Emily has a new hobby.

Having spent some time at her new friend Sophie's house, Emily has decided that all she likes to do is "sticking." Basically it involves lots of glue and cut out bits of pretty paper, magazines, stickers, foam shapes and anything else she can get her hands on. Our living room is currently overloaded with pictures drying carefully on all the surfaces! On the positive side she is amused for ages, on the negative my hands are sore from cutting up all the bits and pieces for her!

Our new television arrived today and for anyone who has been in our living room in the last 4 years, it is not much better than the last one! It is the same size and obviously not as monsterous, but it is still a huge black rectangle that looms over the living room! I am sure that I will appreciate it when we are watching the latest epic movie in the dark but I can't help feeling disappointed that the small tv is going back upstairs!

fun in the Sun!

The good weather is finally upon us and we have had a lovely afternoon in the garden eating ice creams and playing on the swing and slide. Unfortunately the sun shows how dirty the windows are and being in the garden reminds us that the grass needs cutting but it was great fun all the same! Tom is smiling more and more and emily managed to recognise her first word today and read out "tree" in her spot book! She is also saying "thank you very much" for everything and keeps saying "thank you for coming" to everyone who comes to the house!!

Thank god for double buggies!

Having vowed never to take the path of double buggy ownership we have finally caved in and purchased a rather nifty black double stroller. Emily has decided that walking nicely is not an option so today we road tested our new purchase and what a joy it was. No screaming toddler lying on the floor in boots just 2 content children and lots of extra shopping space in the double baskets under the pushchair! Perhaps the baby magazine polls are correct and in this day and age the average family does require 3 pushchairs!

Introducing....

Hello family, the new addition of Tom on 6th July 2007 has been fantastic, although tiring. His big sister loves him to bits and is very helpful and telling us when there is a dirty nappy (in the middle of Tesco) or pushing his dummy "gently" back into his mouth! Now at 6 weeks Tom weighs 10lb 11oz, he is smiling and generally a very happy baby!

We are live on the net!!

I have been reading and hearing about "blogging" forever now and have finally decided that it is time the Denton's join the rest of the world. Having recently lost the ability to email photographs to friends a blog seemed a good option for people to log on and see what the family is up to! Mostly it will be photos of the children and whatever exciting new development has happened in their lives but we are hoping to do our new extension soon so may post the progress of this for all to see! Holidays are a rareity at present but hopefully there may be a few in the next couple of years! Enjoy the blog!