Canterbury Cathedral

 Just after Christmas we spent a day in Canterbury. It was bright but freezing cold. we've never been to the Cathedral so decided to give it a go. It is beautiful inside, lots of colourful widows and the intricate work on the ceilings is really awe inspiring.

 Some of these windows were removed during the war to protect them from being blown to smithereens by the Germans. Imagine putting some of thee back together again.

 Just love these colours.

 The newer windows are so much brighter than the older ones.

 Look at the colours.

 This is a window depicting some of the miracles performed by Jesus.

 Look at this. How did they manage to do this sort of stuff?

 The view from the high alter towards the front of the church.

 The cloisters. The church community used the cloisters to get from one part of the buildings to the other without having to go outside.

  Bit of a random selection of photos

Baby sensory

Jo has sent me some photos from the baby sensory session that I went to with her and Georgie. It's easier to post them as a separate blog, so that's what I've done.
A little massage to start with.

Enthralled by the rope lights.

Look up George ☝👀

Who put these silly ears on me? Mummy 😏

So, this is nanna and me  on the floor, no idea how she's going to get up again👵

It was a really lovely experience and I'm so pleased that I've had the opportunity to be part of it. We had nothing like this when I was a young mum. In fact I don't think fibre optic lights like these had been invented then. Babies generally were plonked in a pram in the garden or put into a play pen, AKA cage and that was about it. I don't think anyone then considered the fact that babies needed stimulation or indeed that they could even enjoy it. 

 What I haven't said is that after nearly all these activities the mummies all trot off and meet for lunch in a cracking little place called Louisa's in Market Harborough  Win win all round I'd say 😉

A week in Desborough

Jo's maternity leave has flown past and she is going back to work soon so I thought I'd better get some time in with her and Georgie before she goes back to work.

It was lovely being able to join in with the activities she's been doing with George. This one obviously was swimming. We also did baby yoga and something called baby sensory which was lovely, lots of soft music and coloured lights. I don't have any photos as I stupidly forgot my camera. Very annoying.

While I was there George cut his first tooth which was rapidly followed by his second. Can you see it?

Before grandad went home we took Madelyn and George to the local country park. It was freezing but Madelyn enjoyed herself despite the cold

A leap of faith.

Little George enjoyed himself too.

A sign of spring

Jo has just started to give George solids, and he loves them but for some reason this meal wasn't to his liking but he kept scoffing anyway and pulling the most funny little faces every time he had a mouthful.

              

 So funny to watch as each little face was accompanied by a little shudder. Bless him 

Lots of Lego

While I was with Jo we saw a flyer for a Lego building day. It was being hosted by the local scout group as a fund raiser. We all went along not really knowing what to expect. According to the info there were 800 different sets of Lego to make up as well as a "free style" area. I thought that maybe you had to buy the set first but it was all free. It was absolutely packed when we got there and the main part of the church was rammed with made up Lego.

Transport

Buildings

Lots of cars

We were sent round to the church hall where the assembling was taking place. Madelyn chose a dog and some sort of robot thingy to make

Studying the insructions.

Making progress

Dad keeping his eye on things

Success!

 the next thing she made was this

After the models were made the scouts took them back into the church and put them on display. You can see the little dog near the front

Here she is with her little robot.

     

It turns out that all the big models and I guess all the Lego, are owned by two brothers. I tried to talk to one of them about the displays but he was such a grumpy bugger I gave up in the end. I hope the scouts did well out of the day though. They were working really hard ,bless them. An enjoyable way to spend a cold ,wet aftternoon.