Time still running away from me....

...so I haven't been making entries to Jessicat's blog as often as I wanted. Yesterday, she was 2 years old and 5 months, so time feels as if it's passing really quickly now. The potty training has been pretty successful, though we still have some work to do on Jess being able to pull her own pants/trousers up and down before she can manage completely independently.

Easter was nice. Too much chocolate for all of us (I think Jess had about 10 eggs this year) and I have probably been too slack in allowing Jessicat to eat so much. Dot and Brian came down for a few days, and they brought an old dolls' house nearly as big as Jess, with lots of old-fashioned furniture and some small dollies inside. Needless to say, Jess loves it. She likes to chat to herself as she moves the dolls from room to room; again, more evidence of her ability to construct a very basic narrative. And I would rather play with a dolls house than with cars or trains any day!

But talking of trains, we did take her to Ashton Court Miniature Railway on Easter Monday, and that was a big success. We met up with John, Sarah and Sean and had a meal in Chiquitos afterwards. Sean is now 4 years old, and a lovely, gentle boy. It is a pleasure to see them playing together so nicely.

Her favourite book this week would be Ian Whybrow's "Harry and His Bucket of Dinosaurs". She is still slightly obsessed with the Giles Andreae titles "Commotion in the Ocean" and "Farmyard Hullabaloo" and it always amuses Dave and me when she insists in reading the poems herself and attempts to recite them off by heart! Now, I must go and wake Jessicat from her nap as our weekly trip to the library beckons...