Martha's Marvellous Munchies

There are just too many great photos from our trip to England! I thought I'd give you the Toby ones first, so here we go: Toby with Graham's family. With Grandma. He got lots of cuddles with Grandma. With Grandad. I just realised Toby doesn't look overly impressed in either of these photos, but he really did get on with his grandparents very well! I like this chair! (He also liked watching TV, so much so that we worried we might have to wean him off Coronation Street at the end of the visit.) With Auntie Colette. He was fascinated by her - if Colette was in the room Toby couldn't take his eyes off her! I'm sure I can reach those chocolate fingers if I just stretch a li-i-i-ttle further! Group shot: Toby, me, Colette, Maddy, Anthony and Karl. In a pub. Was it me or did we spend a lot of time in a pub? What, me? Helping Mum play Uno. No, I didn't see any writing saying, "Keep away from children"

For some reason baby equipment is an area in which American English differs markedly from British English. As well as learning how to care for a baby, we had to learn a whole new vocabulary! Fortunately we are now fluently bilingual, and I have compiled a handy US-UK baby dictionary for you. Diaper n. Nappy Mom says if you can read this change my diaper. The first time you change one of these you will be all thumbs and stick the little adhesive tabs to yourself, the baby and probably the changing mat before you get them where they ought to go. A few years later you will be able to lasso a running toddler and change them before they even know what's happened (yes, I have seen it done). You will also get through more diapers than you ever thought possible, creating scary amounts of expense and waste. Hence we are now mostly using: Cloth diaper n. Reusable nappy Cool baby. No longer those terry squares, the main drawback is that there are now so many types it can be qu