EASTER TREAT (3)

Teeny - 90/365

You don't eat chocolate yet so for your first Easter you had a cuddly lamb, a rubber duck and a book for in the bath.  Most of all though you had lots of fun "helping" (read disrupting) your brother and sister with their egg hunt in the garden.

EASTER TREAT (2)

D - 90/365

Here you are, very impressed to find your Easter chocolate which had been left in your bed by the Easter Bunny as your prize for finishing the egg hunt in the garden.

EASTER TREAT (1)

A - 90/36

I wonder how many people read this post about you having a DVD as your Easter treat and secretly (or not so secretly) thought I was really tight.  Well we're not particularly religious and I can't stand how commercial and competitive all of these holidays have become so I am just not one of those parents who will ever go out and buy you ridiculous numbers of chocolate eggs.  Sorry baby, best that you know this now.

 

I had already bought you a Thorntons chocolate animal each though when I asked you to choose between a DVD and Easter chocolates on Friday, but I thought it was a good lesson for you to learn about not getting everything you want and also I wanted to use the 99p Easter Egg Hunt kit that I bought from The Works months ago as a way for you to each get your chocolate animal.  Seriously it was the best 99p I ever spent; it had masks, crayons, cardboard eggs, direction signs and cardboard baskets and thankfully you really enjoyed the activity as much as getting the actual prize at the end.

HAPPY EASTER

POST BOOBY HAZE

Teeny - 89/365

When you were squidgy I used to love it when you (and your brother and sister before you) were booby drunk, as it is affectionately labelled in our house.  It's that thing when you have had a three course meal type breastfeed and fallen in asleep at the breast and are completely flush faced and floppy.  Now that you are older and not having as many feeds we don't often get booby drunk anymore, but we do get post booby haze.  It's those few moments after a breastfeed when you stay snuggled in and are quiet and still and calm.  Oh how thankful I am for these moments and how I will miss them when they are gone.  It looks a little like this.

NO!

D - 89/365

This photograph followed this conversation.

Me - Baby, can I take a photograph of you while we're waiting for Daddy because I don't have one for today?

D - No! (as he turns his head away from me to make it difficult for me to take a half decent one.)

Me - Thanks.

SHOPPING

A - 89/365



Today we went shopping for your dress for your brother's naming day.  I can never get over what a girly girl you are and how much you love shopping and all things pretty.  Thankfully we both liked the same dress, but if we hadn't I can't imagine I would have won that battle.

GREEDY

Teeny - 88/365

This is how I often find you with food; a mouthful and a piece in each hand as if you're frightened that I'm going to take it from you.  I daren't try even if I wanted to.

PETER PAN

D - 88/365

You chose the DVD of Disney's Peter Pan today.  It reminds me of your daddy and also of how I imagine you will be too.  "The boy who never grew up."

HOW GROWN UP OF YOU

A - 88/365

This morning I rang the leisure centre and asked what time the swimming pool closed today.  The lady on the other end told me 5.00pm so we waited for Daddy to come home and then went to the pool; we arrived at 3.30pm only to be told that the pool was closing at 4.00pm resulting in me having two very upset children on my hands.  We agreed that we would go swimming tomorrow instead and went to Asda to get pizza for tea as planned.  We were looking at the cheap and cheerful DVDs to cheer you up while we were in there when we spotted that the Disney ones were on special.  I explained that you could either have a cheep and cheerful DVD today and some Easter treats on Sunday or just the Disney DVD of your choice.  You happily chose the Mary Poppins DVD and said that it was ok not to have Easter treats.  I was very proud of how understanding and grown up you and your brother were about this and how extremely grateful you were for your treat.  I just cannot believe how fast you are both growing up and what lovely people you are blossoming into.

LADY (AND MAN) IN RED

 

Teeny - 87/365

All I wanted was one nice photograph of you and Zee Zee snuggled up together, but you thought it would be much more fun to poke her in the face instead.  I am pretty sure that you were actually just trying to be affectionate, although that's not what it looks like here.

HEARTBEAT OR WHERE THE HEART IS?

D - 87/365

Whenever we go to (Nanny Dot &) Grandad Bobby's for lunch Grandad puts the television on after lunch; he likes to watch the reruns of Heartbeat and Where The Heart Is and for some random reason unbeknown to me you like to join him.  Well I tell a lie I do understand Where The Heart Is because you enjoy seeing all of the animals, but I am still bemused by Heartbeat and the fact that you love it so much that you can regularly be heard singing the theme tune at home.

READY FOR BED

A - 87/365

Your girlishness (as you like to label it) comes out even at bedtime.  If there is a nightdress clean it will always be chosen over a set of pyjamas!

SPIN

Teeny - 86/365

Watching the washing machine is one of your new favourite things to do.  If it keeps you happy who am I to argue?  After all I remember your brother doing the very same thing.

NEW SOCKS

D - 86/365

It still surprises me how the smallest things, like me having bought you new socks, give you so much pleasure.  It could have a little to do with the fact they are green though.  After all, you love everything GREEN.

ROCKING THE DOUBLE DENIM

A - 86/365

Despite having a (very dark blue) denim skirt on you were insistent that you should wear your (mid blue) denim jacket too and here you are rocking the look on a trip to the supermarket.  I love how you know your own mind and are developing your own unique sense of style.

TROLLEY

Teeny - 85/365

You are now big enough to sit in the seat in the trolley so we thought we would try it out today whilst we did a bit of shopping.  Judging by the gorgeous smile on this face I'm sure you weren't disappointed!

SUPERHERO

D - 85/365

This is your version of Batman; a random bit of fabric you found in your dressing up basket and a mask which I got in a nightclub many moons ago.  I love how impressed you are by your own creativity.

SUPERHEROINE

A - 85/365

You went up to your bedroom as just a normal little girl and (apparently) returned with super powers thanks to this unusual ensemble of clothes.

LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

Teeny - 84/365