Grace said, "Doggie," for the first time today after always saying, "Goggie," and "donkey" versus "gonkey." It was quite a wow moment for us.

Holiday school started again today, so it was Grace's first day back which went fairly well (except for the expected not-so-well drop off). It did lead to what was possibly the most exciting thing in the day for Grace – getting a new toothbrush as her special surprise after school. For some reason the child loves new toothbrushes (and manages to destroy them quickly enough too).

Grace was packing away her books at the end of the day and doing it really slowly. After I told her to get a move on she says, "I have to pack away slowly, else my arm will break in two."

Grace is asking lots of questions at the moment. Tonight she had lots to say about the book, "Ten apples up on top". A brief extract of the questions,

G: why does she have a mop?
D: because she is cleaning.
G: why did she chase them away?
D: because they were inside her house
G: why were they inside her house?
D: to get more apples to put on their heads
G: why did they put apples on their heads?
D: because they were having fun playing a game together
G: what happened to the mop?
…..and this list could go on and on…

Grace has suddenly developed a competitive streak. Unfortunately for Donné the race she wants to compete in the most is to see who can get to the bathroom first. If Donné says she needs to go then Grace suddenly develops an urge, shouts, "I need to go wee!" and starts the race for the loo.

Fortunately this can also be used against her when we want her to go before we leave the home…