I stood up by myself for a whole six seconds! I was showing off for Daddy, who, happily, is home again. I haven't done it again, though. Daddy keeps trying to get me to stand for Mummy, but whenever he holds me up under the arms, I lift my legs up into the sitting position and laugh. Hee hee.

I've just spent a lovely morning in Granny's backyard. I sat on the grass and examined the leaves and twigs and tasted the dirt. It was wonderful fun. Then I discovered the birdbath and spent a very happy fifteen minutes or so splashing about. I'd been standing at the bath and got a bit tired, so I used it to hang on to to lower myself to the ground and succeeded in tipping most of the contents all over my legs. So then I played in the mud - it was lovely except for Mum constantly trying to wipe mud out of my mouth. I was very happy with mud in my mouth, thank you.