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- This video is sponsored by KiwiCo. (baby gurgles)
Hello and welcome to another Kellgren-Fozard family vlog.
And we're coming to you from the garden center.
The car park of the garden center, obviously,
specifically the car.
And for those of you who always say,
that you're a bit shocked and scared, don't worry.
We are in England, remember.
I am the passenger. Clearly not driving.
Claudia is the one driving.
We do drive on the left here.
I very much cannot drive.
I made a video about that in fact, many moons ago.
Yeah. Wow.
Think it was one of the first videos I made, actually,
about how terrible I am at driving.
What does that say about me,
that, that was one of the first videos I made?
Not something good. (laughs)
You can watch it if you really want.
Probably don't watch it.
- We should do that one, yeah.
Like, commenting on our own videos from bygone times.
- Oh my God. - Maybe we should do it.
Didn't we do that as a Christmas thing?
We looked back at the old Christmas videos.
- No, I think we said we were going to,
and then we ended up not doing it.
- Yeah.
- Yeah. We could just roast my makeup and hair.
- And all our changes to our eyebrows.
I used to wear eyeliner. That made me look really different.
- I used to have eyebrows.
- And then you didn't. - That weren't tattooed on.
- And then you didn't have eyebrows. (Jessica laughs)
- And now you do have eyebrows.
- And then they fell out.
Anyway, we're at the garden center.
This is one of our favorites.
It's South Downs Garden Center.
It's really big. It's excellent.
- Oh, Rupert wants to get out.
- And Rupert would like to get out of the car now.
He's asleep, whenever the car moves.
- He needs motion.
- And then it stops and he's like, get out.
(upbeat Christmassy music)
- [Jessica] Best garden center.
Yes, what are we getting?
- Pot for my hanging plant,
that I can hang from the ceiling.
- Yeah. Yeah.
(upbeat Christmassy music)
Hello. Absolutely.
Yeah. Yeah.
That's a must have.
- Yeah. Gonna drink my wine out of this, this Christmas.
- [Jessica] That's fabulous.
- Probably just gonna plant some ivy in it.
- I think, I think it's neat.
- Yeah, you need, like, a goblet.
- It's brilliant.
- [Jessica] And this one goes with some
of the things we already have
and is tall enough that things can go over the side.
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We're looking for nice medium size pots.
Rupert's a bit bored and chewing on his star
whilst we look for medium size pots.
It's an incredibly excellent fox painting.
Hello? What have you found?
I love that it says, please buy me.
It's talking to me.
It wants me to have it.
A hundred percent, it knows me, it knows I want it.
- [Claudia] Please buy me.
- [Jessica] What will I do with it?
Absolutely no clue.
- [Claudia] Keep your trinkets in it.
- [Jessica] Yeah. What trinkets do I have?
- [Claudia] Hairpins.
- This is so fancy and I completely don't need it.
- [Claudia] And it's got feet.
- [Jessica] It's got feet.
- [Claudia] For it's walks.
- Yeah. You know, when it needs to scuffle
around the house at night, while we're asleep.
- [Claudia] It's the snowman.
- [Jessica] It's your favorite thing.
- [Claudia] Oh, there he is on the TV.
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- That's cute.
- [Claudia] It is pretty cute.
- I want to do a table scape where you like dress the table
so it's really pretty and you have reindeer on it.
- [Claudia] Okay.
- Yeah?
- [Claudia] Yeah, why not?
- Okay. Can I have these two reindeer?
You're coming with me friends.
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- Fit in our garden?
- [Jessica] I mean, maybe if we had a bigger garden.
- [Claudia] Really? What about him?
- [Jessica] Oh. Oh. No.
What are you doing? Hello.
That's an adorable basket.
Would you like that basket?
That's also a very cute b...
You look so sweet.
Yes. I think you should get that, for me.
- Don't like the (indistinct) , I already put it back.
- [Jessica] Oh, (mumbles)
Well, I want the basket.
It's very cute. I'd like it. Thank you.
- [Claudia] Today Rupert's feeding time,
he's currently just having some juice.
I've got a massive bowl of chips to share.
I've got this massive jacket potato with tuna, cup of tea.
I mean, those are classic garden center foods, aren't they?
And you've got a gluten free tuna sandwich.
- How are you missing this?
I am the little heart eyed emoji.
- [Claudia] Over what?
- [Jessica] That is such an amazing little tree.
Go on. We need it.
- [Claudia] Oh, that?
- [Jessica] How are you not seeing it?
- [Claudia] That little like?
- [Jessica] It's amazing.
- Oh my God. Look at it.
It's wonderful.
- [Claudia] All right.
Well, that'll be your Christmas present.
All right. For you my love, I will buy you the tree.
- I love you.
- [Claudia] I know.
- See now, I'm the hearts all over emoji.
- It's a pine cone.
- [Jessica] Oh my God. It's your dream toy.
- It is pretty cute.
Does it rattle, no, it's not rattling.
- [Jessica] Did it bring you joy?
- It could sit on his shelf. How cute is it?
- [Jessica] No. It looks like a monster.
And what, I think it's an...
Is that actually a macaroon?
- Or is it a burger?
It says it's the chocolate macaroon.
Obviously.
- [Jessica] Sure. Okay.
- Found Rupert's favorite.
This is favorite book character, Spot.
And it vibrates.
- [Jessica] That does not in any way show over video.
- [Claudia] Oh.
Oh, he's asleep.
I was gonna show it to him, but he don't care.
- [Jessica] He does not care right now.
Absolutely love the toy section, this garden center.
Claudia just walked up to me and asked
if this could be included in her stocking.
Are we in the kids section for ourselves?
Yes. Yes we are.
It's a garden center haul.
- [Claudia] And now he's smiling.
- [Jessica] Yeah. Look at all the goodies that we have got.
Now you may have noticed some of the little things
keeping Rupert entertained while we've been out and about,
and let's talk about them.
These excellent, and dare we say it, educational
goodies are from this month's KiwiCo Panda box.
If you haven't yet heard me talking about it,
KiwiCo is a subscription delivery service
providing activity-based kits for children of all ages.
We're currently using the Panda crate,
which is for ages zero to 24 months.
And since Rupert's only six months,
we're gonna be sticking with it for quite a while.
And we've already found that the crates
do actually age up with him and follow his interests.
We first found out about KiwiCo
when we were looking for a present for our nephew,
who's now almost four years old.
We wanted to get him something that wasn't just
like a toy that he'd kind of play with once or twice
and then would just kind of go on the pile.
So it was really wonderful to have little
monthly boxes that would ignite his interests
in different points of STEAM.
What is STEAM?
It's science, technology, engineering,
the arts and mathematics.
And my goodness, they're all there in little KiwiCo crates.
Don't worry. You may be thinking, gosh, that's a lot.
My baby's tiny. My baby is too.
Well, the KiwiCo Panda crates scale it down.
They're all developmentally appropriate
and they approach these topics
in really easy ways for babies to understand.
Don't worry, they're not throwing you some complex
circuit board that you have to do with your three month old.
In fact, the KiwiCo's Panda crate is extra special
as it was designed in partnership
with Seattle Children's Hospital.
We were really drawn to the Panda crates
because they're Montessori inspired.
They promote self directed,
hands-on learning and creativity.
This month's crate is Travel with me,
not just about developing your motor skills.
So literally, you know, your baby moves
and you travel with them,
but also playing while you're on the go.
And if you remember our vlog, when we went to Bath,
we took this crate with us and it was really, really helpful
to have a lot of the different little toys
that we could just hook onto his pram.
Apparently he's a rattle.
My goodness, though, by far his favorite is the star.
Not only great for chewing on now that he's teething,
but also very much enjoys the texture of the (indistinct)
You get little cards that tell you everything
about things that come within the crates.
And that's really great, really helpful.
You know, it tells you how to clean them,
actually brilliant.
Most things for babies do not really tell you
how to clean them and it's incredibly irritating.
The crates are also a wonderful Christmas gift
for anyone with young children
or even someone expecting a baby.
And if you want to take a small step into Montessori,
then this is a great way to do it.
Click the link in the description below,
or go to kiwico.com/jessica to get 50% off your first crate.
- [Claudia] Oh, you're sitting up.
Yeah, you love that book.
(Rupert babbles)
(Claudia babbles)
(Rupert babbles)
Hello, Walter.
We were all just chilling in the living room,
aren't we Ru Ru,
and Mommy has been doing our Christmas cards,
which are adorable. Whee.
We've been putting Christmas films on.
Turned it off right now
'cause Rupert was getting distracted.
You're gonna say your new favorite little phrase?
(Rupert gurgles) (Claudia giggles)
Go on. (Rupert laughs)
Bah, bah, bah, bah.
It that how it goes?
Oh, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
(Rupert babbles)
(Claudia babbles) I see.
We have this absolutely adorable, like,
Victorian replica mini children's chair
that Rupert is almost ready to sit in,
because he is now sitting.
Is it nearly your dinner time?
- [Jessica] Is it?
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Who's that?
(Rupert gurgles)
It's Mommy.
She's a baby.
It's Mommy as a baby.
(Rupert shouts)
Oh, yes. She looks like you.
Yes she does. Yes she does.
And there's mommy and mama, when we got married.
Yeah. We got married five years ago.
Here's your great grandfather, who you were named after.
Johannes Hendrik.
And here's your other great grandfather
who you're named after, Kan.
We have stockings.
You see this one over here is for Mama,
'cause I'm the tallest.
And then this one is for Mommy
'cause she is the medium height.
This one down here, this has your name on.
It's for Rupert because you are the little one.
Gonna hang it down here.
Okay, now let's go make your dinner.
Are you excited?
Excited about what you are gonna eat?
(chatting quietly)
- I'll go get your food.
Made you chicken, rice, broccoli, and for dinner,
for afters, it's like a puree and some prunes.
(chatting quietly)
- [Rupert] Yeah.
- Yeah. Chicken.
Tilly's fitting through perfect
into her little space right underneath the table.
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(Rupert shouts)
(reading quietly)
- When the wind blows, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Whibbly, whobbly, wap.
Always blows away.
Oh, no.
Nightly ritual.
(both laugh)
Oh, I know. They're very exciting, aren't they?
- So we're gonna say night night, popo, night night,
night night popo.
Night night Tilly, night night.
Go up to bed.
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