We were supposed to go to the Common on Saturday with Lina and Baby Maya, and Lizzie and Baby Ivy. But the heavens decided to open and we cancelled that at the very last minute. I was literally just putting my shoes on when it started raining.

With all of us dressed and no where to go, we then decided to go out anyway… there’s grocery shopping need to be done and why not go to Wandsworth as there is a shopping mall there that we could just stroll around for a bit.

As we were strolling around the mall… we strolled in a toy shop. It is going to be Nora’s birthday soon, so we thought why not get her something. We haven’t really bought many toys for her… since she is in nursery most of her time and they have loads of toys there for her to play with.

I can’t remember what we were looking at when Nora suddenly went mental! Clapping her hands, pointing, clapping her hands… and we looked down and there was Makka Pakka and Igglepiggle soft toys right in front of her. They are characters from the In the Night Garden which Nora loves.

Since she was so excited, I just had to buy her one of the soft toy. Jules was against Makka Pakka as he thinks Makka Pakka is just too weird… so Igglepiggle it is.

And after months of not getting attached to any toys, she slept with Igglepiggle that night, and when she woke up, I found her standing up in her bed… one hand on the rail… and the other holding on to Igglepiggle. Last night… she fell asleep hugging Igglepiggle.

So I will get tickets to In the Night Garden Live… for her birthday.