Maia Mi

We took Maia with us to see our friends Melissa and James on their new houseboat at the weekend. Hendrik's the name of the boat and it used to be a hotel boat in the Netherlands, offering canoe trips and so on - so it's got a bunch of canoes on the top they're trying to get rid of, it's got loads and loads of bunk beds and bed linen and crockery - and they're busy converting it into a proper house boat. Meantime they've bagged one of the best views of the River Thames by landing a mooring just by Tower Bridge where you have to walk down all these weird walkways with floating flowerbeds around you (as well as a nesting goose!).

Maia absolutely loved it on the rocking boat - trying to balance as she walked (with support) around and chatting to James's parents. She tried a raw broccoli floret and it became her best friend for most of the time we were there (crazy gal). The idea of a houseboat is lovely but I felt a bit seasick so I'm glad we're buying a house... ha ha!