I just want your extra time and your Kiss

Firstly, the good news. No more sojourns to Essex. Nancy has been formally discharged from the Broomsfield so no longer must we trek to deepest Chelmsford on a quarterly basis. Her leg is looking splendid and perfectly sausage like (her ankles remain shrouded in chud, yet to venture forth into the world). Once more we give deepest thanks to the wonder that is the NHS. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, we enter into the world of the video once more. The first is perhaps the most wondrous video of Nancy yet. My words can add nothing so I will fall silent and let  Beasto make you all go soft headed and coo like a dove.

The second is wonderful but for wholly different reasons. Firstly, it is video evidence of possibly the worst slide in the northern hemisphere. It is not as though Nancy is lacking a certain amount of momentum given the right conditions, she could race down Cresta Run in a record time. But not here. She has to shuffle down the slide. Who is to blame for this sorry state of affairs? I'm only guessing but this has Michael Gove's fingerprints all over it. 

What other developments are there to report? Well, whilst comparing out lot to an Orwellian plongeur is perhaps a little harsh as we are neither down or out the voluptuous debauch of sleep experienced by the dishwasher is definitely akin to that of a those with a slaying beasto to contend with. Although, we might have entered a brave new world. For the last two nights, Nancy has woken at 7am and rather then initiating jihad she has instead politely stood in her cot and guffled to herself until her lumbering Pater rescues her. Which has been a revelation. No longer is the bus journey to work a black out of exhaustion, instead I've been able to open a book which is crackerjob. 

Nancy's repertoire of animal noises continues to expand. Cats meow, dogs ruff, cows moo, horses neigh. Both donkeys and monkeys go Oo-Oo-Oo. And sheep baa. It is like living with David Bellamy minus his slightly loathsome views on anthropomorphic global warming. She can also say dinosaur and occasionally identify Australia on a map of the world. What more can you ask for from a baby formerly known as mungo? 

Oh and one final thought to ponder. Does anyone else think that Daddy Pig from Peppa Pig is modeled on Salman Rushdie? 

Yes, I thought so to. 

Slip Sliding Away

Nancy Wellington Hands. Tim Burton you have my number.

Garcon, I'll have the cheese, followed by the pasta, followed by the pear, followed by some yogurt  followed by some cheese.