Chronicles of a Stay at Home Dad # 2

Last Thursday and Friday Eleanor and I stayed at home together. We had a great time! As well as walking to our local playground (at which Ellie spent ages on the swings shouting "I love it! I love it!" as I pushed her) we did lots of fun things at home. Here are some photos:


Ellie built this castle all by herself! I was particularly impressed as the red and blue towers are actually smooth wooden building blocks which she has carefully balanced on the larger, slotted blocks....



We played the Shopping List game. Ellie won....this was her victory dance upon finding an item for her trolley....


Ellie relaxing (watching CBeebies) dressed as a fairy....

We baked some chocolate and mint cupcakes which were fab! Ellie really enjoyed stirring the mixture, icing the cakes and decorating them. Her favourite part was licking the bowl clean of course....

Dolly having a sleep....


Lunch!

Ellie playing with her castle, knights, dragon and one of Uncle Richard's origami space ships! She put some of the figures on the window sill. The ELC King and Queen were positioned on one side, along with a cook and falconer, whilst the more militaristic Schleich figures were positioned on the other side. An accident?

This was a bit strange.... in an effort to stop dolly from crying, Ellie moved everything she could get her tiny hands on from one end of the lounge to the other. She then layed everything out in neat rows....she is so her mother's daughter!

We spent ages playing with her medieval bowling set. Aren't they cute!


This is a 'party' as Ellie calls it. When she has a bath all the toys etc are placed on he windowsill and filled with water....the better to enjoy the party of course!

We also read lots of books, did some painting and potato printing, walked to the shop and cuddled. I am really enjoying the time we have together. I love her running commentary on everything we do and the questions she asks.....which are often inadvertently very funny e.g "Daddy I'm angry....what does angry mean?"

The days go by really quickly, whihc reinforces that awareness that she is growing up at an alarming rate. Still, I'm glad I'm getting to watch it happen!