So Jake is back at school and has moved his classroom upstairs into year 2. New uniform, new year, and very smart he looks in it too! Mia has been a little poppet and continues to delight us. I tried to make a start of the potty training at the weekend. The result? Number of wees done in the potty: 4, number of wet knickers: 3. You could say she has a way to go but she is getting there. I mentioned to Sara this morning that we have started potty training and told her to play it by ear. I don’t want her to stress about having to potty train Mia alongside her other charges all of which are about the same age as Mia.
Jake has been getting very excited about the imminent release of Skylanders Giants which are out late October. The Hero Factory lego figures are still dominant though and not just with Jake. All his friends are into them too, including Antonia who doesn’t even have any! Jake has also become fond of Spotify and likes to grab Amy’s laptop when his friends are over. He has even created playlists for his friends. Not sure how he worked out how to do it! His favourite tunes at the moment are by Jessie J and The Script, although he still likes a bit of Joe Satriani :-).
Jake’s cycling is coming along nicely. On Sunday we took a trip to Hilly Fields. I suggested he went down the grassy hill half-thinking we would not want to do it. To my surprise he went flying down and at the end shouted. “I love it!”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EGHV69y2fw
I have started collecting Mia on the bike using my new Yepp Maxi bike seat. I sold the Burley Trailer to fund the purchase seeing as Jake is now riding his bike. It is a great bit of kit and Mia loves riding in it :-). I took her for an inaugural ride in June/July and she fell asleep within half an hour. I only realised this when I felt her helmet rhythmically tapping me on the back as her head lulled forward. Bless her. The seat itself is made from the same material as crocs so is very comfortable and easy to clean. To fit the seat onto the bike you have two options. A seatpost mount and a rack mount called an easyfit carrier. I opted for the rack mount because I already have a rack that I use for commuting.Fitting the seat it very easy. You bolt on the easyfit carrier and then simply place the seat onto it. It is locked into place by pushing a red button and at the same time turning a wheel which causes the seat mechanism to lock onto the carrier. You then adjust the foot rests, attach the wheel guards and click the safety webbing around the seatpost.
A great feature is that you can lock the seat onto the bike. Once locked the red push button is disabled preventing the grey knob from being turned and therefore securing the seat. Of course you can just unscrew the four bolts holding the easyfit unit on the rack, but this would take time and hopefully deter any opportunistic tea-leaves.
