A full day: Oscar, Lisa and the Rasafarian Pig

Lucy wakes up an a great mood and has a little laugh with Herberts Bear.

Then it is over to Cafe Nero for a Double Skinny Decafe Mocka Peppermint Latte with Lisa an Oscar.

Mummy has a go at holding Oscar and the Sprock at the same time. As these babies are growing up they are becoming a bit more of a hand/arm full.

Over at Aunty Pinks th Sporck tries on a rasta hat.

We all agree that it looks better on it's original owner.

Having said that, Lucy's stripy cardigan does look pretty good on Big Pig.

Hever Castle

Mummy and Lisa decided to take Lucy to Hever Castle.

Now that's what I call a front door!

Coffee in Cafe Nero

Mummy was regularly competing in 10k runs and half marathons before Lucy popped along. So she has been itching to get going again. But it is quite hard logistically when you have a little Sprock. So Ali's running buddy Lisa popped over to say hello and to go for a good brisk walk together to shake the cobwebs out at bit. Unfortunately the rain came down and kyboshed the walk. So they had to go to Cafe Nero for a coffee and a good ol' gossip instead. They seem to be making the best of it!

Arab Lucy

Our intrepid mate Lisa is quite an amazing person. She sings Opera and Shirley Bassey with equal gusto. She speaks fluent Arabic. She has lived in some of the worlds most dangerous places like Beirut and Glasgow. And when we went on holiday with her to Cyprus she almost caused a diplomatic incident by criticising their strawberry dacaris. She now lives in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and was kind enough to present Lucy with her first genuine Arabic togs. How cute is that? She looks like she should be in a baby nativity play. Perhaps my Mum could write her one. Though not a speaking part yet!

Marcus admires her suave middle eastern look. He is lost for words.

Paul and Lisa pop by

Paul is our mate from the local pub quiz. Sadly I don't think I will be able to attend as much as I used to now the little Sprocket is here so it is nice of him to pop round and introduce himself.

In a similar vein, Lisa is Ali's running mate. They have been running half marathons and such together. It goes without saying that during Ali's pregnancy she had to stop all of that running nonsense but I bet it won't be long before they are running together again. Although now Ali will probably have a pram in front of her (and I'm not joking - just wander around Richmond Park on a nice day and you will see Mums with prams running round. I haven't seen a Dad do it yet though!).