My most recent visit up north to see baby Matilda who is approaching 6 months allowed me into the world of melody, madness and mess! Tilda as she is sometimes called by her daddy loves a whistling tune, a sweet melody on her fisher price toy and the singing voice of mummy who calms her before sleep time. Now the madness comes when this little one is both defiant, cute and all smiles. She’s active now and has become more attention seeking and prone to a fit of tears when mummy walks away. But the mess is the reason for my post.

Now there’s baby toy mess, sewing table mess ( Rachael and I are making a cloth book which is interactive) hence the materials, buttons, braids, scissors, and sewing machine on the dining room table.

But the biggest surprise mess that shocked us all was the 2 dogs, Banjo and Tinker clawing, biting and chewing up the sleeping mat into a thousand little pieces that spread all over the lawn like a snowstorm!! Unbeknown to us adults inside, the dogs were having a field day. Justin couldn’t believe his eyes – here’s the mess!