves her mixer accessories.  Perhaps she'll be a baker like her dad or maybe even a professional pastry chef like her Aunty Katie!

Skyping with my two favourite people in the whole world

Skype is so amazing.  I get to see my husby and sweet Charlie in real time while I'm so very far away.  Charlie seems to recognise the electronic version of me just fine and it isn't upsetting for her to see me (which I worried about a little).

The only heartbreaking part about skyping with Charlie is that she often tries to touch my face on the computer screen.  (She likes to touch our faces in real life, so I'm guessing this is a little confusing for her.)  We spend most of our skpe session with me trying to make Charlie smile.  We often do a joint effort of her favourite nursery rhyme "All Around the Garden" which ends with a tickle on the tummy.  (It is a British nursery rhyme that Jason and I weren't familiar with before coming here.)  I say the rhyme and Jason does the motions and the tickling.  It works pretty well.  

Anyway, here are a few pics of our Skype sessions:

Today

Tuesday

PS:  Pay no attention to the laundry drying behind J and C!  Oh, and bonus points for anyone who knows what website I was browsing before they called on Tuesday (today's is pretty obvious!).