...and that makes three: 2013

Sunday, 29 December 2013

Update

It's been a very hectic past few weeks, and our little family of three have been very busy socialites!

I aim to have the blog completely updated by NYE, and given that's in 2 days, I will be getting onto it soon!!

Wednesday, 27 November 2013

I just wanted to write this down because it's something that I want to remember when my baby girl is no longer a baby girl. These are the kind of things she says daily, just intriguing one liners. The other day, I was holding Anna and she was looking into my eyes. She says "you have Annas in your eyes". At first I couldn't work out what she meant, but she was looking into my eyes so intensely that I thought she must be seeing something. I realised she could see her reflection in my eyes. How cute :)

Friday, 22 November 2013

Tired

She was so tired, she fell asleep with the bottle still in her mouth...

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Introvert

As Anna gets older, it's becoming more apparent that she's introverted. I really cherish this. Being an extrovert myself, it's really intriguing seeing Anna develop into someone that's opposite to me, but in a good way. She loves reading and painting and drawing. She's been at this picture for an hour, painting in the lines, very carefully and perfectly. I adore her.

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Happy

Masquerade

Fun

The kids love playing on this bike at Nans house, up and down the hallway. And Anna has now learned how to ride it all on her own! Now she takes Millie along for the ride.

Kids

Ears

Anna has always had an obsession with ears. She's either playing with her own ears or someone else's, usually whilst she's sucking her thumb. It's a comfort thing, I think.

Tonight, as I was tucking her in, I said "I love you Anna - do you love me?"

She responded: "Ah, actually, I love ears".

Trumped by ears.

As I was saying goodnight, she asked to play with my ears one last time, and I said "No -play with your own ears!"

She said: "But my ears aren't cold like yours"...

Weird kid. I love you anyway.

Saturday, 2 November 2013

Nan-Nan

So cute.

Friday, 1 November 2013

Sleep

The best sleeping position.

Friday, 25 October 2013

Thank you

Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone for their help when I was unwell. Mum stayed over to take care of the girls for a few nights, Lauren and Jason came round to help too, and Dad and Tiff had the girls for the weekend whilst I got my strength back. This was such an enormous help , I don't know what I would have done without my amazing family. Thank you all so much!

Monday, 21 October 2013

Rafferty

The girls adore him. So I'm going to make it work. I'm not overly fond of having a dog, to be honest. But they just love him so much. And things have improved with him. So he's part of the family now.

Breakfast

This girl can eat in the morning. So far, she's had a bowl of porridge, two wheat bix, a bowl of nutrigrain, an apple and an up'n'go. And this is typical of a morning.

Spanishes

So, at Anna's child care some of the carers speak Spanish to her. Today she was on YouTube watching Peppa Pig and a Spanish version came up. She called me over and said "mum, they're speaking Spanishes".

Child of culture.

Saturday, 19 October 2013

Jenga

Anna beating Daddy at Jenga . No joke.

Selfless

Anna was asking questions about her upcoming birthday party. She asked if anyone is bringing presents. I said everyone will give her presents. She responds. "But that's too much, we should give some to other children who don't get any presents".

My god. Proud moment.

Saturday, 28 September 2013

Garden

The girls love going outside and playing in the garden. They would be outside all day if they could. Today, Millie was stirring some water in a bowl, saying "stir stir spoon" then she'd pretend to have a taste and say "Mmmm yum" whilst nodding her head. Meanwhile, Anna has been taking very good care of her new flower garden, watering her plants and strawberries. Little imaginations.