World book day

Lessons I have learnt from my first World Book Day:

1. Buy an outfit. 

2. If your child requests something that can't be bought refer them to rule #1. 

3. If they really insist, then buy twice as much stuff as you think you'll need.

4. Then get extra connecting stuff - glue, sellotape, thread, etc. 

5. Clothes pegs are very useful for holding things together while glue drys. Fetch the clothes pegs from the washing line during dry daylight hours, not in the dark when it's raining. 

6. Give yourself far far more time to make it then you think you'll need. It'll still not be enough but it'll help. 

7. If your child 'helps' you'll need even more time. And several stiff drinks. 

8. For next year remember rule #1. 

9. Consider home schooling by the time child #2 starts school. 

10. Have I mentioned rule #1?

Here is Wee Man as Diesel 10. He won best outfit in his class!

First reading book

Wee Man has been learning his letters and digraphs (2 letter sounds) at school. He has learnt them all so got his first reading book yesterday. It has a word a page along with a covered picture that you check after you have read the word. 

Chewing Dada's nose

Look! I can roll my tongue!

First tooth!

Wee Lass had her first tooth pop through today. 

Here she is playing with her brother in his bed. 

No one will see me in here

Smiler

Officially crawling

Emily learnt how to crawl properly this week. And stand up holding on to things. 

Seeing Santa

Danny has asked for a Thomas, a Gordon and a surprise. He says Emily wants a doll and a dolls pram. 

First word!

Mama!

My clever girl :-) She did wake me up at 4:30 to say it though!

3, 2, 1, go!

Wee Lass has been 'crawling' around (backwards, using her tummy). She's definitely mobile now - she got under the table when my back was turned!

Always handy in a zombie apocalypse!

I want Wee Man around me if we ever get a zombie apocalypse. Today he shouted "run for your knives!" :-D

I didn't correct him :-D

Happy 3rd birthday

Wee Man was 3 last week. He's a bit tractor crazy so deciding his present was easy. 

It was a big hit and he watched a film sat on it later on. It has made it's way outside now thankfully. 

He got a few more tractors and diggers to add to his collection. Here are just a few. 

First courgette

A few weeks ago Wee Man and I planted some herbs and veg plants. Today we harvested our first courgette. 

3 months old!

Wee Lass was 3 months old yesterday! I don't know where the time has gone. 

She has had a few slow growth weeks because of her tongue tie and not very efficient feeding, but we had a good weigh in this week. She had put on 9.5oz in the last fortnight and is now 10lb 5.5oz. She is holding her line on the growth chart nicely - it's just a dinky line - between the 2nd and 9th percentile. 

She also rolled from her front to her back twice - the first time I put her down for tummy time. Clever girl :-)

Last day of playgroup

Last Thursday was Wee Man's last day in playgroup. He has had a great time there and loved going (mostly to play with scoop).

His teacher and teaching assistants have been fantastic - always cheerful and supportive. We made them a little present to say thank you (just spotted I forgot to put mouths on them - doh). 

I asked Danny to describe them and got some fantastic quotes:

Mrs Pritchard...

Mrs Green...

Miss Taylor...

Selective hearing

Me: i need you to be a good boy at bed time because daddy is at work. 

Wee Man: looking out the window/at his toys/anywhere but me. 

Me: listen to me. I need you to be a good boy at bed time because daddy is at work. 

Wee Man: looking out the window/at his toys/anywhere but me. 

Me: what did I just say?

Wee Man: be a good boy and you'll get a kinder egg.

Me: hits head in hands. 

Sibling love

They are very fond of each other. Wee Lass's first big smile was for her big brother. 

Future career: spy?

Wee Man could take up a career as a spy! I've got all his birthday party stuff in the spare room. I popped in there the other day while he was on the iPad - just to turn the printer on - 30 seconds max. Turned round and he was in the middle of the spare bed with his hands in the box of party stuff.

Then today he was in the garden and I took the fondant dumper truck I've been making for his birthday cake out the cupboard to show Big Man and he was there within seconds saying "wow a dumper truck!"  The good thing is he recognised what it was. But my god he's quiet when he wants to be!

If you ask him what he wants to be he says "farmer and digger man". He's selling himself short I think. 

Mummy's little helper

Wee Man helped me plant some herbs last week. He was very useful and watered them all for me too. He nearly as much water on the plants as he got down himself. Wee Lass was in her sling fast asleep throughout all the fun.