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My Geek

February 22nd, 2012

Our kids are destined to end up as geeks, I don’t think they have a lot of choice in the matter and Annie already displays a level of love for Star Wars that makes me a very proud geek Mummy…
 

Our kids are destined to end up as geeks, I don’t think they have a lot of choice in the matter and Annie already displays a level of love for Star Wars that makes me a very proud geek Mummy.

This morning at breakfast she said, ‘ I have long teeth and go “grrr”, I’m a rancor and you’re Malakili‘. I don’t know how many adults know the name of the guy who looks after Jabba’s rancor, I’m fairly certain it’s not something most 2 years old like to chat about.

We sit down at least once a day to read through the Star Wars Character Encyclopaedia, we name everyone in the book, talk about which movie they’re in and what she’s seen them doing. She likes to watch me play Lego Star Wars and the day she is old enough to work the controller and play it herself may well be one of the happiest of her life!

At bed time she likes you to make up stories about her favourite characters as she snuggles down underneath her Clone Wars Duvet and hugs her R2-D2 noisy keyring. I’ve even asked a friend to send over some Star Wars fabric from the States so I can make her a blanket with her favourite characters on.

So far she’s only seen the original trilogy, she knows there’s 3 more films she’s not seen yet and she’s excited by watching them. I do worry that she’ll love Jar Jar Binks and I’ll have to disown her but that’s a bridge to cross at some point in the future!

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Under the Weather

February 21st, 2012

Our house has spent the last 2 weeks in the grip of some horrible bug that Annie brought home from nursery. We’ve been coughing, sneezing, aching, sweating and shivering, all of us at various stages of ‘unwell-ness’…
 

Our house has spent the last 2 weeks in the grip of some horrible bug that Annie brought home from nursery. We’ve been coughing, sneezing, aching, sweating and shivering, all of us at various stages of ‘unwell-ness’.

Annie had it quite badly and spent the worst part of a week complaining of a stomach ache. She spent most of the time in her jammies, clutching a water bottle and toy, strewn across various bits of furniture or the floor. She threw up for the first time in ages and her toddler brian connected the bowl she was sick into with the act of being sick, so every time she saw it she panicked because she thought it would make her poorly again. She swung wildly between being a ‘brave little thing’, and an, ‘awful whinge-monster’ which I guess is a nearly three year old’s prerogative.

While the 3 of us were ill, Ezra remained aloof, he never once gave any suggestion that he was coming down with anything, even after his second lot of jabs at the dr’s. Instead he suddenly started looking about 3 months older, developed a stupidly cute belly laugh and found his hands finally. Here he is obviously pondering the cure for the common cold ;-)

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Assault Course

February 15th, 2012

Annie is a bit of a daredevil, to be fair she’s an all out loony with no regard for personal safety, but what 2.5 year old isn’t! She can turn any item or place into an arena for adventure and possible bruises or split lips. Her latest favourite game is to lay out a line of nappy bags and walk along them, with different obstacles or ways of traversing them, walking backwards, hopping or jumping…
 

Annie is a bit of a daredevil, to be fair she’s an all out loony with no regard for personal safety, but what 2.5 year old isn’t! She can turn any item or place into an arena for adventure and possible bruises or split lips. Her latest favourite game is to lay out a line of nappy bags and walk along them, with different obstacles or ways of traversing them, walking backwards, hopping or jumping.

Of course there were ‘out-takes’, I’m just glad none of them feature blood or ambulance men ;-)

It astounds me that she hasn’t had more serious injuries than a split lip and bumps and bruises because she goes all out in her quest for more daring things to do. She really has no fear and to be honest I encourage her, I’m way too reserved and I want Annie to feel like she can grab life by the horns and to have learnt through experience that even if she falls over she can simply get up and try again. I’m proud of my tiny stunt-kiddo!

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Snow!!!

February 7th, 2012

We’ve been waiting all winter for the snow to arrive and this past weekend it did, admittedly it was only a light dusting that barely covered the floor but it made Annie’s day…
 

We’ve been waiting all winter for the snow to arrive and this past weekend it did, admittedly it was only a light dusting that barely covered the floor but it made Annie’s day.

I loved watching the snow cover up all Annie’s toys and the garden, there’s something magical about seeing the world being replaced by a clean blanket of fresh snow, even if it’s only a teeny amount, knowing it’ll probably be the only snow you see for 12 months helps you make the most of it!

Annie was particularly excited about catching snowflakes on her tongue, a sight that was ever so cute to watch.
In the end Annie had to be bribed to come indoors with the promise of Ben and Holly and a snack, otherwise I think she may have stayed out there until the rain washed her beloved snow away!

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Project 366 – January

February 3rd, 2012

I decided at the end of last year that I needed to take on a new photography project so I decided to do project 366, where you take photo every day for a year. To make it even more exciting, I decided to do two parallel projects…
 

I decided at the end of last year that I needed to take on a new photography project so I decided to do project 366, where you take photo every day for a year. To make it even more tricky exciting, I decided to do two parallel projects, one with Annie as the subject and one with Ez. I did a similar project for the first 365 days of Annie’s life and felt a bit bad that Ezra wasn’t getting the same treatment, trust me to pick a leap year though!

I am very happy, and slightly surprised, to declare that I made it through the first month successfully with no cheating and only a couple of days where my heart just wasn’t really in it.

I’m looking forward to having a whole year’s worth of photos, it’s fantastic to watch how a kiddo changes and grows over a year. My aim is to use the photos to make a coffee table book for each of them so they can see what they got up to in 2012.

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