I love you more….

Moo has decided that to love is to love more than something, so our once very sweet sounding “I love yous” have become: “Daddy – I love you more CHIPS” “Mummy – I love you more “LOLLIES” “I love you more BACON” To which you then have to answer her back with what you love […]

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Maisie singing some nursery rhymes

“Humpty Dumpty sat on a Wall” “ABC’s” and a bonus rendition of “Row Row Row your Boat”

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sicky sickerson

Maisie is sick with something that makes her be sick, so not quite sure what it is, from what I have read I would assume it the flu (maybe?). We have her on a mattress in our room, which makes it easy when she calls out “mommy” in the middle of the night – all […]

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Maisie singing her ABC's

25 months old. Not her best rendition ever, but the best one captured on video so far… PS. Listen carefully for Talia adding her little harmony

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Maisie singing her ABC’s

25 months old. Not her best rendition ever, but the best one captured on video so far… PS. Listen carefully for Talia adding her little harmony

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this ones for you Louise…

We have a mixed tape that Louise made for Moo when she was born and we play it at breakfast and lunch time in the kitchen. Moo has picked up on a number of different songs and had started to sing along to the ones that she knows the words to. The other day a […]

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the wheels on the bus

Maisie has shown a great deal of interest in the buses that run around here. Mostly they are the ones filled with kids coming and going from school. The coolest thing for her is that her cousins catch the bus, so a few months ago she was asking me when she could catch the bus […]

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from the mouth of a two year old

this morning after getting out of bed:”Maisie stay on couch Mummy get Maisies breakfast please” i could only comply since she had such lovely manners…

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wombats

Maisie has two books about wombats: One Woolly Wombat, written by Rod Trinca and Kerry Agent & Wombat Stew, written by Marcia Vaughan and Pamela Lofts This morning I walked down to the playroom hearing “wombat stew wombat stew nummy chewy nummy chewy wombat stew” and assumed that she was reading herself the Wombat Stew […]

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Look at me!

This is Maisie sitting at her new table and chairs that Great Grandpa Bert made, having her afternoon tea. She turned around to me and said “take photo me?” so I did.

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Hungry, thirsty and tired

Maisie has a few new favourite expressions that she has learnt to use for great impact. “I’m huuunnngrrry” It’s hard to refuse a toddler pleading for sustenance. Although she gives the game away when she continues to plead for food even though we offer her an assortment of options. It seems she’s not hungry so […]

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Future song writer

Moo wrote her first song whilst we were in the car on the way to Winter Camp, and she now likes to perform it with her piano to give it the edge that it needs. She performed it last night for Stacey and me whilst we were in the play room. I will try and […]

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"its okay bunny"

is Maisies new way of comforting a sad or hurt Tali, whilst she gives her a rub on the head. Clearly we should have given Tali a better nickname…

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“its okay bunny”

is Maisies new way of comforting a sad or hurt Tali, whilst she gives her a rub on the head. Clearly we should have given Tali a better nickname…

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Let me be honest with you…

This morning we were trying to get a very tired Tali back to sleep, so Maisie had a breakfast time that started with Cade, had me in the middle and then finished off with Cade. When Cade went back for the last “shift” he asked Maisie: Cade- “How was your weetbix – did you eat […]

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F to the A to the R to the T

I couldnt think of a nice way to write the word above, so I thought that I could get away with it by kind of not writing it. ANYWAY – the reason that is the title is because my beautiful eldest daughter has learnt that word (NOT from me) and uses it to let us […]

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My shoes

These shoes were a present from my friend Emma at my baby shower for Maisie. She joked at the time that she didnt know what size shoe to get, and the funny thing at the time was that I didnt know either… Well, the joke is now over, cause the “baby” nikes finally fit!! Thanks […]

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count and seek

Maisie had her cousins teach her about hide and seek and has enjoyed playing it ever since. The hide bit isnt the important bit in our house at the moment, the counting and then the seeking is much better. This morning she got to 10 all by herself, but it in a round about way: […]

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conversations with a 22 month old

(theme to Bananas in Pyjamas comes on tv) Maisie – “mummy sit” Me – “why” Maisie – “maisie scared” Me – “of what” Maisie – “maisie scared bananas pyjamas” Me – “fair enough”

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toileting

So we wont go into details here, but over the summer months we have been “encouraging” Maisie to go to the toilet – just letting her know that its there for her to use if she so wishes. We had two weeks of dry days with “knickers” on, but then we moved house so we […]

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