Being a nice hot sunny day which was pretty rare in the U.K we decided to make the most of the fine weather & take a trip over the road from the beach.
I'm quiet fortunate living directly over the road from the sea which makes it a pretty awesome place to be in the summer,although pretty bleak in the winter.
Pixie was visiting for a couple of weeks & doesnt get the opportunity to go to the beach very often so was quiet excited,as would most baby girls,and decided to bring her bucket & spade to build sandcastles & go crab hunting in the rock pools & feed the baby swans we saw on the salt water lake the previous day.
As she had been drinking lots of juice in her sippy cup all morning & it being a hot sunny day i decided to make her wear a nappy & plastic pants,much to her annoyance,but like i've told her many times before,"daddy knows best" as on the previous day she wore a pullup which had leaked leaving tell-tale peepee stains on her shorts.
As i taped her into her nappy & pulled up her plastic pants over her little padded bum she had a biiiiiig pouty face & went all limp & floppy making the task as hard as possible for me.
I finally managed to dress her in jeans & t-shirt but physically had to carry her out the door on my hip as she thought it was obvious it looked like she was wearing a nappy under her jeans,maybe so,but only to the trained eye.
Once i finally managed to carry her outside the door & release her little grabby hands from the door frame she made a bolt for it up the three flights of stairs all the way up to the penthouse with me in hot hot on her tail weith her "scweeeeeeeeeeel'n & giggling" all the way to the top.....God only knows what my neighbours must have thought.
I even had to carry her down the stairs on my hip where she still refused to go out in public.
We walked along the main road to the shops to get her favourite treat,chocolate buttons & crossed the road to the lake to feed the swans.
As we crossed the bridge a grey tabby cat came to greet us & Pixie picked her up asking if we can take her home,i had to explain that Kitty already had a home & thats why she had her name on her collar.She looked at me with a big pouty face & reluctantly put kitty down.
By the time we got to the banks of the lake the swans & there babies were already swimming there way towards us to greet us & she started throwing bread for them.
At one point she got to close to her babies & the mummy swan let out a hiss as to protect her young & Pixie looked at me with a worries expression.
We decided to make our way to the beach & as the tide was right out small rock pools had formed in the sand,perfect for Pixie pastime,crab hunting.
We searched round the rocks hunting for them & after a while Pixie found one hiding under some drift wood that she claimed was part of a pirates ship.
We were getting hungry by now & thought it was about time to head back for something to eat.
On the walk home i thought it would be amusing to embarrass her & as this old lady walked past with her dog enquired to Pixie if her nappy was still dry making sure the old lady also heard.
Pixie stood there open mouthed until i said i had better check & as i reached out towards her jeans she took off across the sand "scweeeeeeeeel'n & giggling" with daddy chasing her.
Once home i layed her down on the bed changing her soaked heavy nappy with her snuggled up to her soft cuddly Sloopy doggy holding out her pink paci to keep her occupied until i had finished.
All the running & scweeeee'n must have worn her out as by the time i had started tea she was fast asleep paci still in her mouth clutching Sloopy.....Probably dreaming about the day that she would be a big girl & be able to wear big girl pants instead of nappies & plastic pants.