Posh Leeds Lunch

Lucy is out for a rather lovely lunch with cousin Jonny and his girl friend Abbey. For her starter Lucy has breaded boiled eggs with prosciutto and asparagus. They is posh in Leeds.

For her main course Lucy selects fish and chips. Unfortunately they insist on garden peas rather the mushy variety that every person of taste and distinction knows is they appropriate accompaniment for the classic British dish. However, Lucy is prepared to struggle on.

After Lunch, Abbey entertains Lucy with her iPhone

And what app has Lucy so entranced? Talking Tom Cat. Fortunately this is also a version for Android so Mummy and Daddy can attempt to recapture her affection.

Jonny draws Peppa Pig

Jonny is drawing Lucy a picture

Lucy covers her eyes - it's going to be a surprise

It's a rather fine picture of Peppa Pig

Jonny's 18th Birthday

It's cousin Jonny's 18th birthday so everyone has come to his house to celebrate

Lucy has managed to get hold of one of the rather fine birthday balloons

There is suddenly a rush of excitement to the side, Grandad and Lucy look to see what it is.

It's Uncle Kev with Jonny's birthday cake

Jonny prepares to blow out the candles whilst an elderly paparazzi tries to capture the moment.

Lucy has certainly captured Jonny

But not for long. Jonny gets tickling Lucy's feet

Then Jonny reads Lucy a story about wild boars

Lucy listens with Pluto, who was one of Jonny's friends when he was Lucy's age

Just before going to bed Grandad reads Lucy one last story

Doing your own makeup

Lucy has got some special crayons for drawing on her face

She knows what is possible because she has experienced it before

It is quite difficult to assess what creature Lucy now resembles. Possibly an angel fish?

Mummy has a go. That is a bit more like it.

Stephen Fry is not to Lucy's taste

Mummy is reading a novel by national treasure Stephen Fry called Making History. It is a science fiction story about trying to prevent the rise of fascism and the far right in pre WW II German by sending a male contraceptive pill back to Hitler's father rendering him infertile preventing the dastardly Führer's birth and thus the Holocaust. However, as is often the case with time travel, things don't quite go to plan and the hero must find a way to fix the unforeseen consequences of his actions.

Lucy didn't really seem to get into it.

Trickle Treat

It's Halloween and Lucy is helping Mummy create a scary pumpkin to put in the front window so all the Trick-or-Treaters around our area know that she will give them a little treat if they dress up. Rather sweetly Lucy doesn't know about the thuggish American connotation (threatening dire retribution if candy isn't proffered) and thinks it is just called Trickle Treat.

Firstly Lucy opens up the pumpkin using her precission cutting spade

Then she needs to scoop out all the insides

Mummy uses a sharp knife to cut out a fearsome face that would send a chill through any trickle treater.

Lucy checks that the pumpkin monstrer is not too heavy

Rather than waste perfectly good pumpkin innards, Mummy cooks it up into a fine soup.

Lucy has a little taste to see if this new delicacy is up to her exacting standards

Yes it is

So both a scary sign and a nutritious meal

Well done Pumpkin

Big Tree - Little Girl

Mummy and Lucy are at Wakehurst Place, the country cousin of Kew Botanical Gardens.

Lucy certainly looks like quite a little person next to this monster tree

But as Lucy observes, it is amazing

Ever feel like you're being watched?

Lucy is in bed having her last story read to her

But it feels like someone is watching her

"Soon they will be in my power"

"Mwah ha ha ha haaaaaaa"

Sir Charlie Stinky Socks

Aunty Pink is reading Sir Charlie Stinky Socks to Lucy

It requires all her concentration

How to eat Pasta

This pasta is a real handful

Banana Sangwich

Lucy loves a banana sangwich

No that isn't a typong mistook, she calls them sangwiches

Pizza Testing

Lucy has cooked a pizza with Mummy.

Lucy takes pizza tasting very seriously

Looks like that peperoni might be a bit sharp

Shoe Thief

Lucy has acquired a new pair of shoes that look remarkably similar to a pair that Mummy has

It must be a co-incidence