My freedom is being curtailed - Alice is finally consistently managing to open doors, only the baby gates can contain her now! (But Boo can open the one between the kitchen and the playroom, usually she's quick enough that it still keeps the others in the kitchen).
The challenge is now trying to keep doors shut where I want to control Pud's movements - luckily Alice is capable of understanding why, but she does need lots of reminders, to keep the doors shut.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
CANINE INTELLIGENCE
As I've already blogged, choccy Labradors are said to be the least intelligent colour of Labrador.
Pud's the 3rd Labrador we've had - having previously had Daisy (yellow) and her half-sister Blossom (black). Both the others were pretty clever. I met Pud's Mum Sadie - she seemed very much in the same league for intelligence (though a completely different and much more typical Labrador in build).
For many years we've had a soft bone toy - it's blue and there are several rings that fit on it. It's supposed to be a toy to challenge dogs, the rings are supposed to be removable but no dog has ever risen to the challenge. One of the rings has been off it for years but 2 yellow and 2 red are still on it, or were, today I realised that several others were loose too.
Yesterday Alice opened the study door (which was purposely shut to keep Pud out!) Pud settled on the bed under my desk and made it clear that she was too comfy to move without pursuasion (brut force), until I moved a dog bed into the playroom for her! Not daft that dog, not so sure about her owner!
Pud's the 3rd Labrador we've had - having previously had Daisy (yellow) and her half-sister Blossom (black). Both the others were pretty clever. I met Pud's Mum Sadie - she seemed very much in the same league for intelligence (though a completely different and much more typical Labrador in build).
For many years we've had a soft bone toy - it's blue and there are several rings that fit on it. It's supposed to be a toy to challenge dogs, the rings are supposed to be removable but no dog has ever risen to the challenge. One of the rings has been off it for years but 2 yellow and 2 red are still on it, or were, today I realised that several others were loose too.
Yesterday Alice opened the study door (which was purposely shut to keep Pud out!) Pud settled on the bed under my desk and made it clear that she was too comfy to move without pursuasion (brut force), until I moved a dog bed into the playroom for her! Not daft that dog, not so sure about her owner!
DISAPPOINTING AFTERNOON
Having searched the house for Alice's jacket, I took a couple of photos quickly before we left the house to go to a Chinese New Year party.About 8 miles later we hit a traffic jam, complete gridlock and nearly 3 miles from the next junction, it took us nearly 60 minutes to get to the junction - by which time we'd missed so much of the party that it wasn't worth completing our journey, so I drove right around the roundabout and drove home. Luckily it was nap time so Alice missed the whole journey (apart from the first 2 miles or so) and equally luckily I hadn't said too much about the party so she wasn't too disappointed but she was very grumpy from waking when the engine stopped (she's always grumpy if she's woken before she's ready).
I love this jacket and I think Alice looks lovely in it, she agrees but only because I said that it's a Chinese Princess' jacket!!
Meanwhile having missed the party I'm left with loads of sausages. Sausage anyone?
THIS WEEK
. . . has been all about princesses! I'm not surprised that Alice has become obsessed with princesses, but I am surprised how it's come from out of nowhere. At the moment I can still 'persuade' her into doing things as long as I can find a 'princess' link to it!The photo is Alice flying around the playroom as a fairy princess! (Yes, the costume is huge, but it needs to be to fit over her winter clothes and she doesn't seem to mind.)
Thursday, January 29, 2009
BOOKS UPDATED!
Only 1 comment recommending books , but so many! Thanks Snick(typed too soon, thanks P as well!)
For those of you who don't read the comments, here are her recommendations:
Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see? by Bill Martin Jr.
Polar Bear Polar Bear What do you hear? by Bill Martin Jr.
Panda Bear Panda Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin Jr.
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Ask Mister Bear by Majorie Flack
Bears by Ruth Krauss
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Bill Martin Jr.
Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr.
Chicken Soup with Maurice Sendak
A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown
Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Fortunately by Remy Charlip
The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
Henny Penny by Paul Galdone
The House That Jack Built by Rodney Peppe
If It Weren't for You by Charlotte Zolotow
I Was Walking Down the Road by Sarah Barchas
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
I Will Not Go to Market Today by Harry Allard
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy Carlsrom
Jump, Frog, Jump by Robert Kalan
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
Old Mother Hubbard by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
One Monday Morning by Uri Schulevitz
Over in The Meadow by Olive Wadsworth
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer
The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel
Round as a Pancake by Joan Sullivan
Someday by Charlotte Zolotow
The Teeny Tiny Woman by Barbara Seuling
Three Blind Mice by John Ivimey
The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
This Old Man: The Counting Song by Robin Koontz
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
What Do You Do, Dear by Sesyle Joslin
The Wheels on the Bus by Mary Ann Kovalski
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema
For those of you who don't read the comments, here are her recommendations:
Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see? by Bill Martin Jr.
Polar Bear Polar Bear What do you hear? by Bill Martin Jr.
Panda Bear Panda Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin Jr.
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Ask Mister Bear by Majorie Flack
Bears by Ruth Krauss
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Bill Martin Jr.
Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr.
Chicken Soup with Maurice Sendak
A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown
Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Fortunately by Remy Charlip
The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
Henny Penny by Paul Galdone
The House That Jack Built by Rodney Peppe
If It Weren't for You by Charlotte Zolotow
I Was Walking Down the Road by Sarah Barchas
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
I Will Not Go to Market Today by Harry Allard
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy Carlsrom
Jump, Frog, Jump by Robert Kalan
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
Old Mother Hubbard by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
One Monday Morning by Uri Schulevitz
Over in The Meadow by Olive Wadsworth
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer
The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel
Round as a Pancake by Joan Sullivan
Someday by Charlotte Zolotow
The Teeny Tiny Woman by Barbara Seuling
Three Blind Mice by John Ivimey
The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
This Old Man: The Counting Song by Robin Koontz
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
What Do You Do, Dear by Sesyle Joslin
The Wheels on the Bus by Mary Ann Kovalski
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
OBSESSED AND GETTING TOUGHER!
'No Bertie, that's Dirty Bertie!'
Alice's favourite phrase from her favourite book. The book (Dirty Bertie) lives by Mummy's bed for morning wake-up and bedtime stories. Alice loves to finish each page with the key phrase, 'No Bertie, that's Dirty Bertie!' It's very sweet to hear her say it - she consistently misses out that in the phrase.
Unfortunately Alice didn't get DB tonight as she wouldn't co-operate. Alice is rarely naughty but she is very often slow to do as she is asked, so I've resolved to tell her the sanctions and be stricter. Consistency isn't a problem (teaching experience helps) but seeing the need for change is what I find more difficult. She wasn't happy at not having DB read at bedtime, she kept looking at me and saying, 'Good girl!' so I kept reiterating that if she continued to be a good girl then she could have DB read in the morning. Eventually she understood but not before she tried out hysterics - you'd think that I'd never said no before!
The other books (which she didn't lose this evening) that she loves are Elmer and (my favourite) Owl Babies. OB and DB are both successful for Alice as they have a repetitive phrase that she can join in with - and I'd love more suggestions for other books like this please.
Alice's favourite phrase from her favourite book. The book (Dirty Bertie) lives by Mummy's bed for morning wake-up and bedtime stories. Alice loves to finish each page with the key phrase, 'No Bertie, that's Dirty Bertie!' It's very sweet to hear her say it - she consistently misses out that in the phrase.
Unfortunately Alice didn't get DB tonight as she wouldn't co-operate. Alice is rarely naughty but she is very often slow to do as she is asked, so I've resolved to tell her the sanctions and be stricter. Consistency isn't a problem (teaching experience helps) but seeing the need for change is what I find more difficult. She wasn't happy at not having DB read at bedtime, she kept looking at me and saying, 'Good girl!' so I kept reiterating that if she continued to be a good girl then she could have DB read in the morning. Eventually she understood but not before she tried out hysterics - you'd think that I'd never said no before!
The other books (which she didn't lose this evening) that she loves are Elmer and (my favourite) Owl Babies. OB and DB are both successful for Alice as they have a repetitive phrase that she can join in with - and I'd love more suggestions for other books like this please.
Monday, January 26, 2009
SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS
Saturday - Alice hysterics, led to moving into the 'Big Girl's Bed', slept all night, no problems.
Sunday - started in the cot, hysterics within minutes (but hadn't bothered to even ask for the BGB, moved into bed, fell off (ended standing up with arms still resting on the bed but hysterical) at 2.30am and then sleep with me while I suffered kicks and hits and hardly slept from that point on.
Monday - resolved to buy a bed rail (to stop her falling out). I'd researched these before but hoped that we wouldn't need yet more kit as the cotbed was supplied with a guard for the bed mode - but I want to keep it in cot form for now as a backup! Bought guard, tried to fit it but the bed is slated so it won't take it - T and I will swap the beds around the house on Wednesday to try and rectify this, until then Alice has been told that she'll have to sleep in the cot again and she went to bed (in her cot) without a peep tonight!
Naps - still happening in the cot!!
Me - hoping for a full night's sleep alone (sort of!)
Sunday - started in the cot, hysterics within minutes (but hadn't bothered to even ask for the BGB, moved into bed, fell off (ended standing up with arms still resting on the bed but hysterical) at 2.30am and then sleep with me while I suffered kicks and hits and hardly slept from that point on.
Monday - resolved to buy a bed rail (to stop her falling out). I'd researched these before but hoped that we wouldn't need yet more kit as the cotbed was supplied with a guard for the bed mode - but I want to keep it in cot form for now as a backup! Bought guard, tried to fit it but the bed is slated so it won't take it - T and I will swap the beds around the house on Wednesday to try and rectify this, until then Alice has been told that she'll have to sleep in the cot again and she went to bed (in her cot) without a peep tonight!
Naps - still happening in the cot!!
Me - hoping for a full night's sleep alone (sort of!)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
It's the start of the Year of the Ox.
I started the day by phoning WAG (Welsh Assembly Government) I spoke to the lady who I dealt with when they checked Alice's dossier in 2005. She has a new No1 fan, me! She was so helpful, friendly, informative, relaxed, positive and best of all I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DCSF!! She talked me through a lot of the mysteries of the Thai process (I can't 'say' often enough how different this process is and most of the difference isn't due to a different country but paperwork for the local bits!) She clarified many of my doubts over different bits of paperwork and forwarded a new fact sheet that is more constructive than most of the others that I've read. The other HUGE advantage of WAG checking my dossier is that it's quicker, significantly quicker and much less stressful as I can ring DJ whenever I need help or guidance or want to check progress. It's a huge relief to me!
Shortly after the phone call we got in the car to go to A'g. The first track playing was 'One Elephant Went Out To Play' - as Pandas are Alice's symbolic animal, Elephants are for Little Sis, this track was all I needed to confirm all the good news of the morning, my eyes leaked a little at the thought of the reassurance and support coming through at a time when I was beginning to feel overwhelmed and lost.
Then we went to soft play (where we were meeting D and A), we got there just after it opened so it was a little chilly, 5 minutes later I realised that one of my feet was cold, then I realised my sock was wet and finally I realised that I was standing in a puddle of u*rine - I could have stayed at home with Pud and managed that! So for the rest of the morning I had bare, cold feet but Alice had a super time - she's more independent and is even coming down the wavy slide on her tummy (or 'tummin' as she would say), she really is an adrenaline junky!
Having clarified some point with Deb (lovely lady at WAG - who also said that adoption dossiers were a priority, hurray!!) I was able to complete some more paperwork for my LA - another set of photos (as they've mislaid the first set!) and pay the final installment of the home study bill, I delivered all that and dashed round A'g while the Magnificent T was at home with Alice.
Small steps towards my final goal, but very significant ones, in 24 hours this journey has taken a major change, one that I'm exceedingly appreciative of and one that I was in need of, a very positive day and I feel so much better for it.
I started the day by phoning WAG (Welsh Assembly Government) I spoke to the lady who I dealt with when they checked Alice's dossier in 2005. She has a new No1 fan, me! She was so helpful, friendly, informative, relaxed, positive and best of all I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE DCSF!! She talked me through a lot of the mysteries of the Thai process (I can't 'say' often enough how different this process is and most of the difference isn't due to a different country but paperwork for the local bits!) She clarified many of my doubts over different bits of paperwork and forwarded a new fact sheet that is more constructive than most of the others that I've read. The other HUGE advantage of WAG checking my dossier is that it's quicker, significantly quicker and much less stressful as I can ring DJ whenever I need help or guidance or want to check progress. It's a huge relief to me!
Shortly after the phone call we got in the car to go to A'g. The first track playing was 'One Elephant Went Out To Play' - as Pandas are Alice's symbolic animal, Elephants are for Little Sis, this track was all I needed to confirm all the good news of the morning, my eyes leaked a little at the thought of the reassurance and support coming through at a time when I was beginning to feel overwhelmed and lost.
Then we went to soft play (where we were meeting D and A), we got there just after it opened so it was a little chilly, 5 minutes later I realised that one of my feet was cold, then I realised my sock was wet and finally I realised that I was standing in a puddle of u*rine - I could have stayed at home with Pud and managed that! So for the rest of the morning I had bare, cold feet but Alice had a super time - she's more independent and is even coming down the wavy slide on her tummy (or 'tummin' as she would say), she really is an adrenaline junky!
Having clarified some point with Deb (lovely lady at WAG - who also said that adoption dossiers were a priority, hurray!!) I was able to complete some more paperwork for my LA - another set of photos (as they've mislaid the first set!) and pay the final installment of the home study bill, I delivered all that and dashed round A'g while the Magnificent T was at home with Alice.
Small steps towards my final goal, but very significant ones, in 24 hours this journey has taken a major change, one that I'm exceedingly appreciative of and one that I was in need of, a very positive day and I feel so much better for it.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
2008 A REVIEW IN PHOTOS, JULY
We celebrated a year together at the beginning of July, Alice had great fun playing in the garden, her first experience of the paddling pool and she made her first cake!
2008 A REVIEW IN PHOTOS, AUGUST
Alice's first major holiday abroad, first ride on a roundabout, 2 nights on a ferry, 14 in a gite, many many miles travelled, a language explosion and lots of happy memories - that was August 2008 (and a tummy bug that we'd rather forget!)
POTENTIALLY GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS!
The good news started off rather confusingly and has continued to baffle me!
I spoke to the head of the adoption team on Thursday (Thursday is now my Doing Day whilst Alice is at nursery!) He said that my Homestudy was now at the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) for checking. My dossier for Alice went to WAG and they were great - quick, efficient, friendly and informative, they also saved me several months at the Dfes. But this time round I'd been led to believe that they wouldn't be involved in my paperchasing. Today I was informed by a fellow Thai AP from Wales (I think that there are only a handful) that WAG do do the dossier check all the way through to sending it to Thailand.
This is BIG news! It could cut months off the next stage of paperwork and relieve a lot of stress (though if it is correct it will create some stress initially as I'll have to chase paperwork faster than planned!)
The bad news? WAG informed my LA that there were 21 missing or incomplete elements of the dossier - more paperwork.
The amount of paperwork for this adoption is incredible, so much more than for Alice's. Every step has been so different but I hope that the outcome is just as precious!
I spoke to the head of the adoption team on Thursday (Thursday is now my Doing Day whilst Alice is at nursery!) He said that my Homestudy was now at the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) for checking. My dossier for Alice went to WAG and they were great - quick, efficient, friendly and informative, they also saved me several months at the Dfes. But this time round I'd been led to believe that they wouldn't be involved in my paperchasing. Today I was informed by a fellow Thai AP from Wales (I think that there are only a handful) that WAG do do the dossier check all the way through to sending it to Thailand.
This is BIG news! It could cut months off the next stage of paperwork and relieve a lot of stress (though if it is correct it will create some stress initially as I'll have to chase paperwork faster than planned!)
The bad news? WAG informed my LA that there were 21 missing or incomplete elements of the dossier - more paperwork.
The amount of paperwork for this adoption is incredible, so much more than for Alice's. Every step has been so different but I hope that the outcome is just as precious!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
ALICE TAKES CONTROL
Alice has a stinking cold, her nose is snotty and bunged up, she has a hacking cough, no appetite, no tolerance and is very easily reduced to tears. Not fun.
Sleep has been an issue for the last week or so - ever since the beginning of the week when this cold started showing. She's been slow to go to sleep in the evenings - demanding 'Mummy's bed!' and unsettled through the night, she's spent a significant amount of nearly every night in my bed and my sleep's suffered a lot because of her presence.
When sleep gets bad like this I establish my expectations before bedtime and talk Alice through what is going to happen (optimistically at the moment!)
Today she's been OK during the waking hours, but as soon as I started to leave her (in the usual way at bedtime) she started to cry. Despite reassurance and repeat visits to her the crying ramped up until she's hiccuping and snotty, still demanding 'Mummy's bed!' I wasn't giving in - whilst I don't mind her coming in with me occassionally it's happened too often this week and I'm really tired, I don't want to establish a bad habit and whilst it's painful for both of us if I refuse tonight it will only get harder the longer this goes on.
So I comprimised! Alice is now sleeping in the single 'big girl's bed' in her bedroom. Her cotbed is still a cot but I suspect that Alice won't accept it as a bed when there's a proper bed in the room, but because of the cot bed converts into a bed with protection rails I haven't bought guard rails for the other bed - thinking she'd graduate slowly, but (as is becoming usual) Alice knew better! It took her another 30 minutes or so to settle but for now she's asleep - I hope that I haven't lost my civilised morning starts in the process (I have a backup plan using yet another baby-gate if necessary!)
Sleep has been an issue for the last week or so - ever since the beginning of the week when this cold started showing. She's been slow to go to sleep in the evenings - demanding 'Mummy's bed!' and unsettled through the night, she's spent a significant amount of nearly every night in my bed and my sleep's suffered a lot because of her presence.
When sleep gets bad like this I establish my expectations before bedtime and talk Alice through what is going to happen (optimistically at the moment!)
Today she's been OK during the waking hours, but as soon as I started to leave her (in the usual way at bedtime) she started to cry. Despite reassurance and repeat visits to her the crying ramped up until she's hiccuping and snotty, still demanding 'Mummy's bed!' I wasn't giving in - whilst I don't mind her coming in with me occassionally it's happened too often this week and I'm really tired, I don't want to establish a bad habit and whilst it's painful for both of us if I refuse tonight it will only get harder the longer this goes on.
So I comprimised! Alice is now sleeping in the single 'big girl's bed' in her bedroom. Her cotbed is still a cot but I suspect that Alice won't accept it as a bed when there's a proper bed in the room, but because of the cot bed converts into a bed with protection rails I haven't bought guard rails for the other bed - thinking she'd graduate slowly, but (as is becoming usual) Alice knew better! It took her another 30 minutes or so to settle but for now she's asleep - I hope that I haven't lost my civilised morning starts in the process (I have a backup plan using yet another baby-gate if necessary!)
Friday, January 23, 2009
IT GETS WORSE!
The jury's still out deciding Pud's IQ, apparently chocolate Labradors are known to be the thick cousins of the Labrador world (black ones are supposed to be the graduates with yellow ones coming somewhere in the middle!)
Pud's now been released from her spell 'doing bird' (isn't that another phrase for prison - I'd love to know the origin!), whenever she's fresh from the den or the dog room she has to go straight outside to 'perform', she's very good about going out and went straight out tonight but not to the usual p*ddle spot but to the bird cafe and she SEARCHED for her late night snack, ugh. She had a good rootle round and was only eventually distracted by small dogs barking - probably at the shadow of a figment of a cat!
Pud's now been released from her spell 'doing bird' (isn't that another phrase for prison - I'd love to know the origin!), whenever she's fresh from the den or the dog room she has to go straight outside to 'perform', she's very good about going out and went straight out tonight but not to the usual p*ddle spot but to the bird cafe and she SEARCHED for her late night snack, ugh. She had a good rootle round and was only eventually distracted by small dogs barking - probably at the shadow of a figment of a cat!
ELLEN I TRUMP YOUR DEAD RABBIT WALKS!
Ugh.
Ugh.
Ugh.
D'yuh get it yet? Ugh!
I just let the dogs in from the garden after supper, the little ones arrived but Pudding didn't - not so unusual now as she's beginning to love exploring and snuffling and as a chocolate dog she's tricky to spot in the darkness against the flower beds.
Tonight finding her wasn't difficult - I could hear her crunching, that's never good news.
What was she crunching? Dead, whole bird. By the time I'd retreated to the kitchen, thankful Alice was in bed (even if it is mine not hers), swearing loudly in search of kitchen and shuddering at the thought of Pudding's pudding and the memory of the crunch. I thought I was too late but then part of the body, some feathers and evidence of guts was retrieved. Pudding is now confined to her den in the dog room and I'm grimacing at the mere thought of what's just happened.
(For those confused by the title of this post - go here!)
Ugh.
Ugh.
D'yuh get it yet? Ugh!
I just let the dogs in from the garden after supper, the little ones arrived but Pudding didn't - not so unusual now as she's beginning to love exploring and snuffling and as a chocolate dog she's tricky to spot in the darkness against the flower beds.
Tonight finding her wasn't difficult - I could hear her crunching, that's never good news.
What was she crunching? Dead, whole bird. By the time I'd retreated to the kitchen, thankful Alice was in bed (even if it is mine not hers), swearing loudly in search of kitchen and shuddering at the thought of Pudding's pudding and the memory of the crunch. I thought I was too late but then part of the body, some feathers and evidence of guts was retrieved. Pudding is now confined to her den in the dog room and I'm grimacing at the mere thought of what's just happened.
(For those confused by the title of this post - go here!)
Thursday, January 22, 2009
2008 A REVIEW IN PHOTOS, SEPTEMBER
Alice became noticably more vocal and consequently more demanding, and did lots of playing - in the garden with GFN, playdoughing and shestarted 'pretending' in her play!
2008 A REVIEW IN PHOTOS, OCTOBER
Alice partied the month away - celebrating Mummy's birthday, her baptism and her second birthday, all within 6 days! She also made great progress with her swimming.
2008 A REVIEW IN PHOTOS, NOVEMBER
Alice tried being a big girl (potty training - but Mummy decided that for now she's still too little), got sick quite a bit, sleeping suffered, saw lots of friends, survived life at home with no water for a while and aced her 2 year development check!
2008 A REVIEW IN PHOTOS, DECEMBER
My little star started Nursery without a backward glance, performed infront of a huge audience (out-wiggling everyone else!), met Father Christmas again, relished every moment of Christmas and embraced our new puppy.
STICKYI
“Wipe, Mummy!”
“Naughty!”
“Sticky!”
I said nothing,
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