A special present for our very own young flower.

I love the platforms to allow for growth!

Love the facial expression in the last pic :D lol

Thank you both. It was made to grow with the children Lulu. I think this one could earn an equity card quite easily Hywel. Her facial expressions are totally elastic. She always concentrated very hard on whatever she was doing. We were quite shocked when she started school. She was id'd as having a severe sight problem and needed glasses. Apparently optitians are quite happy to test children under five because if they can detect problems early enough they can often be corrected. It is all free too. When I was small I had to wear an eye patch to strengthen the muscles in a weak eye. So did her father. You rarely see children with patches nowadays because of this early intervention. We were worried that she would be teased at school but on the contrary she is the envy of most of her class mates because they all want to wear them. How things change.

That's very inventive and naming it Bar-Linnie made me smile! I had to wear one of those NHS pink plastic eye patches as a child, hated the thing. I had an eye op. when I was about 4 years old and was bandaged over for 2 weeks, just wouldn't happen now, would it? The Sputnik space satellite was the topic at the time, and I remember all the nursing staff talking about it.

what an excellent idea ~ i think you could market that! ive seen a similar idea called a 'cubbie' it was a place children could hide in and make their own space ~ but it didnt help them join in and reach the work top or move as easily as yours.
children love to hide ~ just like cats in boxes!
as to the eye patch thing ~ my youngest had one of those and hated it but he wore it, i think it did its work, things have moved on cos now the patches have nice pictures on them!

One for the Dragons Den do you think Sticki ? LOL. My husband enjoyed making this but it would drive him crazy to have to go back to work. He is far too busy. He will be 82 in October, so no time to devote to business. His pet love is building aeriels for his ham shack. I think children have moved on too Shirley.They would probably enjoy wearing eye patches with pictures on them.What a great idea. Children glasses frames are briliant and they get them all free which is just as well because at first they might need their prescription changed every three months.

you have a very clever husband! dont blame him for not wanting to go back to work ~ sounds like he has worked/is working hard enough!!!
oldest son and my brother both did things with ham radio but i dont understand it ~ i will stick to my mobile!!

He is out shovelling that white stuff off the drive again. We had four inches overnight. It does seem to be melting but the forecast is for more later today. Yuck!

brilliant idea, love the look of her little face, serious buisness this cooking lark.

The cakes were delicious and she was concentrating on making glace icing at this point.

didnt realise you had more snow!
i think you should keep that photo for when she is older ~ my youngest has a photo of him as a little boy ~ covered in flour ~ its up in his kitchen!!

Good idea. I'm afraid we are going to get more and soon.In some places it was up to six inches deep but down the drive it was at least 4". Edinburgh Airport was closed again this am. I find it very wearying. Thank goodness we can look through GOY and see a glimpse of what will soon be back again.

its so pretty for a short while but then its just a struggle. if only they would sort out the roads it wouldnt be half as bad.

What a lovely blog Scotsgran,and a lovely little girl.The idea is brilliant,and I am going to put it on my favourites,in case my daughter want to use your idea for Thomas...Grandad would make one,no problem,he likes woodwork..a new hobby for him in retirement maybe..:o))

The novelty soon wears off Sticki. I can remember one time driving down from Inverness the police were shutting the gates on the road to Perth. I was driving a Saab and they let me through but they told me not to stop for anything. Thank you Bloomer. I'm glad to be of help.I can let you know where we bought the elements if necessary. Grandads are treasures aren't they.