Growing up

There have been a few things in the last week that have really made me stop and think - my little girl is growing up.

The first was one morning while I was getting ready to go out.  Holly was asking for lipstick.  I said no.  She said "all the other girls wear lipstick"!!!!  What?!  I'd expect this from an 8/9 year old, but not a (nearly) 3 year old.  I asked her who wears lipstick.  She thought for a moment, before rattling off a list of make believe names!

The second was last weekend when Holly was invited to go to the Disney on Ice concert with her friend.  I drove her there, and her friend's mum met us at the car to take Holly in.  Watching my daughter walk away, then driving away with an empty car was a new experience for me, one which I'm sure will happen a thousand more times throughout my kids' childhoods.

The third happened on Monday.  Holly spotted the board game "Guess Who" in the cupboard, and wanted to play it.  I was dubious about whether she was old enough for it, but Stefan wanted to give it a try.  I was amazed by how quickly she got it!  After a few turns, she knew exactly how it worked, and despite me continuing to check whether she had put the right people down, she got it right every time!

My little girl really is growing up!

sleepy cuddles

Zac was pretty sick a couple of weeks ago, which obviously wasn't so great, EXCEPT for the lovely snuggles we got.  He was so tired he was just falling asleep all over the place, so we got lots of sleepy cuddles.  So lovely. :)

Reading time

So glad I caught this precious, totally unpromted moment on camera.  Holly loves reading, and will occasionally do it on her own, and Zac loves to copy everything Holly does.  Beautiful :)

The not bosses

Okay, time to get back into blogging again!

I'll start with a quote from Holly.

In a discussion about who's the boss, and why mummy is still the boss of Holly even though God is the big boss.
Me: "God made the mummies and daddies the bosses of the children."
Holly: "And God made little people the not bosses."

Bingo!