Grace was saying something that we weren’t understanding this morning, she starts getting frustrated at our lack of understanding and says, “Don’t get you knickers in your head.” (I think she meant don’t get them in a twist).

While we were eating I made a joke and Grace says, “Whatever do you mean?”

And yesterday she is traipsing around saying, “And to make matters worse…”

To celebrate 11 months of life, Eli has popped his fifth tooth.

Coincidentally, Tony the Toothmouse came to visit at Grace’s school today and made a huge impression. All that Grace spoke about today was Tony. “When I had a photo with him, he was sooo warm and furry. He was shy so we had to sit quietly. He was so funny, but I didn’t laugh, just inside my head, but then he danced and Catelin and me laughed and laughed. He had pink ears, and a tail. He was big, like an adult….so he’s not really a mouse.”

Grace: “Mommy, will parties in the springtime have slip-n-slides?”
Donné: “Grace, are you missing the summer parties with slip-n-slides? Unfortunately you won’t ever be able to have one of those on your birthday….unless we happened to live in the Northern Hemisphere, close to The Cousin Who Shall Not Be Named. Then your birthday would be in the heat of summer.”
Grace: Pause….”Mommy, can you organise a play date with the cousin?”

When the book bug bites Donné, it bites hard….especially if it is a trilogy or series that she is reading. Last week Friday we watched the first Hunger Games movie, which pulled a trigger for her to read the book, and the next, and the next. And now she is back from her trip to Panem and fully engaged with the rest of us again.

I on the other hand, have just finished book 2.

The children seem to be coping okay. They have learned to make their own fire and roast small insects from the garden for sustenance. Good life skills.

Grace says to Donné, “Daddy’s awesome ‘cos he can fix anything. Mommy, you’re not so awesome because you can only fix a few things.”