Worryingly Abigail likes nothing better than being out shopping! I'm talking proper shopping here mind, not boring old food shopping. - You only ever get half way round Asda before she starts!
After 6 weeks of using 'Cruisers' until she was comfortable walking properly, it was time yesterday to take Abigail for her first pair of decent walking shoes. Some thing's haven't changed from when I was a bairn, in that 'Clarks' is still seen as the place to go.
Hardest part seemed to be finding a pair with a proper buckle. Erm hello! -what's the point of Velcro on babies shoes?! Surely it obvious they'll just constantly take them off. Or at least Abigail would!
Anyway we got there in the end, and the staff pulled out a Polaroid camera (never seen one of them in a while!) to make a presentation card of the occasion....
Having a whale of a time in Mothercare breaking in the shoes..!
And so it begins....
How to save spending a tenner on a cheap Teddy Bear
When we were holidaying in Scotland a few weeks ago, I decided to try and get the bairn a prize from one of them rip-off Crane/Claw Games.
Normally I get absolutely no where with them and just walk away about a fiver out of pocket. On that occasion I was lucky and Abigail got a cute little Dog which has now been aptly named 'Tara' after the Craig Tara caravan park.
Anyhoo, I came across this video this morning and realise that's the way to do it! This must be every kids dream....!
http://view.break.com/536276
