All this month at big boy's nursery they have been encouraging the Daddies to join in. They are running a competition to make a robot with your Daddy, so for the last few days the men in the house have been busy sawing, drilling and screwing their master robot!

They raided the garage, then raided a few stalls at the car boot sale near the Helicopter Museum for a couple of old cameras and the lucky find - the control body!

The best thing is he's interactive, he scoots along on wheels, his arms can be spun around and his head turns 360 degrees! Clever Dada!

He is so smart he even has a film bow tie!

If they don't win first prize I will make them a certificate because they deserve it!

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What a civilised day we had on Sunday! Pastries and strawberry milk for breakfast, a make your own pizza station at lunch and a scoot around the cul de sac, on whatever wheels suited best!

Hope all the lovely Daddys had lovely days!

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I was very lucky to be chosen as the winner of Hollybobbs Pretty Little Things photo competition last week! This week the theme is the first photo after you welcomed your precious one to the world! It is being hosted by Vikki from Love from Mummy, so please join in on her page!

My boys had very different births hence the difference in me in the photos!

Big boy was born at 8.25am after a 23 hour and 55 minute labour. It was an awful experience and at one point I felt like someone was reaching in and ripping my insides out! Late epidural and forceps later our big boy was here! He was totally squished, bruised, swollen and looked like the most wonderful ugly bug!

Small on the other hand came into the world in a quiet controlled experience in the midwife led unit at Weston Hospital, at 3.15am. 3 and a half hours, just gas and air and I was kneeling up on the floor the whole time!

It may sound ridiculous but I felt fantastic. Of course it hurt, but I don't remember being in terrible pain just trying to use mind over matter! I also had false eyelashes put on a few days before my due date, so even though I looked a tired wreck, I felt like a glamourous Mama! Plus, I was over a stone and a half lighter with small boy!

I love that my husband's eyes are so red in his first photo with big boy. We didn't get one of him and small boy on their own until later when we went back to the ward, as he went straight under a heat lamp as he was a bit chilly. You can't win them all!

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Mama and big boy 5 minutes old. Mama and small boy 2 minutes old.

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