Thanksgiving

Last week was a bit of a tough one. Minnie had an operation to insert a portacath so she doesn't have to be cannulated in future when she's being transfused. It feels like a little button under her skin.

And then you got the chicken pox! At one point you were chanting a phrase from one of your favourite books, Dr Seuss's ABC, "Icabod is itchy, so am I."

Sadly, the pox meant that we had to miss Yaya's annual amazing Thankgsiving gathering in Brighton with Sadie and Ruby and Erika and Dan and Alexis and lots of other people. So we did a mini thanksgiving in the Brighton tradition, hanging leaves on a tree to say what we're thankful for.

Halloween Housewarming

What a party we had!

Mummy was dressed as the Cat in the Hat, you were Thing 1 and Min was Thing 2:

In the afternoon your friends from our NCT group came over...

And in the evening you stayed up until the witching hour...

Being progressively more freaked out by the various people wandering around in masks!

Running for Minnie

Minnie often goes into hospital for blood transfusions and other clinics, so I wanted to raise some money for the Evelina Children's Hospital as they have been so brilliant with her this year.  So I ran a 10km race in Dulwich Park in early October and managed to raise around £600.

She is generally very good natured about her hospital visits, although they can be painful.  But the nurses just love her and are always after cuddles.

Autumn Walking

Every year Alex arranges a walk out in the countryside in the autumn, so we can get some fresh air in our lungs and some mud on our shoes.

This year we went to Woldingham, and it was just lovely to show you the wild outdoors.  Lots of animals like horses, dogs and cows were everywhere, and you enjoyed splashing around in the mud in your duck wellies.

Daddy got lots of exercise, especially when he had to carry you while you had your afternoon nap.  I carried Minnie on my back in the rucksack, which she enjoyed a lot.  Good thing too, as we managed to lose her dummy on the train out.