Happy Birthday Mummy B

It's my great grandma's birthday today. She is 33,883 days older than me. That's a lot of days.

She reads the blog everyday, and even though we've only met twice, she knows me as well as anybody. Happy Birthday Mummy B!

Dad and I messed about at home this morning - doing our usual thing - sorting out my footy tips using cards with the jerseys printed on them. He got a new idea for me to tip the English soccer which starts next week. Neither of us know anything about soccer. That should make it all the more interesting.

We cleaned my teeth four times today. I really like my toothbrush. Really.




Notice my fancy green texta embellishments...

I'll have what she's having

Mum and I were having brekky, I had a bottle of milk and she had toast. When we both finished mum started feeding me some of my mushy weetbix-apple sauce combo.

I shook my head and pointed to mum's plate (on which there were two bits of crust) and said 'Dut!'.

Mum handed me one piece of crust. I pointed back at the plate, "DUT!". So mum handed me the other bit of crust.

I leaned backinto my chair, two pieces of crust in my hands, feeling very pleased with myself.

Later on whem dad was at the table with us, they were discussing sneaky ways of getting me to eat. Putting some of my food on their plate, and so when I think I'm eating special 'grown up' food from their plate, I'm actually eating what they intended me to eat all along. Fancy that.

Half and half

Mum was asked to work this morning, so she packed up her bags early and dad and I hung out for a bonus father-son morning.

We started with a bit of raking. Raking while wearing the baby carrier is not easy - especially if the baby is strapped on at the front. We soon gave up raking. We were going to do a bit of watering, but there's a big barking dog next door who really hates it when we walk up the side of the house...Doesn't bother me too much, but the dog gives dad the heebie-jeebies...We soon gave up watering.

So we went inside and cranked up the stereo!



Just before we went to pick mum up, dad remembered we need a new microwave oven, so we did a quick research trip to the electrical shops - after getting in and out of the car three times, I eventually fell asleep. Only for a minute though - we were soon at work, I was handed to mum, we got back in the car and headed off to playgroup, and then a meeting at church, and then to more shops...

We finally made it home. And I was tired.

Hide and seek

I like hide and seek.

I've got the concept sorted, it's the execution that needs a bit of work.

Just because I can't see the person doesn't mean they can't see me. so sometimes only my face will be hidden! And I find it a little hard to keep perfectly silent. My excited laughs usually give me away. And sometimes the places I go to hide aren't quite big enough to fit in, or aren't very 'hideable'! But hey, I'm only little, and it's a new game for me, but I still love it.

When mum came to pick me up this afternoon from grandma's place, I saw her through the window, and 'hid'. But I think my excited laughs gave me away...

Come on over

Mum came to Tiny Treasures today, and stayed the whole time. not becasue I was needy, but becasue she was on the roster. I think I played it pretty cool, mum being there and all.

We had Andy and Wendy over for lunch, and I was in my visitor charming mode. Mum and dad love visitor charming mode. I think they're trying to bottle it to bring out when it's just us three at home!

Mum said that we're getting to the stage now where it's getting easier for us to have people around to our place, rather than going out. It's only just got that way - but with all my toys here, and the fact I like to go wandering and won't still very still, they can relax a bit more knowing it's our house I'm stumbling around in, and not someone elses.

Like a grown up

Today I was practicing to be a grown up.

First I tried to put some deodorant on. Mum and I were in the bathroom, and I watched her very closely as she rolled it on, and when she put the bottle down, I picked it up, lifted up my arm and tried to copy what she did. It didn't work. The lid was on. And so were my clothes. But mum was impressed with my efforts, and it made both her and dad marvel at how quickly I learn.

Then I tried to dress myself. I found a shirt on the floor and decided I should be wearing it. I couldn't quite get it on, and after a couple of failed attempts of getting it over my head - I decided to play peek-a-boo with it instead.

Then I tried to help prepare tea by peeling an onion! Somehow I managed to get into the pantry when mum was cooking tea, and I made a beeline for the basket where the onions live. I peeled a bit, but didn't try to take a bite - just as well!

Shadow play

The light in my bedroom (the room I only seem to visit when I need a nappy change, thanks to the fact I've migrated into the Big Bed next door for sleeping) has a light that hangs quite low from the ceiling. It casts big shadows if you're standing in the right place - and that's exactly where dad happneed to be standing when he was changing my nappy tonight.

He decided to do some shadow animals on the wall and I liked them.

I looked at him, then the wall, and figured out pretty quickly what he was doing to make the shadows, and I joined in too, waving my arms and opening my hands just like dad. Unfortunately, because I was lying on the change table my shadows were cast a bit too low to see, but at least I got the theory right, right?