Picnic in the park

Went for a playdate and picnic in the park yesterday  with Evie, Edward and Lottie. Had a lovely time, but it was pretty much ruined by yet another Tilda-tantrum as we were going home. I really don't know what to do with her at the moment - she listens to nothing she's told and occasionally *does* listen but then does the opposite! It wouldn't be so bad if she shouted in a strop, or sulked, but it's the eardrum bursting screams that really make it intolerable!
Ack well - here are some pics from the park

 

hehehe - that last one was sponsored by Coca Cola.

and a picture of Winnie with a biscuit. Yes, a biscuit - I'm obviously a terrible mother!

Oh my woolly word!!

Somebody has abducted my usually fairly pleasant 4 year old and replaced her with some sort of demon! She had the mother of all tantrums in Tesco - when I went to take her toy back to the shelf, I literally could hear her from the other end of the shop and its a Tesco EXTRA! I took her downstairs while Steve paid for it and had a good audience of tutting, smug, judgy onlookers for the ten minutes it took. When we eventually got home, she walked into the house and slammed the front door, locking us out. Luckily the kitchen window was open, but Steve knackered his shoulder in whilst climbing the gate. Here's Winnie waiting in the car for Steve to break in!

Behaviour didn't improve much for the rest of the day with lots of pointless destruction and fibbing. Hopefully I'll get my nice girl back tomorrow.
I put together all the various bits for Steve's demo doll - the head came from a B&M Bargains doll, the body and limbs were bought separately. Nyree  brought round the glass beads and polyprop beads to weight it with and I stuck them all together. The so far nameless doll, weighs approx 6.5lbs but feels so much heavier!

 

I also managed to put together a slip knot photo tutorial as well, so the day wasn't entirely wasted!