Sandals And Raincoat

I took G to the playground at Parr Fold Park this lunchtime. It was sunny and G wanted to wear her new sandals. It was a good job I brought her raincoat too, because by the time we got there it had clouded over, and soon after it started to spot with rain.

So she played on the climbing frame with an outfit that wasn't really wholly suitable for any weather. Once she'd have got a bit upset about getting wet, but she's a bit more rough-and-tumble these days, and didn't mind getting her bum soaked as she went down the slide.

And as the video shows, G also enjoyed the swing.

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More Wellies

G's fleeting and unseasonal interest in wearing her wellies at every opportunity continues. Yesterday was the first properly sunny day for a while, but she insisted on having a coat as well as wellies on when we went out for a walk, as shown in the picture.

She also kicked up a fuss when I tried to take them off once we'd got back indoors. "No! More wellies!" she pouted at me. If she starts keeping them on in the bath, drastic action will be required.

Wellies Indoors

We went to Mothercare yesterday to pick up a new car seat. This being one of those parenting jobs that can only be described as tedious, I let Mrs J poke around all the options while I took G to the little playing area in the corner of the shop.

You'll notice that G insisted on wearing wellies ("No shoes! Wellies!"), even though we were indoors and it was dry outside anyway. Perhaps she knows that wellies are about to become an essential fashion item for summer 2012. And when I say 'fashion' I obviously mean 'necessary due to constant threat of rain'.

Shoes

"Shoes" is one of G's favourite words. Given that it's one of the few words she can say in the right context, it can't really be anything other than one of her favourites. But she certainly seems to enjoy saying it.

G especially enjoys saying "shoes" while putting her feet into a pair of my size 13s, as shown in the picture. She's taken to dragging any shoes she can find into the middle of the living room floor, before trying to put them on.

She even managed to get both of her wellies on just before her bath the other night. It seemed a shame to have to take them off again, especially as she was about to get wet. Clearly that was the logic which was at work in her little mind when she decided to put them on in the first place.