Toddling along the streets in the West End of Edinburgh

Going for a walk along the streets of Edinburgh near where we live. For a short moment Noah takes a break from insisting that he climb every set of steps he sees. Perhaps this is because he missed them because his hat covered his eyes.

New reins!

So here we have it! Testing out his new reins in John Lewis without any care for all the busy shoppers who are rushing around doing Christmas shopping...yes I know it's only October!

Games, Walking and Comedy

This week the Fringe festival started and Grandy came to visit. On Thursday Mummy, Grandy and Noah went down to Crammond for a powerwalk with a nice refreshing apple juice midway at a little old fashioned cafe by the beach. Noah and Grandy could not resist dipping their toes in the sea.

On Thurday evening mummy and daddy kissed Noah goodnight and waved goodbye to Grandy and went out for a yummy dinner at a vegetarian restaurant in Edinburgh called Black Bos. What choices for mummy! After dinner and dessert we went to watch the Military Tattoo and saw a fine display of Military Parades and Highland Dancing.

On Friday Grandy, Noah and Mummy went to the Dean Gallery which was showing a exhibititon of surrealist artists including Dali.

Yesterday, Daddy, Mummy and Noah went to the Inverkeithing Highland Games where we saw competitive running, cycling, Highland dancing and caber tossing. We arrived at the games and put up our tent and settled ourselves for a day full of events and cake eating. For Grandy the lure of the Impressionist Gardens at the Gallery complex proved to strong and she enjoyed the day perusing the artwork....and has gone back for more today!

Last week we got Noah a farm truck which he loves. This morning our backs both sighed in relief as Noah no long needs us to hold him up. Hurrah and phew!

This evening, Daddy and Mummy areoff to see Jason Manford whilst Grandy looks after Noah.

More Ben Nevis training...I think it will be a slow climb!

Noah's new wheels!

Mummy's new wheels!

Today we have been swimming at Leith Waterworld. Its a great pool for kiddies as it is nice and warm with a sloping beach. Noah loved splashing around, kicking his legs and jumping the waves when the wave machine came on.

After a bite to eat at Pizza Express it was back to our apartment for tea and short bread, a nap for the boys and then more fun and games. Noah is crawling everywhere now and is particularly attracted to all the things he should not have such as cables, the remote control the telephone. He has also been pulling himself up to standing and wrestling with daddy and Gerard the dog.

Grandad visits Edinburgh!

It was a lovely to see Grandad yesterday. He was invited to St Andrews to watch the golf and stopped off in Edinburgh overnight to see us. We played games and read stories and when the little man went to bed, we enjoyed fish pie (lentils for me) and a box of chocolates.