Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Haircut & Training

Daniel's First Proper Haircut

He actually seemed to age before our eyes!

I took him to the guy who's been looking after my little bit of hair for the last twenty years and he looked after Daniel really well.

He sat on a booster seat in the main chair and had his hair cut properly for the first time since he was born. He was very good and kept pretty still throught and got a lollipop as a treat afterwards!



Daniel continues to learn very well and picks up anything and everyting he hears.

At 3 years and 7 months, his progress is pretty amazing.

His level of speech is unbelievable at times - whilst eating tea the other night he was after some of my food and had forgotten to say please. I said "what's the magic word?" to which he replied - "Abracadabra". Couldn't really refuse could I?!

Daniel is still enjoying training on a Saturday at the club and continues to do well under Kate's watchful eye! He doesn't realise that it's an English champion training him (after Kate beat Louise Tanner in their re-match last weekend). Anyway, he got his first first official GMA t-shirt the other week which he doesn't like taking off!



We got his school application form this week (how's that for making you feel old?) - another reminder of his progress. Now Christmas is approaching and he's aware of Santa, Advent calendars and all things festive!

Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Daniel Training!

Daniel's First Training Session!

Last week I noticed a few very young children with Kate (one of the GMA Kick-boxing black belts) being trained in a fun and very introductory way. Mr Carter also looked after them for a while too with a bit of "Mit work"!



I was really keen to give Daniel a go yesterday just to see how he reacted - although I was training myself at the time he looked like he was doing really well. He lasted the whole hour, doing all sorts of little exercises and was rewarded at the end with 2 stickers which said "Focus" and "Control".



He'd been excited about it all week since I mentioned the possibility of it and it went really well. He even ran over to me while I was supervising some of the youngsters sparring as he was so excited!

Now he wants to do it again which I'm really chuffed about!

Friday, 22 August 2008

Tower Of Cheese

The Tower Of Cheese!

Daniel finished his tea and decided to build a tower with what was left of his cheese!



A View From The Hill

Daniel really enjoys Crickley Hill. A View of Gloucestershire lies behind him!



Olympic Medal

Daniel took part in a mini-Olympics and won a race! He was presented with a medal!

Thursday, 7 August 2008

Danny @ Drayton

A couple of Pics Of Danny Boy with his beloved trains at Drayton Manor!

He had a great day, managed a king-size tantrum and then the heavens opened at 2.30 and didn't stop so we had to call it a day!