Big girl's bed

Lucy had started taking her nap in Amelia's bed...something i now wish I had perhaps not encouraged! Then the last few night she got upset at bedtime and kept running off and getting in 'Meme Bet'. So we promised we would get her a bed. We went to IKEA yesterday and got the same extendable bed as Amelia - Lucy was so excited.




Duncan put up the bed and they couldnt wait to get in it. We had had a very exciting afternoon at Bella & Stan's first birthday party and they were both very tired after dinner but had to have a bath as the were both sticky with party jelly! So at bedtime they ran into 'their' room and got in their beds. I stayed in the room to make sure Lucy went asleep. Well, a lot of laughing and screaming went on between the two of them and Lucy kept turning on her Gloworm, much to Amelia's delight! Then Lucy seemed to twig she could get out of bed and started to try to sneak out, almost like she had forgotten I was in there! So I got in the bed with her and made her lie down with me, but she wanted to lie on me! So I tried sitting in our room and telling them to be quiet anytime I heard noise, but then I heard a little scamper on the landing and went out to find them both standing there, holding hands and blankets and looking VERY pleased with themselves! So I sat back in the room again, Lucy kept getting out, running to Amelia's bed, but good girl Amelia said 'Lucy is that you?' 'Yes' , 'Get back in bed. You are being very cheeky and I'm tired now!' and Lucy did get back in bed!! Then Amelia went to sleep!


But Lucy didnt go to sleep - she was far too excited, so I sat in our room again and she did quieten down after a fair bit of running on to the landing and then legging it back to her bed when she heard me coming! Eventually she called me in and I sat on the side of the bed and held her hand,but every time I thought she was asleep and tried to slip away, she gripped my hand and sleepily murmured 'Mummy'. Finally, I tried an old trick that worked on Amelia, saying 'Mummy needs to go to the toilet, I'll be right back'. and as soon as I left the room, she was asleep in seconds.

The whole debacle took just over an hour!!

We checked on them several times and had to move Lucy and cover her back up each time, luckily we had put her to sleep in her fleece treat to keep warm as we thought she might kick the covers off. But they were both sound asleep when we went to bed!

I was awoken though at 1.05 by the little patter of feet and the words 'Mummy' with a little warm hand hitting my face. I pulled her into bed and she was back asleep in seconds. BUT she is such a wriggly sleeper, she turned horizontal in her sleep so Duncan and I were at the bed edges within a few minutes, so we popped her into her cot asleep. She then didnt wake til 6.20..... which is actually 5.20 thanks to the clocks going back, but didnt seem to mind she was in the cot, perhaps it will follow that pattern for a while!

I love it that they are sharing a room, its so cute, it was always going to happen, it just seems very soon, thanks to Lucy's stubbornness! Have to arrange the room properly now and decide where all the toys should live!

Amelia-ism of the Day
'Jelly Arms, Fattttty Boom Boom!!!' Abuse which she has learnt from Duncan... and knows how to use!

Lucy's speech

This weekend Lucy's speech has just really taken off. Words she has come out with over the last few days include, 'doll', 'stuck', 'pizza', 'bag', eye', 'but' (for peanut butter!) and loads more. Our favourite has got to be her new cockerel impression 'Dooodle dooooo!' She seems to be very keen to copy her sister and is trying so hard to talk, you can see frustration on her face sometimes when she cant say things properly - though she can usually drag us and grunt and nod til she gets what she wants!
The picture was taken the other day. I had the girls sat on the stairs getting their shoes on to go out and caught a glimpse of green under Lucy's dress. She had gone and got a pair of her sister's knickers and put them on - though she had her waist through a led hole! How cute is that!! She was so insistent that they couldnt be removed that she managed to wear them all day!!!


Amelia-ism of the day

'I wont let you watch the news tonight!' This is Amelia's new threat to get her own way. Apparently she can stop us watching the news when we come downstairs of an evening and watch tv. No idea why she thinks we watch the news all night, but its very funny!

The Mint Kiss

The girls have a new tradition when Duncan leaves for work. Its one of those things you start doing and once you realise you are doing it every day ... you cant remember how it started!! As they say goodbye to Duncan they each pick a little mint leaf from the plant in the porch, kiss it and give it to Duncan so that he has a kiss from each of them all day. AMelia calls it 'a mint kiss' Its so cute, though the mint is depleating rapidly!

Amelia-ism of the Day

'Mummy dont make me jump! My skin jumped right off me!'

Cutting Amelia's hair

Last night we decided to cut Amelia's hair - just a little trim. Even though she has conditioner and detangling spray on her hair, the ends were like straw and tangled every morning. So she stood naked in the bath and i set to work. About an inch of scragly ends came off, its all tied up and in my drawer as I cant bear to throw it away. Its so blonde! She now has hair that looks so grown up, it does not look much shorter, but the bluntnesss of the ends has made it look so much thicker.

She was happy enough to have it done - but wanted to keep the little ponytail left over herself!!

Amelia-ism of the Day

'Mummy, fairies dont really resist!' said scathingly to me when I spoke about fairies in the garden!!

Lucy-ism!!!

'No - Way!' said exactly how Amelia would say it!

Bum!!

Lucy is saying lots more words now.This morning alone we have had 'Plum' and 'Spoon', though my personal favourite is the way she says Muuuuuuuuuumeee!!

But at the weekend she learnt a new word, a naughty word - and she knows it! She started saying 'bum' to Duncan and when he asked what it was - she pointed to Amelia's bottom! She has been saying it A LOT since!

She has also started asking 'why' and it has, so far, always been in context. Classic example between Amelia & Lucy.

A 'Lucy, can you please play somewhere else?'

L 'Why?'

A 'Because you have too'

L (after a long, thoughtful pause) 'NO'

Amelia-isms

Been a lot recently ...

'Mummy, Ive got a headache, its right in my Fourthhead!'

'When I am 4, Lucy will be 2, when Lucy is 4, i will be 17, when Lucy is 17, i will be 60 and when Lucy is 60 I will be 4.'

'Mummy - Lucy's in a right state'

and there a quite a few funny little things she is saying from far too much Enid Blyton!

'I will certainly do that'

'I say!'

'Mummy - but I'm crying bitterly!'

'Dont worry, Grandad can accompany me!'

'How Jolly!'

Little Nutter Lucy

Lucy is the real leader in the house when it comes to Daredevil stunts. Amelia actually copies her. She often climbs on to the back of the settee and sits on it to look out the window (and look at the bin men or something else equally boring!!) - so i have been collecting evidence of her antics to document her fearlessness!!

This is her diving down a makeshift 'settee slide'

Jumping to Daddy

This is her coming down the slide in Jack's garden. Its a BIG slide. She gets herself up the ladder at the back and zooms down, before running back for more!!

This is her on the rocker dogger - just normal rocking does not suffice her anymore!!

And this is her just jumping off the settee!! Ridiculous!

Of course, such stunts do take it out of her!

And i had to include a little Amelia of course. This is after she got hold of my mascara to do her 'eyes like Mummy'! Not sure if she thinks i put it on my eyebrowns!!

Playschool not so good after the first day. She has cried the other two times we have been and it has taken lots of reasoning to get her to stay - with Lucy and I having to sit in the cloakroom til she is ok, before we leave, with me virtually in tears the whole time! But she has made a little friend in each session now - so hoping it gets easier!!

Amelia-ism of the Day

'Mummy, I cant stay here - its not safe without yooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuu!'

Whilst crying and clinging to me at Ladybirds. It was awful.

Amelia's First day at Playschool

Yesterday was Amelia's first day at Ladybirds. It had been creeping up and I was dreading it.. but she was so excited. She had chosen her new playschool bag and we talked about all the things she might do - and all the new friends she would make. When we got there she was so excited she wanted to go straight out and play outside, but we had to go in, hang her nag up and stick her name on the board to show she was there. A lady showed her a table of play doh and she was off. Duncan had sometime off to take us there and we all said goodbye. We had talked about how I had to take Lucy home for her sleep and when Lucy wakes up - we would come and get her. She was happily chatting to a playschool lady when we left. I was, of course, in tears, but it wasnt as bad as I thought it would be, mainly I was so scared she wouldnt want to stay, but as she was so happy and excited..I didnt mind leaving her as much.
It seemed like ages til we picked her up, waiting with her new Jessie doll. I went in to get her and they were all sitting in a circle with their bags and pictures, ready to go. She had made friends with a little girl, who said she knew Amelia from dancing(!?!?!) and first thing she said was 'Mummy, I love playschool!' What a relief.
A few other things came out, a little girl didnt want to play with her and she was left on her own (it broke my heart hearing her say that) but a playschool lady introduced her to another little girl and they played together (housekeepers and campfire girls!) and she had done a little glue picture and had been on the climbing frame before it started to rain and they had to go in.
All in all it was an ok experience, hopefully it will get easier to leave her there - I am so thrilled for her that she liked it - and so proud that she is a friendly, independent little girl.

Amelia-ism of the day

'Penny (her doll) cried at playschool, But I looked after her cos I am a big girl'