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Trying to work with a small person can be hard - I had to take Nelly to a meeting bribed her with milk choc buttons and bought the Night Garden DVD....so she played in the corner of the office and played quietly and nicely on her own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT! don't be silly every time the theme tune for Night Garden came on she came running up to me to play! She then insisted on sitting on my knee while we looked at the screen , played cards with my colleague's assortment of client's and prospect's business cards and then dropping them all over the floor! Oh well ...trials of working heh...!

Back to London and then out for a night out in town...we had a lovely dinner with friends - and years ago we would have been up and away through the night but we left the restaurant at 11 after talking about our children the whole night...we did have a few moments about work! ! Ganka was the babysitter , she arrived and Nelly wide awake - we finally left had a a nice evening but got home at 11 30 and Nelly had been in bed for precisely one hour! oh well she needs to realise that we go out and then come back!

We had a lovely day on the Sunday with Lisa and Karen who were looking after their niece...so we all went down to the park fro swinging and sliding at 10 30 am...L and K have not seen that time for a long time! we had a great time coffee on the way to the park - and lunch in the Rosendale on the way home! if only child care was that simple every day! !!!!...


This moving thing is a pain - I have to ask myself ( and I do frequently ) what do solicitors do for their money! all I seem to do is chase them for information! we got so cross with them last week that we resorted to calling the managing partner to find out what was happening! anyway looks like we will finally exchange on this house tomorrow Friday 28th September - late in catching up ....


anyway exchange happened....we had a small party for neighbours and friends in the street on Saturday afternoon and invited the new almost owners of 54 ST J Farm Road along to meet people. All went well , the sun shone, we sat in the garden until well into the evening - we are going to miss a great bunch of people



Lisa and Rob pushing their little ones before settling down with the papers in the park!

Nelly and that cute hat again!

New Boots !! I love them ...she loves them -- well she is her mother's daughter ( she loves handbags too! )

Nelly in a stripy outfit and her favourite hat of the moment!.


Fraser and his Dad sharing a story with Nelly at a little party we had last weekend...we were still sitting in the garden until about 8pm!

Fraser and Nelly sharing a cuppa on the stairs!

Nelly and her favourite hobby - shopping! OK I made that up but she likes carrying bags and she can do no better than a Selfridges one at her age!

Cute froock and cuter Mama shades ....no wonder she has been dubbed the best dressed girl at playgroup each week! Well...what can I say!

spending time with a larger than life doll!

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