Young Gardeners

Teddy appears in this tweet from St Katharine's Precinct...

Our youngest gardener's helping plant seeds this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/Ycw8Of9ex0

— Katharine's Precinct (@SKprecinct) September 24, 2016

Engineering

We recently bought some Brio, Rose has been showing Teddy how to engineer some complex and elaborate train tracks, here's a small sample...

Notting Hill Carnival

We set out early to see Nottinghill Carnival, too early it seems, as we only got to see the set-up... when Time Out says family day starts early, they mean early for reporters, not early for people with kids... an important time difference noted for future reference.

breakfast - croissant and babyccino...

... lunch... strong homemade rum punch! 

Carnival!!!

Nice New Cars

In our local charity shop they often have a bucket of cars, and for one of these...

 

...you can get these...

or as Teddy likes to say..... "nice new cars"...

(Ref: Pound coin photo from the Royal Mint Website)

Do the Mobot

Around the time of the Rio Olympics we began reading  "Ready, Steady, Mo!" by Olympic Gold medalist and general all around legend, Mo Farah.

this combined with a bit of watching the Olympics seems to have got Teddy in the Olympic spirit...

... here he is starting his long jump run up in the sand pit in the park...

 

... which of course finished with a victorious MoBot!!

so... do the Mobot

Trip to Taunton

 

We recently took a trip to Taunton to visit the grandparents, and Teddy's recently emigrated Kiwi cousin and Aunty and Uncle. Above is not the train we took across country, but it is the train we took for a trip to the beach...

 

... here's Ted and Rose at the beach..

 

... and Ted relaxing in a steam train...

... back at the house there was much to play with in the garden...

 

... we discovered Ted loved to drive with the music blaring in "grandpa's car"...

 

... the park in town has a great sand area...

 

... the boys having a snack in the park.. 

Picasso's Trousers

We have recently been reading "Picasso's Trousers" by Nicholas Allan, it may have rubbed off on Ted... here's one of his recent paintings (and his Picasso trousers... no, no, no Picasso):

 

the artist in his studio

the canvas drying

and here's the painting hanging in our stair well. 

Playing in Art Galleries

Our local Art Gallery, CGP, had a very toddler friendly exhibit which included a lift... where you could get into it and press all the buttons... ideal!

Gardening like the Good Life

 

This summer our Garden has really developed, we've had some great flowers - some from seed, some from freecycle, and some from the Kensington Palace gardeners...

... and we've also had some lovely, and very tasty veg too...