Monkey business.

For his birthday Felix received a crazy Monkey towel from his Uncle Dunc & Aunty Sophie.


Monkey keeps Felix nice and warm after his bath and tonight Felix had great fun running everywhere in the apartment to the amusement of Mummy and Daddy.


Felix particularly liked the tunnels that Daddy made for the Monkey to run under.


The little Monkey was getting to some pretty high speeds running around the table with lots of giggling and laughter.


Mummy has a suspicion that this is fast going to become part of the nightly ritual routine chez nous.


Cheeky little monkey indeed!

Blue Steel.

Mummy has been noticing recently that there seems to be some serious 'Blue Steel' moments in our household of late.


The 'looks' seem to happen at any time of the day and when you least expect it.


If you haven't already done so and you like a silly laugh, see the Zoolander DVD!!

Bananas for Bananas.

There is a certain little toddler living in Paris who likes to peel his own bananas all by himself now.


He also manages to eat them pretty quickly too.


No sooner has he finished his last mouthful does he ask for "More?"

Late sleeper.

Mummy and Daddy are in Felix heaven at the moment because a certain little sagitarius is sleeping in until 8.30am most mornings.


Not so bad as he goes to bed at 8pm. Although he has been known to chat away to his toys for a while. No complaints, I think we'll just enjoy it whilst it lasts!

Rest for the boys.

Felix had a fairly busy day on Saturday ... we went to the Brick Lane markets (in Paris), a nice bistro lunch with Mummy and Daddy, a long afternoon nap in the stroller and some food shopping in the afternoon with Daddy.


After all the excitement it was time for a little lie down with Leonardo in Mummy and Daddy's bed (Not quite sure what is happening to Leonardo here).


But no sleep this time. Just nice sometimes to get tucked up into bed and have a rest after such a big day!

Train Sets.

Mummy and Daddy gave Felix a train set for his birthday and it certainly has been the perfect birthday present for a two year old little boy.

It has its very own snow-capped mountain with built-in tunnel (Felix just loves tunnels) and is very vibrantly coloured.


Felix likes to get down onto the floor and drive the train along the track making little choo choo sounds as he goes.


Whilst Felix was engrossed in playing with the train set Mummy couldn't resist capturing the 'little feet' in action too.

The Wiggles!

Okay the secret is out. Felix is officially a Wiggles addict (as you can see very clearly from his possessed look above). Not a day goes by without Felix asking for 'Wiggles?'. But at least it gets him up and moving I guess.

The wiggle and jive.

Felix has a bad cold this week and so Mummy and Felix have been keeping themselves busy indoors, whilst Daddy is off working in London.


One of Felix's books comes with a lively CD, which is great fun to get up and wriggle and jive to ... with some great fun pictures to look at aswell.


Felix, just like his Daddy, has some pretty good manoevres on the dance floor and a few good yoga moves thrown in too.


Not bad for a sick little poppet!

Aussie animals.

Felix is getting to know lots of aussie animals with thanks to the various care packages and presents from family and friends in Australia.


For his 1st birthday Aunty Kendall and Uncle Dave gave him an 'Australian how to count' bag which he had great fun playing with today.


Felix's favourite animals are the kookaburras, and he didn't quite believe Mummy that the white bird is actually a cockatoo. We'll have to see some in the flesh when we return to Oz for holidays in February.

Books.

There are two things that are pretty popular at the moment in Felix's household - reading and singing. Singing photos aren't terribly interesting, so instead Mummy thought she would share some more reading photos.


Felix quite likes 'The smartest giant in town' at the moment (thanks to Aunty Boo) and is also a very big fan of Eric Carle, of course of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' fame.


Felix has also quite taken to reading to his toys, including of course Leonardo. It's pretty incredible to overhear him with the right intonation and everything. You can't quite catch the words just yet but he gets the gist across.

Clementines.

So we are in the middle of clementine season in France and let me tell you they are absolutely delicious.


Felix is pretty pleased with himself that he can sit at his own table, peel the clementine(s) and eat them all-by-himself. And pretty quickly too.


Only thing is all this week Felix has only wanted to eat fruit! Hmmm... (*The mini symbolises Daddy returning from London tonight - Yipee!!)

Birthday season.

It's birthday season at the moment. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Felix went to Jamine's 2nd Birthday last weekend. It was Jan's birthday yesterday, Kate's birthday today and her little baby Rosie is waiting to choose her birthday any week now.


And of course it is Felix's 2nd birthday a week on Sunday - 3rd December. All the party plans are under way, the fridge is being emptied to make way for all the champagne, and Mummy is researching birthday cake recipes. Any ideas?

Bedtime stories...

For young Felix, nothing beats the end of a long day better than a nice, quiet sit down with a good story. An old family favourite is 'Moo Baa La La La.' by Sandra Boynton.


Sometimes, Felix likes to have some toys with him, sometimes some animals and other times he just likes one-on-one time alone with Mummy or Daddy. (They kinda like it too!)

The gown and the molars.

As the weather has turned chilly, Felix is the proud new owner of a lovely little white robe from Petit Bateau.


He was pretty chuffed with the new attire and especially having a coat to wear inside.


Mummy's pretty happy too as now he will be toasty warm after the bath and when he gets up of a morning (which luckily at the moment is about 8am!).


But there have been a few late night wake-ups of late as Felix's bottom molars have been coming through ... ouch!


But given the pain of molars it's been pretty manageable and not too many drugs this time round. (If you look carefully in the photo above you can see one cutting through the surface).


Only two more molars to go! Yippee!

Butterfly.

Most days Felix prefers to have sandwiches for lunch. Which is quite handy as they are nice and easy, and no thinking is required from Mummy.


Today it was ham and cheese. Oh and butter, or rather 'Butterfly' as Felix calls it. Try as I might to tell him it's actually butter, and butterfly is the insect, he's just not budging on this one.


So now Felix has ham, cheese and butterfly sandwiches. Mmm-mmm. (Although it is very sweet don't you think)!

Introducing Simone.

Felix wanted to introduce you to Simone, who is the lovely lady who come to play with him when Mummy and Daddy go out. Felix just adores Simone and calls her 'Mon'.

Trucks and little boys.

Little boys just LOVE their trucks.


And Felix certainly is obessed with anything with wheels at the moment. He loves zipping around the kitchen on his little truck and he can get to some pretty high speeds too.


This week Felix introduced Leonardo to the world of tricycles. Leonardo took to it like a fish to water (or a lion to trike). With just a little bit of help from Felix along the way.


Cheeky little monkeys ...


Ooops Felix, you'd better look out for those chairs!