It’s somewhat circular isn’t it. Eating is messy when you’re young, when you’re really old, and not as much fun in between. We’re just too polite to really get as messy as it should be sometimes.
You enjoyed your pasta for dinner tonight. I can tell. Which is good as the doctor is a bit worried about your weight… (more…)
Hello Poogie,
Well, we’ve been out of action for 9-10 days now and both you and I are going slightly crazy…. To say the least.
I’m confident we’re on the home stretch, but this flu has been horrible. And so not only have we been feeling not great, but in the interests of infecting the least number of others we’ve been laying low and staying around home a lot. And you and I are both sick of the walls in the house. (more…)
I wrote about your new efforts at communication last week. (more…)
Yes, that is right everybody!
Easter brings EASTER EGGS!!! And every child should get some from the Easter Bunny, else it just wouldn’t be fair now, would it. And I know I’m already trying to teach you that life just isn’t always fair, but in some things we should strive for it to be fair. And receiving Easter Eggs is one of those things (another thing you’re going to have to learn is that your mother is a hypocrite and often contradicts herself. Especially if chocolate is involved).
I’m thinking that you’re really going to love to get: (more…)
Dear Poogie,
I read a post today by my blogging friend over at Pretty Little Stitches about people’s responses to her breastfeeding in public and a photo of herself breastfeeding in a gorgeous knit sweater she craftily made (jealous of the skills!)… And I went to write back a comment and got to thinking about an experience I had when you were a newly born little bundle. So I thought I’d share it. I seem to have been reminiscing a little over the past week or so about ‘when you were little’. You’ve hit the nine month mark this week, and it just feels like yesterday that you were born, but also so long ago at the same time. I’ve spent a bit of time reading over my old posts from June and August 2009 when you were fresh, and re-living the feelings I had. They are almost tangible, and definitely tasteable when I re-read them. Glad I’ve written some of it down to you via this blog. But the story: (more…)
Communication is definitely the name of the game at the moment.
You’ve been roaring like a lion for weeks. It stems from your two favourite books of the moment:
Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell and
Hello Poogie,
your new trick for this week is improved communication.
We now definitely have “Mama”, “Dada”, “there” and that’s about it verbally that we can make out. But this weekend you added three hand movements: (more…)
I nearly cried today with happiness. Watching you at the State Library’s Kid’s Corner for Thursday’s sing-a-long rhyme and kids songs. You just LOVED IT and you had a look of pure joy on your face.
We’ve been before when you were younger but today was just amazing. A first for the level of your interaction and watchfulness and awareness of other kids and yourself as one of them, and of your ability to explore and enjoy in a self-directed way. It was just beautiful for me to watch. (more…)
Ten years ago today I was young, carefree and needed to go dancing. Did you know I liked to dance?
Picture a dimly lit nightclub with lots of strobe lights, loud pumping house music and lots of people. A UK DJ playing a banging set. Me, in there somewhere with S, out for a dance. Dancing ensued. Lots of dancing, laughing, talking, dancing.
2am rolled around and (more…)
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