Don’t forget

On March 29, 2012 - Uncategorized

Grace went to bed and was quiet for a good while until she suddenly started calling out desperately. I went to her and after listening carefully figured out she was saying, “Want that one after supper!” Ahh, I know what this is about and it’s for Donné to sort out.

Grace got an Easter egg in the shop today with the promise that she could have it after supper. Supper had come and gone and we’d all forgotten…..that is until Grace spent some time processing her day and realised that something was missing.

This little girl does not forget….

Washing line busy bag

On March 28, 2012 - Uncategorized

I have been organising a busy-bag swap and my bag is a washing line and felt clothes set. At first Grace struggled with the pegs, but now she has got it and is happily hanging clothes on the line.

Busy bags, all ready to swap.

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Grace having fun hanging clothes

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Mousy maze

On March 27, 2012 - Uncategorized

When it is time for a story, what does Grace choose? The mousy maze book.

It is a follow-the-winding-path through to the end book, helping the "Pipsqueaks" to the end. We've been reading it for a while now and Grace has picked up my little ditty that I sing as she follows the line going "do, do, do, do, do-do-do." Now she is even starting to get the concept of the maze, when she gets to a junction on the one picture she says, "Or froggy, or puddle, or boat."

And tonight I laughed when she got to a dead end, "Ahh, wrong way."

Heard in the house today

On March 26, 2012 - Uncategorized
Grace took out her toy phone and had some phone calls to make today. Our favourite was her call to Motie cat (our wayward child).

Grace: "Hello Motie cat."
Donné: "What's motie doing?"
Grace: "Just cruising around. Come home Motie cat. Bye Motie cat."

Grace's butterfly light casts a shadow in the evening, and for the last few days she has been pointing at the shadow and saying, "Dinosaur." Donné asked her, "What's the dinosaur doing?" "Just sitting."

Better brushing

On March 25, 2012 - Uncategorized

Grace is getting better at brushing her teeth. In the mornings she gets to brush them, and the brushing is getting more vigorous….and all over the face.

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And just a side note for the day: Grace and Duncan went swimming, and Grace swam, full on, for about an hour and fifteen minutes. It is really surprising how much endurance she has for swimming.

A visit to Melkbos

On March 24, 2012 - Uncategorized

Off we went this morning to spend a lovely day with Em & Jay in Melkbos. After a yummy breakfast we all went to the beach and Jason & I went into the water with a surfboard and a stand up paddle board (fun!), while the Grace and the ladies played on the beach. 

I enjoyed Grace’s recollection of the day when I asked her. After no response to, “What was your favourite part of the day?” I started prompting.

D: “We went to Emily and Jason and had croissants for breakfast.”
G: “And bacon.”
D: “Then we went to the beach. What did you do on the beach?”
G: “Played in puddles. So-o sandy.”

Because that is not at all what we would expect from the beach….

I do think that her favourite part of the day was climbing onto their couch, standing on the arm and launching herself off onto their FatSak. After I told her to say “Bonsai!” when jumping off it went, “One, two, three….Bon” jump “sai”. Super loads of fun.

Easter build up

On March 23, 2012 - Uncategorized

Grace is so excited about Easter she is even eating imaginary eggs.

Creeping up

On March 22, 2012 - Uncategorized

When I put Grace's shorts on this morning she immediately put her hand at her bum and started to pull them down. "What's going on? Grace, you need to keep your pants on," to which she replied, "Panties up my crack, panties up my crack!"

When the happy swimming bug bites

On March 21, 2012 - Uncategorized

With no swimming lesson today Grace and I headed to the gym for a swim. We were a bit later than usual which meant there were people in the pool. Grace said, "No swimming," just being a bit of a pain that she did not have the entire pool for herself. So I told her that we would swim for 10 minutes and if she wanted to get out then, we could go.

Once we hit the water it was full steam ahead with no looking back. The happy swimming bug bit and Grace was jumping in over and over, doing chooka trains along the side (while loudly going, "Chooka train! Chooka train!"), pushing backwards off the side, singing Humpty Dumpty and toppling in, and just having massive loads of fun. At one point another girl (maybe 5 or so) got into the water and her jumping in just intensified Grace's energy, with Grace copying her and following her lead.

There is no more, "No go underwater." These days it is "Go underwater!" She has started jumping with her legs in the air, in more of a sitting position than a diving position (and getting some decent distance too). In one of her jumps she went rocketing down to the bottom of the pool. I pulled up a girl with a massive smile on her face saying, "Go underwater! More go underwater!"

I said to her that we needed to go soon. "No go home, stay in water eba," "You want to stay in the water forever?" "Stay in water eba."

Bubble water fun

On March 20, 2012 - Uncategorized
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