Julie's Boggle

In all the impromptu photos that have been captured over December, somehow there weren’t very many in the best smile category.   (Perhaps the latest bout of teething has kept Jon in a more sombre mood this month.)

Having said that, this was one of my favourites where Jon is laughing out loud as he plays with his Christmas present from us: a wooden train track.  (For reasons known only to himself, Jon has developed an avid enthusiasm for cars and trains over the last 6 months which made our choice of present an easy one this year! )

This from 13 December.

Every so often, the perfect day shows up together with the perfect opportunity to make great use of it.  On this particular glorious Autumn day, about a month ago, Jonathan and I met up with a friend and her little one and headed down to the Diana Memorial Playground for some toddler fun.

Jon responds really well to having a friend to follow / lead around – it helps to focus him on a particular activity (e.g. charging around the climbing frame), as well as getting him to look around and explore more than he would if he were by himself or with children he didn’t know.

He and James had a grand old time trying everything out.  Unfortunately the pictures didn’t come out brilliantly with the sharp bright light leaving everything in shadow or over-exposed, but I thought the two above did a good job of highlighting both the toddler enjoyment and the light extremes!