2013: Week 47

Saturday 16 November

The McPowseys came round for a belated birthday party. Daisy, who had had a late night last night, and Finn both bowed out of the party early - lightweights :). Finn had a little nap on the bed upstairs until it was time to go home...

Sunday 17 November

Today was the day we attempted to get Daisy to pose in a Christmas-themed outfit for this year's Christmas card. Jon suggested possibly not putting her through the ordeal of dressing up this year, but I soon vetoed that idea. However, without actually making her cry, I couldn't manage to persuade her to put on the elf outfit I'd bought for her. I tried the old reverse psychology and told her it was the elf outfit or the Sleeping Beauty dress, which she refused to wear when she went to Disneyland, and she chose Sleeping Beauty. Serves me right, I suppose. I took a few photos but resolved to try again another day and get her into something more Christmassy. Maybe I need to work on my bribery techniques...

Monday 18 November

This was taken yesterday, post-photo shoot. Note that having spent four months persuading her to put the Sleeping Beauty dress on, she then wouldn't take it off again :).

Tuesday 19 November

Momentous day today - first real haircut! She had a fringe cut in, in January, by a mobile hairdresser who cut it (badly) while Daisy was watching TV, but this was a proper trip to the hairdresser. She just had an inch taken off the ends and some layers through the back to encourage it to stay curly. Daisy wasn't entirely sure about it and I had to sit in front of her almost the whole time and give her cuddles, but she made it through the experience in one piece and she got a First Haircut certificate and a toy for being good, so she was happy :).

Wednesday 20 November

Result! We were skyping with Mum & Dad this lunchtime and I mentioned that I didn't know when I would get a chance to persuade Daisy that she loved the idea of posing for a Christmas card in an elf outfit. Mum asked Daisy if she would put the outfit on and she refused, but then said 'But I'll wear the Snow Fairy outfit', so I immediately ran upstairs and got the outfit before she changed her mind. Mum & Dad stayed on Skype while I dressed Daisy, moved furniture round and draped a duvet cover as a backdrop, and while we didn't take hundreds of photos, I did get this lovely one.

Thursday 21 November

Of course, as with the Sleeping Beauty dress, once she'd put the Snow Fairy outfit on, she didn't want to take it off, and spent a long time admiring herself in her mirror :).

Friday 22 November

Favourite positions from which to watch TV, number 438: lying in the laundry basket with Mummy's new scarf as a blanket.

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Saturday 9 November

We finally have a driveway! No more parking in the alley and entering the house via the patio doors at the back!

Sunday 10 November

Mum, Dad and Jen have been here this weekend, and we all went to see A Midsummer Night's Dream in London yesterday. Today Jon did pizza for lunch - here are Mum, Dad and Jen being given a lesson on how to construct the perfect pizza :).

Monday 11 November

Mummy! Put the camera away!

Tuesday 12 November

We have a house number! Of course, we always had a house number, but the number brick was put into the gate pillar today, and the house is finished!

Wednesday 13 November

Possibly one of my favourite ever pictures of Daisy. Wearing my hat, which is why she looks like a train driver.

Thursday 14 November

Curtains at the window and everything! 

Friday 15 November

Daisy hosted her first sleepover this evening. She and Sophie were still awake at 21:30, and up again at 06:00, which made for a tantrum-filled next day, but she had a great time!

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Saturday 2 November

Grinding up the spices for Mummy's curry.

Sunday 3 November

Our office, which currently houses all the leftover furniture we can't fit in any of the other rooms in the house. I'd love to buy some matching bookcases but we really have run out of money now, so it will have to wait until next year. And in the meantime, at least everything's not still in boxes.

Monday 4 November

The groundworkers levelled off the driveway today, ready for the tar and chip to be laid tomorrow. I've never got through tea bags as quickly as I have this past month, with anywhere from two to six people working on our landscaping :).

Tuesday 5 November

Daisy fashioned herself a place in which to watch cartoons on her iPad :).

Wednesday 6 November

Trying on Mummy's hat. Teamed with pyjamas and comforters, I think it's a really good look...

Thursday 7 November

Our front room, which in time will become the piano room, but in the meantime is somewhere to keep all our pictures, which haven't yet made their way to our new walls.

Friday 8 November

Cheeky chops :). She looks really grown up in this picture. Where did my baby go???

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Saturday 26 October

Yay, Jen's here! This photo made me laugh: I kept asking Daisy to look at me and not the TV, and she kept saying 'I am looking at you!' And she wonders why I didn't believe her...

Sunday 27 October

We had a little photo session this afternoon, and seeing as I don't have enough photos to fill the week (surprise, surprise), here are a few of the best ones :).

Monday 28 October

I don't think Daisy's ever worn black clothes before. She looks lovely :). And Jen does, too, obviously...

Tuesday 29 October

I think it's pretty obvious from this picture that Daisy was getting fed up of photos :).

Wednesday 30 October

Daisy went to Daddy's yesterday for a couple of days. He bought her some binoculars and magnifying glass so she could go treasure-hunting :).

Thursday 31 October

Nearly there...

Friday 1 November

I realised I hadn't posted a picture of the back garden since it was finished - or at least, since the groundworkers finished the bits we could afford to pay them to do. We'll finish the rest next spring when we've saved some money. The missing fence panels are from the storm that passed through earlier this week. Our neighbours out the back have a lovely garden :).