Happy Birthday, Jo Jo!

My youngest grandchild celebrated his first birthday in March - while I was there to take the photos! This was his first taste of cake and it was covered in chocolate!
We made a special outing to look for butter to bake this cake. The strike was just ending and the shops hadn't had time to stock up their shelves. The first one we went to had no butter or anything similar.The second one - up the road and round the corner- did. And it cost nearly 3euros! roughly £3!The white on Jojo's face was because he'd helped to coat the chicken strips in flour and then cheese to make bangbangchicken.

The balcony is a great place to learn to stand and walk!

When we arrived JoJo was in his cot having a siesta. Very soon he woke up and cried. Evie jumped up and said could she fetch him. Go for it said Heather (looking forward to 3 weeks of having a nanny in the house?) Evie brought JoJo through and paused at the door to let him see everyone. Heather spoke to him and his little head swung round to look at her and then back to Evie! He'd obviously thought it was his mum who'd picked him up! Here's a photo of them both (looking at old photos of Heather's in laws) to show you what an easy mistake it was to make!