Day 73: School Fete

To the school fete at my old primary school. My teacher is retiring. Amazed she was still there, perhaps I'm younger than I think?

Met our chums Hannah and Andy with their two boys Max and Harry. A glimpse into the future?

Hoping Oscar will not look quite so Gene Simmons...

Our neighbour's children arrived looking worried, have we seen their brown chicken? Ten minutes searching later we found a pile of feathers. Mr Fox had visited in broad daylight and carried her off :(

Went straight home and put ours in their run.

Day 72: The young one(s)

Today Tash had styled Oscar's hair before I could save him. He ended up looking like a cross between David Beckham circa 2001 and Vivian from the Young Ones.

Day 71: Non competative sports

We went to my Nephew Jack's sports day today at the school I attended 30 years ago. Because they want to shield the children from the real world, to make it as painful as possible to grow up, they are not allowed to 'win' races any more. They have some sort of complicated team system which I find baffling.

Anyway, Jack might not have *won* his race, but he was the first kid to reach the end. So he was the winner in my book.

Day 70: Back to work for a day, sort of.

I took the train up to London to meet with Clare who is now the new head of live entertainment at Classic Media. We had Italian food for lunch and the last prawn she ate tasted funny. I hope it doesn't come back to haunt her! We talked about several of their exciting new projects, and I came away with a bag of Postman Pat goodies for Oscar :)

While I was in town I also popped in on the creative hub that is Felt music. In preparation I went across town to a Greggs bakers and borrowed a Greggs baseball cap. (I produced the music for the Greggs TV ad and Felt were the music supervision company). It took Toby nearly a minute to realise.

Oscar is down to two or three milk spots now. I used to looks for constellations in them when he had lots, soon they will be gone and that pasttime will be over. Until puberty of course.

Day 69: Sneeze ohh!

Today Tasha witnessed Oscar's double sneeze - "ohh!". So either we're both deluded or he is super talking child.

Tasha's cousin Victoria came today with her baby Archie, who is 4 weeks older than Oscar. He sleeps through the night. Grrr.

We took our 2nd Month photo at last..only about ten days late...

Day 68: Egyptian cotton? Through the night

Oscar weighs 6580g, or 14lbs 8oz in old money today. His chart looks like a big tick. He started at 9lbs, with a quick drop to 7lbs 8oz,. He's been shooting up and up every day since.

A visit today from Lucy with her son Jack who was born two days after Oscar at the same Hospital. He's sleeping through the night now. Grrr. No really, we're happy for her.

Grrr.

Day 67: Pigbreak

The pigs got out today! We had great fun chasing them around the garden before finally tempting them back in with apples. Pigs go well with apples. Must...not..eat...pigs...they..are...pets...