January 18th already? How did that happen?

Well, the month is already halfway through and I haven't managed to post anything since November!! I did have a few more pictures from Nov/Dec that I wanted to post, so here they are.
The boys Go kart up on the ramp for some modifications. Wanna race?

William, not content to stroke one Guinea Pig, he has to attempt to fit them both on his little lap!!!
Yee Hah!
I just really love this autumnal photo I took at a National Trust property we visited. A freezing cold, but sunny day.

December is always a busy month for everyone but our family has 3 birthdays in December so I feel justified in changing 'busy' to manic. It never seems to be any different. I think I have it all in hand and then suddenly I realise how little time there actually is in a day.

The New Year sort of just sneaked in quietly when I wasn't looking and the thoughts of sitting down with the boys to do a recap of 2007 and a projection for 2008 just hasn't happened yet.

There are a few things that I'd like to share in this posting. The first being a family bike ride last weekend on the sunny day between all the horrendous rain. We cycled about 9 miles. It was a spur of the moment, make the most of the sunshine kind of outing. The first this year.

The second is that William who will be 2 in March decided on New Years Day that he would like to wee in the potty after all!!! He just walked in to the dining room carrying the potty containing a wee looking very pleased with himself, and hasn't looked back!! He is 100% as long as you don't put pants on him! Then it's reduced to about 50%. But still we're all very pleased with him. This followed a long period of time of wearing no nappy, and weeing wherever and whenever he felt like it!! He knew for a long time when he was going to do it and would even say wee but when offered the potty, he would pick it up and launch it across the room!! My other boys were between 18 and 20 months when they did it and I was beginning to think that his independant streak was getting in the way of him doing it ....EVER! But as everyone who knows anything about children know....they will do it when they are ready and not before!!

But what I didn't know was that it extended to chickens!!! Buffy, our beautiful Buff Orpington type hen who was born on May 13th 2007, laid her first egg on New Years Eve!!! Fantastic moment...we were all so thrilled and excited. Yes, I know, it's just an egg, but it's been such a long time coming!! We were expecting her to lay her first one sometime in October or even November but on the last day of the year?!!! We'd almost forgotten that we were waiting for her to perform!! The cockerel, on the other hand, has been 'performing' regularly. Usually right outside the french doors of the kitchen!! He is also a bit of a force to be reckoned with, and whoever lets them out in the morning has to run the gauntlet to get back to the house unscathed!!! Quite comical to watch, and as yet not caught on camera but watch this space!!