Emily'isms

This morning getting girls dressed:
Me: Can you pass me hannahs socks off the toy box please love?
Emily: Of course, it would be my honor

In the car this afternoon with toy phone:
Emily: Oh yes, id like to cancel my appointment ...

Very Creative Day

On wednesdays i try to think of something to entertain Emily without allot of walking or burning energy as she has dancing at 4pm so today we got out the craft box and started making some paper chains ready for Christmas. Although it took ages to make it long enough for what we wanted Emily stuck with it with a little bit of help from me and she was really proud when i put them on the ceiling

 Then i had a look online to see if there was anything else we could make out of paper and hang from the ceiling and found 3D snowflakes.  Unfortunatly when it was folded it was too hard for Emily to cut with her safety scissors so i had to do all the cutting and Emily concentrated on decorating them, we made 4 in total to hang between our garlands.

 When she got bored of that we made salt dough shapes so we can later turn them into tree decorations, the take hours to bake off in the oven so she had to wait till after dancing to paint them and as we made tonnes of dough she is only half way through painting them but im going to put the rest away for another day when she is fed up.

All in all she has had a fantastic day!

Emilys deep thinking

I was chatting to Emily today and i asked her if she thought she would get married and have babies and she looked at me with ever increasing water build up in her eyes and said "I dont think i want to get married and have babies mum" so i asked her why not to which she replied "im worried about how horrible it might be to get them out.."

Poor little love! she looked like she was going to burst out crying, i dont know where she has got these thoughts from, she is aware that mummys have to go to hospital so nurses can help the baby out but iv never given any hint of how horrible it is bless her heart, i told her thats not something a 3yr old should be worrying about hehe

Cheeky Monkeys

Today we decided to go to Cheeky Monkeys with Nanna, Auntie Shell and Liam, we love going during the week when it is nice and quiet and its a brilliant place for Hannah to practice her walking as everything is padded there is very little danger of her hurting herself. She loves the little prams there and once she gets hold of one its a nightmare to get her to let go of it again.  She must have walked miles up and down and has even mastered turning to avoid things

She loves to be up and about like a big girl and hates it when she has to be put in her walker at home when im busy, she got a little bit fed up the other afternoon so i got her all dressed up in her winter togs and reins and we took the toy shopping trolly for a walk outside the front of our house, she had the most serious look on her face the whole time, she looked very funny!

Emily'isms

"I love you mum .. i cant tell you how i love you coz my hearts gunna break"



"Wow mum this pen isnt running out fast, it must have lots of gas in!"

My Special little Hannah

Hannah is very cute and very funny, she is a born entertainer and loves to please and make people laugh.

She is fiercy independant and wants to grow up too fast, She is for the most part a very happy and contented little girl but also has a little bit of a temper which stems from her eagerness to achieve independance.

 She loves her comfy low chair and has most of her bottles relaxing in it which is sad as i love to have bottle cuddles but she is far too nosey and a fidget bum

She loves her food and will try anything you give her but will blow it back out with a raspberry if she finds it not to her liking.

 She loves technology especially phones, baby monitors or anything that will make a noise when you press the buttons.  I cant have a phoncall in peace without her following me round like a puppy reaching out for the phone.

 Her favorite colour is without a doubt red!

 She idolises her big sister and is always happy when Emily is happy.  She loves to join in with everything she can, Emily is the funniest person in the world as far as she is concerned

 She loves to sleep with her bedtime teddy or a blanket up close to her face, she has a fantastic routine and is very easy to settle and always sleeps the clock round

 She is a fighter and my very special angel, we are so blessed to have her as part of our family and there is not a day goes by i dont quietly thank my lucky stars that everything turned out alright

 Her favorite teddy is Lamby, she was given lamby as a gift during one of her hospital stays at Easter and he is a firm favorite in te toy box, we have come very close to losing him on a number of occations but im happy to say he always turns up.

Her favorite game is peekaboo and her favorite foods are Banana cerial, sweet potatos and carrots.

She loves to dance and has perfected a number of different arm movements and bum wiggles and whenever she hears music she cant help herself.

Her favorite rhyme is Barber Shop and her favorite tv programme is Ballamory.

Hannah is an absolubte pleasure, she is a social butterfly and loves to make people laugh, she is going to be very smart and knows how to manipulate a situation to her advantage.

How i got so lucky to have another gorgeous little girl i will never know!

My Sweet Emily

Emily is my very special friend, she is bright and intelligent, she is great fun to be around and a breath of fresh air wherever she goes, she makes me so very proud!

She is all girl, her favorite colour is pink, her favorite things are fairies magic and anything pretty.  She sees the beauty in everything and each gray cloud always has a silver lining, she is loving and gentle and kind and giving.

She is very headstrong and often comes up with very good sensible ideas or solutions to problems.

She loves going to the seaside and building Sandcastles

Her favorite drink is her morning and bedtime tea-bottles and she has to be laid just so to enjoy them. 

 She loves all animals, even spiders but especially the dogs

 She loves to explore the world around her and enjoys to learn about nature and the world we live in

 She has a bit of a shoe fetisch and i often catch her taking pictures of her shoes

 She loves her baby sister very much and takes her big sister role very seriously.  She is always looking out for her and playing with her and helping me to take care of her and gets very upset when people say they could pinch her because they cant have her shes ours!

 She loves to go to the playgound in the park no matter what the weather and is very pleased that she now has a big girl bike with two wheels and stabilizers

 She loves to dress up and make believe and her favorite game to play involves mummy making her dollys talk to her.  Her motor skills are fantastic and she builds some amazing structures with her building blocks.

Her conversational skills are that of a 5 year old, she has very deep thoughts at times and often asks very complex questions which i have to research the answers for

 She is very creative and loves art and crafts, she is very patient when she draws or paints and very good at glueing and sticking. When she colours in she takes great care to stay within the lines and is always asking me to put her latest masterpeace into her folder to save.

 Did i mention she has a bit of a thing for shoes?

 She loves my fairy ornaments and often begs to play with them, she is very very careful with them

She loves to dance and practices her moves daily, most of which she has choriographed herself.  She also loves to make up her own songs which usually include one or all of the following lyrics;

 *Beautiful Day

*Sunshine

*Happy

*My Family

 She loves make up, perfume and nail varnish (Vail narnish) and LOVES parties, if we are not invited to one for a while she will throw her own party which includes costumes, playfood, music and of course Alice her imaginary friend always attends

 She likes to travel in comfort, infact she likes comfort full stop, she is a real pest with her clothes especially seams and belts that annoy her and will strip off at any oppotunity

 She loves role play adventures with her friend Jack and they often sail the high seas in a wash basket fishing and hunting down treasure islands

 She likes to collect pretty things be it jewelery, shells, beads, marbles or conkers

 Her favorite summertime activity is the trampoline and she has mastered quite a few stunts she has picked up from watching her cousins

She is a very picky eater and eats like a sparrow, her favorite food is cheese sandwiches and pizza.

She is very sensative and hates to be chased or when people make her jump.

She is desperate to please and wants to have lots of friends.

She has a very low pain threshhold and the slightest scratch can result in high pitched screams and days of respite and magic cream.

She is a very special and rare little girl and i am so glad she is mine!

Fireworks!

Emily loves fireworks, last year she spent half the night sat on a little stool in our front doorway all wrapped up watching them in the street and half the night sitting on the window sill in her bedroom, we were watching them for hours and she never got bored.

I was trying to find a good display to take them to but appart from driving and parking nightmare there was nothing local in walking distance so i was feeling a bit glum about it as me and Daddy are out tomorrow night and i didnt want them to miss out so we bought a small box of fizz bangs from the supermarket.

Emily was very excited about having our own to let off and after Ross and Lia arrived and we had our tea we got all wrapped up and went outside

Hannah really enjoyed the fireworks, she tensed up a bit when the really loud ones went off but she was quite happy, She kept looking round and the grown ups faces to see their reaction to check if it was ok to relax and then enjoyed the show.

For a small box i was very impressed with the 12 fireworks we had but ontop of that our backdoor neighbours seemed to be having some kind of competition and the display we got to see from our back garden was amazing! Emily was squealing with excitement!

Toddling and tantrums

Ok just hang on a minute where has the last 11 months gone?!
My little baby is now toddling about holding hands and using furniture and has taken 5-7 full steps on her own!

She is at a very frustrating stage right now as she is not happy in her walker anymore now she thinks she can do it by herself and constantly claws at peple trying to pull herself out of her walker as she much prefers to wander round the house holding someones hand and if you try to sit her down somewhere to give your back a rest she throws a hissy fit and starts lashing out.

Id be lieing if i said i wasnt worried about her temper, 90% of the time she is very laid back and chilled but the other 10% she is a little devil, spitting, pulling, slapping, i am hoping it is just a phase as at the moment as well as the frustration of not being the big girl she wants to be she is teething badly and getting over-tired allot as she is not getting the opportunity to have a proper mid-day nap due to us living in a zoo lol

Dance Class

Last lesson we asked Adele to order a leotard for Emily in the right colour as we are fairly certain she is going to continue to enjoy this school so she was very pleased to find it had arrived when we got there today, it fits her lovely with some growing room and she looked gorgeous all dressed up with her hair in a bun.

She really really enjoyed herself again, they did some excersises where they each are given a small blanket and they have to use it was butterfly wings and also Adele gave them a tiara to wear, im guessing this is some sort of posture practice.  Emily came out well hyped up having had a brilliant time and she cant wait for next week.  They also have to bring a soft toy, im not sure yet what it is used for and im still trying to get out of Emily what they do with them but Nanna bought a perfect rag doll from the car boot that nearly has the same uniform hehe