Simon and Kelly’s Baby Blog

I took Ben to Jump! in Plymouth with our friends Becky and Imogen.  Jump! is a large indoor soft play centre for children.  Ben loved the toddler area and was cruising around exploring everything.  He especially liked the sensory room with the big bubble tubes and the bright green rocker.  We had lunch there, and then played for another hour or so.  When we got home Ben was so tired he fell asleep before i carried him up the stairs to his cot!  He was flat out for 2 hours.  Unfortunately though he was up half the night, too much excitement kept him awake.

We weighed Ben on the Wii Fit a couple of days ago and he is now 1 stone and 7 pounds, so is getting heavier!

During the recent hot weather we took Ben to the beach for the first time (apart from brief visits earlier in the year).  We went to Bantham Bay which is the usual place we go and it turned out to be a lovely and hot day, after initial reservations and a brief, very light shower.

We had previously bought a tent for Ben to sit in, out of the sun, and it was fine.  Took a while to put up, which was fun!

It was very quiet when we got there mainly because the weather was a bit dodgy and the tide was in.  But during the late morning, the weather cleared to a bright blue sky, and more and more people arrived.  A lot of them had brought BBQ’s with them, so it smelt very nice!

Ben enjoyed sitting in the tent and was enjoying the water until he sat in it and realised that is was very cold!  He also had a ride on the Bodyboard until he fell in and the shock of the cold water put him off again. There was a bit of crying! ;0)

He managed to have his afternoon nap curled up in the tent, even though the beach was quite noisy by then.  He also enjoyed his dinner and snacks and he didn’t get sunburnt at all, which was the main concern.

All in all, I think he enjoyed the experience, but would have prefered the water to have been a bit warmer!

Here is a gallery of images from the day. Enjoy!

Here is a picture of Ben sat next to my first ever set of Father’s Day presents.  How clever he is to have bought them and wrapped them up for me!    He gave me a bar of Toblerone (yum), a Fab Daddy Mug and Coaster, and the Everton Season Review DVD for 08/09, which was fantastic!  Watched that first thing in the morning.

Ben sat next to my Father's Day presents (and my finger drums)