October - November 2006

Cold face. "Brrr."

A pre-holiday picture of Hazel using chopsticks (surprisingly successfully) at the Happy Garden restaurant in Congleton.

Talking on the phone, super cool.

Pretty, shiny hair. She plans to grow it until it reaches her bottom.

In November we visited friends in Bracknell. Lottie is just 7 weeks younger than Hazel and they played together really well.

Lottie and Hazel playing busily at Monkey Mates in Wokingham, Berkshire.

David's laptop plays DVDs -- perfect for a fix of Cinderella at the hotel.

British trains leave a lot to be desired. We finally arrived in London for our day trip 2 hours later than planned.

Hazel was thrilled to have two temporary tatoos on her hands, compliments of a Christmas fair at Lottie's pre-school.

At the Science Museum in London, we went to see a 3-D IMAX movie about the ocean. Hazel didn't leave her glasses on during the whole show but when she did have them on she definitely believed the 3-D effect. At one point she even reached out to grab kelp that was billowing out towards us.