De Silva Family Blog

Leo had his first day at (pre-) school today. Here he is outside the front gates with his snack and satchell. He was very excited about it, which is hardly surprising as his three hours are filled entirely with free play! There's paint, a water table, a sand table, a dirt patch, lots of cars and climbing frames, etc. What more could he wish for? The poor boy hasn't quite got the protocol yet: during the more formal periods, the children are expected to raise their hands before they speak. Leo cottoned on to this quite quickly, but unfortunately raises his hand whenever anyone speaks!

Mummy said I could go to Legoland when I was big - now look at me!

We've finally bitten the bullet and started potty training Leo. I was all for leaving him in nappies until he's nine - after all, if you could get away with peeing in your pants all day, wouldn't that be preferable to using the invariably grim mens' public toilets or queueing for half an hour for the ladies? At first, Leo didn't seem particularly interested, but our bribes of chocolate buttons for a wee and a chocolate lolly for a poo seem to have done the trick. Anyway, he's taken to it very well and he especially likes his "Thomas the Tank Engine" throne. However we do have the occasional accident... Yesterday, after his afternoon nap, Mary went in to Leo's bedroom to find him sitting happily on his bed - apparently he hadn't been to sleep at all, just playing very quietly for an hour and a half! "I did a wee Mummy!" He said excitedly. At first Mary didn't believe him, but then noticed his nappy was on backwards. When aske

Ollie was getting a bit too big for his Moses basket, so seven months after we'd ordered it, we finally assembled his cot. Leo was brilliant at helping put it together and I was quite surprised at how tight he managed to get the screws. Given his previous DIY experience , I guess I should have expected it. Both boys were very excited by the new cot - let's just hope Ollie manages to fall asleep in it.