Nanny's roof - update for Pa

For those of you who don't know, Mark's mum Kate needs a new roof and she's taking the opportunity to extend and change the top floor of her house. The plans have been in the works for some time and a couple of weekends ago it finally all started.

Our next door neighbor also has scaffolding up at the moment, so Ada has been very interested in construction projects. She and Mark paid a visit last weekend to Nanny's house to check out progress (and help with some wallpaper stripping).

(Apparently all the demolition part is done, and this week they start on building things up again. The whole project is supposed to take six weeks.)

You can never start too early

The daddy-daughter trip in pictures!

As mentioned in my previous post, Mark and Ada went on their first daddy-daughter overnight trip to the south coast around Plymouth. They had a fantastic time, primarily at Woodlands Family Theme Park, the beach nearby and the big aquarium in Plymouth itself.

Mark has pulled together some pictures and captions from their trip below.

It all went really well until the trip back. There was an accident that closed the entire road that they were taking home and it took them about six or seven hours to do a trip that should have taken two. Very stressful! But it was all OK in the end as they got back for bedtime and Mark mostly recovered the next day (as much as you can with a new baby in the house as well...). There are already plans for another trip - this time to Wales - in October for Mark's birthday.

The Wild Wild South-West of England...

 Ada's first grown-up water slide. Very wet pants!

Pedal boats

 Trying on her new bucket for size

Watching the sea tractor crossing to Bigbury Island

Squishing the sand castle - the best bit

Speed paddling

Ice cream at the seaside - how British!

Milk at the pub

Early rising the next day. One pint of milk too many last night?

Plymouth Harbor

Don't look behind you!

Lunch with a view

Meanwhile...

...back at home, Arthur practices smiling!

The daddy-daughter trip begins

One of the things Ada talks about all the time, and which forms part of her pretend play a lot is "going on holiday. " So as part of our plans to let Ada know she's still important even with a new baby in the house, we decided she and Mark should go on an overnight trip.

Mark planned a trip to the south coast, about two hours away. There is a family "adventure" park and a big aquarium.

They set off this morning - here are a couple of photos; we'll get the full report when they return!

Daily Ada: 30 August 2014

No job too small. Reasonable rates apply.

(Still working on the plumber's crack, though)

Arthur's first bath

Finally got Arthur into the tummy tub. He seemed to like it.

Ada was a great helper, laying out the towels and trying to fill up the tub, and then attempting to give him a rinse after.

Mimi took care of the post-bath cuddles.