We all came back from Malta last week. It's so much easier when travelling with someone else to help with the baby. We had a good holiday. Euan attended his first wedding and he slept through it, I'm sure he found it relaxing!

When out and about we tried HiPP Scrumptious Lasagna. Euan thinks it's tasty. He is a big fan of lasagna! I thought it lacked the meaty taste and the microwave cooking time was a bit too long as it came out too hot.

Back to the routine and this week I started going to the gym. Euan enjoyed the creche and he was upset when I came back for him. The Legs, Bums and Tums class was hard work and the aches lasted for a few days but I keep telling myself it will be easier next time.

This week the creche isn't open as it is half term so I'll have to wait for next week to go back for another class. In the meantime I will continue cycling to the park, walking in the chilly fresh air and swimming.

Please read about the interesting life of my swedish friend who lives in Malta with a husband and two lovely kids at http://pupa.blogg.se/english/

This week Euan has a "learning spree" :)

He is climbing up the 3 small steps in our flat. I tried to teach him to climb down but thought he isn't interested but then today I saw him do as I told him yesterday!

Today he also made a few steps using his walker. He just loves it. It has very nice tunes in it and a good shape sorter too.

This morning we tried a baby group for the first time. He enjoyed playing with the other kids - there were quite a few his age. He is a bit rough though and wants to cuddle everyone! However, he shares his toys with everyone even if someone comes along and takes the toy away from him, he just finds something else to play with.

We still have some more food from HiPP Organic. This week we tried HiPP Organic potato, pumpkin & chicken scrumble. Euan liked it a lot! It smells delicious too.

I will be hearing it for the rest of my life but the first time Euan called me "Mammaa" this week I was so happy :) He also calls Steve "Papa" and says "nanna". He's growing so fast, still trying to crawl around and opens cupboards and drawers.

The re-decorating of the room is still progressing very slowly. I got some other items off the internet but I'll tell you about these later when they arrive and I put them in place.

Last week we tried out HiPP Organic Carrot & Pumpkin Rice Cakes. They are very practical when we're out and Euan wants a snack. They're brilliant as Euan can feed himself and keep himself busy while I'm doing the shopping! They leave an orange colour on the face and hands (no added artificial colourings, no added salt, no added sugar) and they are not sticky (unlike other brands). Other handy snacks are the Hipp Organic Elephant Biscuits which are also great to chew on the go. Euan likes these too and they are also good when he's teething as they are slightly hard and he can chew on them. The shape of these biscuits makes it easy for tiny hands to hold. I would have preferred these to be individually packed in small bags or boxes cause I had to put them in a small bowl to take out with me since the box is quite big to carry around. These biscuits have added salt and sugar so you shouldn't give them to kids often. They taste great though, Steve and I enjoyed them too ;)

Euan had Hipp Organic Scrumptious Cottage Pie With Herbs for lunch. He enjoyed it very much. It was not very chunky but it had some texture. It smells nice too. We also had the HiPP Organic Vegetables with Noodles and Chicken for lunch. This was a big hit - Euan couldn't have enough of it. I didn't quite like the taste of this though (it didn't taste as home-made as the other meals) but as long as Euan enjoyed it - it's good.