De Silva Family Blog

Leo moved into his new room yesterday. We've been decorating it with all his favourite things - cars, fire engines, diggers, police cars, monster trucks. We also took the opportunity to convert his cot into a bed and take down the sides. It worked remarkably well yesterday and putting him to bed was even easier than normal. Unfortunately this afternoon was a different story... He got into his bed easily and after a short story told mummy to go away. Fifteen minutes later, we had a call from the builders decorating our bathroom that Leo was running around on the landing! The little lad was beside himself with excitement and a battle of wills ensued. Familiar with the techniques of Supernanny, Mary returned him to bed. Five minutes later his head peered around the door. This process was repeated approximately 35 times before it stopped being a game and all was quiet. When Mary checked on him a little later, she found him sitting quietly on his bed with his alarm clock, tr

After three days of opening presents from his party, it is finally Leo's second birthday. He's quickly adapted and this morning, when he woke up, his first word was "Presents!" Ever since helping me build the wardrobe, Leo has become fascinated with "fixing" things, so his main present from us was a Bosch Workshop. He now has nearly as many tools as me - screwdrivers, hammers, saws, adjustable spanners, wrenches, etc. His favourite, by a long way, is his cordless drill which is virtually a replica of mine. In fact, his is an updated model as it has quick-change bits and a red light that comes on when it spins - I'm jealous! Whilst we were changing his nappy before bed this evening, our cheeky chappy got up and ran off to his workshop shouting, "Leo naked woodworker!" I'm sure he'll have his own TV series soon.

Leo had a joint second birthday party this Valentine's afternoon with girlfriend Rosalind and Sebastian. As you can see, they had a wonderful time as "Dinky Dancers" - Leo's favourite bit was the Balamory theme tune and I can't wait to show his girlfriend this clip in 10 years time! Backed up by "Supertots" soft play equipment and plenty of party food these happy manic toddlers were wired and unfortunately bedtime wasn't the usual relaxing end to the day. Terrible twos - here we come!!!

Here's our little angel making snow angels. Doesn't he look like Makka Pakka in his new snowsuit?!!

Leo received "The Snowman" book for Christmas and ever since, he's been hooked. We've read it to him eighty-seven times now. He listens to a CD of it on car journeys and I recently bought him the DVD version. So you can imagine how excited he was today when he saw six inches of snow in the garden. This is his first ever snowman and he was very proud of himself. He couldn't bear to leave it and we only managed to get him to come inside by telling him that the snowman wouldn't move until he was asleep!