Young Masterchef 2009?

Pancake Day was quite a while ago now but we've been quite busy so forgive the lapse. We did make pancakes with Ben a few days later, and in fact the last couple of weeks have seen him take quite an interest in cooking. This was reinforced when Mark's Mum came to look after him whilst he had chicken pox. He now knows all the ingredients needed for a cake and repeats them to us very readily. Naturally we have captured his growing range of culinary skills with some photos...

Making the batter mix for pancakes

One I made earlier!

Enjoying the fruits of my labours...

Having mastered pancake - making, we've now moved on to chocolate cake, which was very successful thanks to Gran!

Déjà Vu

We're expecting another baby! Early September this little bundle of life is due to be let loose on the world. Exciting times! It's been a challenging first trimester, with some early concerns and Debbie feeling generally much worse than last time, but we are thrilled that our 12 week scan on Friday showed that all was well with this little one.

Armed with the scan photo, we decided that now was the time to share the news with Ben. He showed a little interest in Mummy's tummy, had a cursory look at the photo, and told us he would very much like it to be a brother. But he was strangely preoccupied with something far more important that seemed to be taking place out of the window...

The source of fascination - clearly infinitely more momentus than the impending arrival of a sibling? It was apparently bird poo on the window. Ben, we're sure your little brother or sister will make you pay for this one day!