My first visit to the cinema

On saturday I went on my first trip to the cinema to see Ice Age 3 with mummy! When we got there mummy let me get some pick and mix sweets so these kept me busy throughout the adverts and trailers before the film began! When the lights went down and it began I asked mummy if this was the DVD because it was like when we watch DVDs at home - but the TV was much bigger! The film was really good as it had dinosaurs in it - and these are my favourite things at the moment (after my trains)! Daddy and Jacob came to pick us up and I asked mummy if Jacob could come with us next time! Bye for now, Fintan x.

I'm crawling...!

There's no stopping me now, I've started to crawl this week and it's great! All the toys that my big brother says are his (but mummy says are to be shared) are now within my reach, I no longer have to just sit and watch! They call me Jacobzilla as I love to crawl over to Finn's train tracks and demolish them and then chew the trains! I have also pulled myself up to standing position against the sofa a few times and I'm really keen to walk now but my legs are still a bit wobbly! Watch this space! Jacob xxx.

Finn's Artwork

Yesterday we had a great day despite the rainy weather! We went swimming and then we came home and did painting. Mummy has taken a few photos for you to see! Finn xxx.

We had a great action-packed weekend. On saturday we went to Wimpole Hall - I just love going to National Trust places (in case you hadn't already guessed!). It is great at Wimpole as there are farm animals and an adventure playground and toy tractors to ride on! We finished the day off with an ice cream in the courtyard area and mummy bought me a new pair of binoculars (although it sounds like "oxygen" when I say it!) from the toy shop!

Yesterday we went to Wicksteed park, where there was lots of fun rides and I saw some steam engines, it was great! In the evening we had a BBQ in our back garden. I had quorn sausages with yellow ketchup (what I call hot dog mustard!) and salmon steak and Daddy's home-grown new potatoes with butter - yummy! Jacob had the same but not the sausage and ketchup - he is eating loads at the moment, mummy says he must be going through a growth spurt! He is also trying very hard to crawl - it will be so much fun once he is on the move too! BFN, Fintan x.

Our Cornwall Holiday 2009

This year we went back to Cornwall. It is nice there, there is so much to do and we don't have to get on a plane, and this year we found a beach that was a good as the meditteranean (Porthcurno beach near Land's End - it's mummy's new favourite place!). We went back to the same cottage and saw the goats and chickens and the cheeky robin that flies into the kitchen! The weather wasn't wonderful, yet we did get to the beach twice while we were there. Jacob had a tummy bug most of the week so he did a lot of relaxing and sleeping while Finn did enough for both of them! He went on a pony ride, train ride, rowing boat, slides, trampolining, strawberry picking, swimming, looking at trains at the model railway, looking at fish at the sea aquarium, building sand castles, rock pooling, sea paddling as well as walking in the National Trust gardens and the laurel maze and lots of ice cream eating of course! Finn said that he liked his holiday bedroom but wanted to come back to "number five house" by the end of the week!

Hi there! I'm Finny's little bro, Jakey. Mummy thinks that rather than have my own blog Finn and I will share for now.

I am 8 months old now and my favourite hobbies are chewing everything (I have 4 teeth so far and 2 more on their way!); trying to grab Finn's toys - which he hates and grabs them back off me until Mummy tells him off for not sharing; drinking milk and eating lots of new foods (I'm doing baby-led weaning and refuse to be spoon-fed!). But perhaps my most favourite hobby is watching my brother, he is very amusing and interesting. I am getting more mobile by the day, I roll around trying to follow my brother and can't wait to get on my feet so that I can chase him.

This week has been a really good week. I have said my first word ("Mamma") and am working on others now. I have been swimming with Mummy and Finn and been in the paddling pool in the back garden twice. We have also started to eat dinner together as a family which I love because I get to eat the same as what everyone else has, this evening it was poached salmon with jacket potatoes and broccoli and sweetcorn and I loved all of it! Bye for now, Jacob x.

My New Bike!

Mummy and Daddy have bought me my first proper bike this week. I like sitting on it and can pedal it a little but it does seem quite difficult to ride. I still have my rory trike which I really like as it is the same as my friend India's (although she has a proper bike too now which is pink because she's a girl!). Mummy said that we will take my bike on holiday with us in September along with their bikes and a trailer for Jakey on Daddy's bike and we will be able to go on bike rides. BFN, Finn x.