My Life in Mono...

.::Stills: A Weekly Collection::.

// for 2 weeks now I have been menu planning, I have to say, it's the best thing! Will share more in another post.  My life is simpler now. 

//on the hottest day of the year, we stayed indoors with our air conditioning on and she peels the paper off her crayons for hours. Bless. 

//the number of suppliments I have to take everyday. I plan to be as healthy as I can get and hopefully these will help me. 

//a very scruffy Pixel.  I need to learn how to trim his hair better. 

//our very full fruit bowl for the week. 

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Portrait of my child once a week for 52 weeks

The very last of our broad bean harvest.  Lil' Tiger certainly enjoyed helping me grow them in the garden. 

Joining with the talented girls from Che and Fidel

.::Stills: A Weekly Collection::.

//I planted Okra this season. Just because. 

//My Broadbean plant nearly at the end of it's season. 

//This week we are building "Christmas Trees" out of her stacking box. It even has it's own Cookie Cutter Star at the top. 

//Mint from the garden to make cooling Mint tea and...

//Ingredients for making Strawberry Yoghurt Mint Icy Poles. Recipe to come soon, if I am successful. :) 

Linking up with Em from The Beetle Shack. 

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Portrait of my child once a week for 52 weeks

Enjoying an icy pole on a hot summer's day after swim class. 

Joining with the talented girls from Che and Fidel

She's so special

 

We babysat last weekend.  I adore children as do my little girl.  We babysat for hours that day, singing songs, listening to music and discovering toys and sounds.  I am not sure who enjoyed it more, my daughter or me.

My daughter, she is a special little girl.  She absolutely adores babies.  She tries to help out as much as she can when we babysit for friends.  She will bring them toys to play with, make sure they have enough to drink or eat and make sure that they are comfortable when they are a sleep.

She pats them to sleep. She sings them lullabies. She makes sure they have a blankie and aruggy.  She made sure we speak in whispers as to not wake the baby up.  Once asleep, she goes into the other room to play.  She said that baby needs to have a nap so we play in the other room.  She stayed in the other room until she fell asleep herself.

Baby’s dad came to pick baby up, while my daughter was napping.  We said our good byes and I shut the door.  My daughter came up to me and whispered “is baby still sleeping?” I told her that baby went home with her daddy and said thank you for taking care of her.

I could see that she was sad that baby left.  “Owh” she said quietly, “Will baby come back soon?”.  “Yes,” I said. “Of course she will.”  A smile lighten up her face and then, she asked if I could help her put away all her toys. 

Yes.  My daughter, she is a special one. 

One day, if fate permits, she will be an amazing big sister. 

 

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Portrait of my child once a week for 52 weeks

This week, the box is a bus. She went zooming around the house singing "wheels on the bus" over and over again and sometimes in her own remix. HAHA

Joining with the talented girls from Che and Fidel

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Portrait of my child once a week for 52 weeks

"Mummy, Mummy, take my photo!"  "CHEEEESSSSEEEE".  Some days, she allows me to take her photos.  Who am I to deny her that privilege?

Joining with the rest of the girls from Che and Fidel

Let's dance...

Some mornings, we wake up, have breakfast and potter around the house doing things that we have to do.  

Some mornings. we wake up, have breakfast, switch the music on and just dance.  We dance to her happy song (Wake me up by Avicii) and sometimes we dance to the Wiggles.  Sometimes we just dance to what ever comes on the radio. 

We love dancing in our house.  We dance till we run out of breath and fall down on the floor in fits of giggles. Then we get up and do it all over again. 

In this house, we dance. If you come over, we might ask you to do the same. :)

.::Stills: A Weekly Collection::.

// I realised she loves to line things up in a "straight" line.  

// The concentration on her face. Again lining it up in a straight line. 

// Small world play with animals. 

// Looks like I need a bigger tub for our growing lego blocks. 

// My flowers finally at the end of their blooming journey. 

Linking up with Em from The Beetle Shack. 

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Portrait of my child once a week for 52 weeks

She has been really brave these past few weeks. Taking more and more risk at the playground.  Not afraid of jumping off steps, goind down slides and running through the "wobbly bridge".

Joining with the rest of the girls from Che and Fidel