It's great being Kitty

It's great being Kitty, as people just keep sending her presents through the post. Today she received these cute little leggings with ladybirds on from Holly and Cas. Thanks! The top was a Christmas present from Robbie and Carla.

We were hoping to tidy the garden a little this weekend as it's quite an embarrassment, but the wind is just unbearable today. Instead, we decided to go swimming. We have been saving coupons from our bran flakes, so it didn't cost us a penny. Kitty had a really good time. She really likes the water and giggles when dad splashes her around. We are going to get a waterproof camera for our holiday in June so we can take pictures of her swimming as it's so cute.

Comedy Kitty

Today we did our bit for Comic Relief. A bake sale at work. Kitty of course, was the star of the show in her red nose t-shirt. She even got her picture taken for the local paper. We made a couple of hundred pounds selling donated goodies to staff.

Kit with Ryaz, Katy and Mash from our office.



Kits contribution to comedy.

Talking?

Kitty has started doing a new talking thing. It's really funny. No words, but definite intent.

Busy, busy, busy....

Where does all the time go? Now that I'm back at work, the days and weeks just seem to fly and it seems we never get chance to get anything done. I blink and Kitty has learned something new and outgrown her clothes. The washing pile just gets bigger and bigger, the house is being neglected, the dogs aren't being walked properly and I haven't set foot in the garden for over six months. It's worth it though. I'm glad that I will have this blog to look back and see the whirl-wind that was baby Kitty Bean.



We went to visit mama and grandad Simpson at the end of Feb. Kitty had a great time playing in their sink. It's much deeper than ours, so she was able to sit safely without her bath seat.

Great Mama Kitty gave little Kitty some (more) money. Thank you. She added most of it to her already bulging piggy bank, but decided to treat herself to some nice crayons and drawing paper. We had a go today. I helped quite a bit, but she soon got the idea.

With the proceeds from one of Peaheads gigs, he bought us a nice new hoover. It's ace. See, there is a place for rock n roll in the thirty-something lifestyle. He has another gig coming up, Manchester Dry Bar March 21st.....we need a new toilet. \m/ yeah!





















Darren, Nicky, Ben and puppy Flinn came to visit. Chaos but fun. We went down to the river and got mucky. Lifting a pram over a stile is something we won't be repeating in a hurry.

Since seeing the Chinook, I have become obsessed with UFO. I swear I spotted something the other night. It was a really clear night and I was checking out the various constellations while walking the dogs and saw something really strange. It was so far away I had trouble focusing, but it look like lots of little green, blue and yellow lights moving around. I tried to take a picture, but it didn't show up. It was directly above the bright star visible in the picture. I think I need a telescope. (Hum.... I feel another gig coming on Peahead).

I have been trying to fit in a bit of knitting here and there. So far, I have completed the back and the left front side of Kitty's new purple cardi. Probably be complete 2011!!!

Rei's ear was healing nicely, but the other day I went to check on him and the inside of the shed looked like a scene from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Blood EVERYWHERE and Rei not looking too good. I managed to stop the bleeding with corn flour (a tip I found on the web) and cleaned him up. He has been fine for a few days, but tonight it was bleeding again. I bathed it and gave him some pain killers. It doesn't seem to bother him too much but it needs to heal soon.

Valentine weekend

It's been a quite week. I had a go (with disappointing results) at using my Sukie iron-on transfers. Kitty's bear top was the only acceptable item, and this still has quite a faded appearance. The rest were just rubbish. I don't think my iron gets hot enough.





















I made a new rubber stamp which doubles for valentines and anniversaries (Happy 1st Anniversary Mr & Mrs Khan! have a great holiday).

Rei has had a nasty accident (the squeamish - look away now).















He caught his ear tag on the fence and ripped his ear in two. He has had some medicine and lots of tlc and seems ok, despite the horror of it. I never liked those ear tags, it juts seems barbaric. Both of poor Rei's ears are now scarred by the stupid things. They are actually a legal requirement for livestock like cows, sheep and goats since foot and mouth, but I will now be part of the campaign to change this. I can almost understand that animals like this need to have ID, but a tattoo or microchip would be much more humane. Plastic tags are just hideous and cause pointless suffering for farm animals.

On a more pleasant note, Kitty loves goats and books so today we bought her four nice story books. My favourite of which is 'Tell Me a Story Mummy' which is about a little goat called Salsa who can't sleep. Bargain - four books for £5.00 at The Works.

Peahead had another gig on Friday (a friend took a picture, but it's tiny). I couldn't go as babysitters are pretty scarce around here, but all went well and apparently there is interest from the organiser of the Wychwood Festival for them to play. Keep your diaries free the last weekend in may, as it's a great family event by all accounts.

Winter wonderland

This was both a wintery and a bust week. I started back at work on Monday, Kitty went for her first full day with Sam and it snowed like mad.

What wellies, where?!!

With snow drifts a couple of feet high, I didn't manage to make it to work on Tuesday (not a good start really).

Wednesday was better, but I had to work late (nothing like easing me in gently!!). Kit was ok as Grandma and Grandad Pih came over to entertain her.

Grandma Pih stayed over for a couple of days. We didn't get uo to much as there was still lots of snow outside, but this gave her chance to finish the lovely little tank-top she has been knitting for Kitty.

On Friday, Daddy had the day off too, so we went to Manchetser for some shopping/lunch before taking Grandma Pih home. I took lots of nice pictures, but for some reason they won't download from my camera.

We went for noodles and then visited Magma books, one of my favourite shops. I could spend a lot of money in there. Grandma Pih bought Kitty a lovely little golden books print of 'I can fly' and I bought a pack of Sukie iron-on transfers. I plan to jazz up some of Kitty's onezies and Peahead wants a new t-shirt to wear at his Motion Picture Association gig on Friday at The Vine in Sowerby Bridge.

New things

I got Kitty a lovely stripey merino wool body from ebay. It's pre-loved, but was only a few pounds and is a really nice one from Cambridge Baby. It is so soft, warm and snuggley and perfect for wiggling in. Kitty's big thing at the moment is wiggling lots and she has finally mastered rolling over.

Daddy bought Kitty a new mouli from a posh kitchen shop in Hebden. We bought one of the Annabel Karmel ones from ebay, but it was rubbish. This one is amazing. Perfect for things like dried apricots, prunes, sweetcorn etc which don't do well in the blender.

I also got some nice purple Rowan wool (darker than it looks in the picture) to make Kitty a new cardigan. Not sure when I'll have time to make it once I'm back at work. Maybe I'll stash it in my bag and do a few rows between meetings!

I already started this little dress to use up three odd balls of wool, but I'm not convinced it is big enough. I can't decide whether to carry on or to start again in a bigger size. It knits quite quickly as it's on the round, but it's annoying having to unpick something once you get a way in. I guess I'll be more annoyed if I finish it and it is too small.

The cute knitted dress pattern is a free one from Norwegian knitter, Tora Frøseth.