Albert

We've had just a gorgeous day today. We went out to a nearly new sale at the Pregnancy and Parenting Centre and then wandered along the canal where there was a bit of a fair/celebration going on with bouncy castles and boat races and stalls and music. So much fun!

Audrey was most entranced by the canal itself. Water! Right there! It was a bit terrifying, as she liked to go right up to the edge and stare down at the water, pointing and exclaiming "oh wow!" at it.

While we wandered round looking at everything we bumped into some of the folks from the home ed network we belong to, and since they lived right by the canal they invited us back to theirs for a while.

These are some seriously awesome, friendly people and it was great to spend time with them. Ian was in his element talking about computer games with a bunch of the kids (and some of the parents!), while I got to ramble on about poetry with some other poetry enthusiasts who were there.

Audrey mostly followed the dog around and ate gingerbread people. This was her idea of heaven.

The weather has been really changeable, pouring rain one moment and sunny the next. It's too hot to wear a sweater, but check out the above photo of our local park, totally flooded and full of gulls!

While we were at the nearly new sale Ian took Audrey upstairs to the little room full of second hand toys and baby clothes. There, on a cluttered shelf, in a big pile of tatty soft toys, her little eyes fell on a little soft, brown toy dog. With many loud "woofs" and much pointing, she launched at him. She clutched him ever so tightly in her arms and refused to let him go even for a second. "Woof," she said, over and over again. After parting with fifty whole pence, he was ours to keep and Audrey kept him close by her all day, hugging and hugging him.

Ian's called him Albert.