New Year's Resolutions

1. Drink 8 glasses of water per day
2. Try out at least 3 new groups/classes with the children
3. Visit at least 3 new National Trust properties
4. Start an exercise class
5. Walk regularly with Mum
6. Do some work on the family tree
7. Publish something
8. Start a course to help further my career/change career direction
9. Read at least one book per month
10. Work on building relationships within the family
11. Go out with George in the evening more than twice this year.

Well on Monday 10th January I started walking with Mum. We went out of the estate, down the High Street, up Victoria Road, down Haughton Lane and home again. On Thursday we did a bigger circuit, down to Brimstree Drive and up the other side, back home again taking about forty minutes and we repeated this on Monday 17th, so walking is under way.

I investigated joining a yoga class, but was told not until I'd finished breastfeeding.

Did some work on the family tree in readiness for Sarah's christening.

Have read 'The Little House' Philippa Gregory, one of my Christmas presents, and am now reading 'My Story' by Dannii Minogue. Drinking water was going really well, but since the chrsitening I've lapsed into eating more chocolate and drinking less water. Must try harder!!

Sarah is now 4 months old. She is laughing, smiling, and sleeping through. Just started her on her gym again this morning. She grasps things, and will pull things to her mouth tentatively. For a couple of weeks now shes been going in the big bath with the other two. She sucks her thumb now, so is able to settle to sleep much better. Edward is talking lots and lots in lovely sentences, but tantrums are also increasing. Elizabeth is back at nursery school, and has been tentatively writing her own name. She's very interested in letters and numbers, and can count to 25 and recite the alphabet, and can recognise most letters (Edward can recognise Kicking K in Kipper books!!). We've booked to go to Center Parcs in Elvedon, Suffolk in March, and are in the process of booking the Summer hol, as husband's job is safe (for now anyway!!).