Bouncers and Firemen

Does the phrase 'knee high to a grasshopper' seem relevant to anyone else? Or is it just me?!



Edward-Tedward is slowly discovering the joys of his baby-bouncer. He's not quite got the hang of it yet and spends quite a bit of time just dangling, but everyone so often has a little spurt where he hops about in a circle leaving a delightful circle of drool around him like some sort of bizzare snail!






The very dramatic fire at our apartment block, just days after we moved in!


We have settled into our lovely new London life really quickly, getting out to the shops is so easy now which is liberating for me, we have even had the chance to go out to the cinema (courtesy of Cousin Emily) to see the utterly fantastic Iron Man.

We are still getting used to a few things though namely our new phone which sounds like a fire alarm, the entry phone which also sounds like a fire alarm, and well actual fire alarms! Our neighbors down the hall managed to trip it by burning the dinner all very un-dramatic however later that day someone in another section of the building managed to burn their actual house! It was all rather exciting as three fire-crews, ambulance and police all arrived. The fire was quickly contained and put out and no one was hurt thankfully. It also gave Luke and I the perfect opportunity to settle our long running dispute about what the towers by fire stations are used for. I always thought they were for practicing, Luke thought they were for drying hoses. Turns out we were both right, though the fireman I asked suggested I fib and pretend that they were just for drilling or even better to pretend he didn't know hehe!