Riley

Sometimes You Just Know

There’s an extent to which all three year olds love dancing, love looking at themselves and love performing in general. And then at a certain point as you are watching your daughter dance on an empty stage at the shopping centre or swan in front of a full length mirror at the hairdresser whilst holding [...]

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259/365 Nappy Free

I am THAT excited about it. Riley is less so. We were in the supermarket the other day and she was insisting we needed big girl nappies ‘just in case’. After three days of completely dry nappies in the morning we got rid of them and it’s now four or five days later.I am so [...]

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254/365 The Chatterbox

She does not draw breath, seriously. You are never going to be wondering what she’s thinking at any given moment because she is so busy telling you in minuscule detail. I have a love/hate relationship with this particular personality trait. I love that she’s so vocal, so eloquent. And I love that I have an [...]

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253/365 Tiny Chef

I’d be clapping too if I was faced with butter and dark chocolate. She loves helping out in the kitchen and is now an expert egg cracker. In fact, she has been known to request eggs even when not hungry because she likes cracking the eggs. Her enthusiasm doesn’t lend itself to precision baking, but [...]

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251/365 The Photo Ban Has Been Lifted

The tiny dictator has graciously lifted the ban on photos, for now. I am extremely excited, although I’m not getting too comfortable. The tiny dictator’s laws are complex, whimsical and subject to change at any times. But still I’m happy to be taking her picture with the big camera again.

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248/365 Dinosaurs Persist

When Riley first developed her love of the dinosaur I thought it would be a passing phase of some kind. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Her love of Dora may wax and wane but her love of dinosaur appears to be ongoing. And really the only two absolute constants in her play are princess/fairy [...]

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245/365 No More Pictures

My big girl persists with her photo refusal. Every now and then she allows me to sneak a few in. She still loves seeing photos of herself, but just doesn’t love having them taken. Except on the iPhone. How weird is that?! I might actually have to branch out in this 365 project and photograph [...]

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Things a 3 Year Old Shouldn’t Have to Deal With

A three year old shouldn’t have to remind herself that she’s nice or that she’s good because other people are telling her otherwise A three year old shouldn’t start panicking in the morning over whether she has two lunch boxes or a lunch box and a smaller container for snacks becaue someone has been giving [...]

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230/365 The Preschooler

I have accepted the fact that I have a preschooler, not a toddler. Sort of. Maybe. A fact that has become extremely more obvious as she stands in front of the mirror brushing her own hair because she doesn’t like it spiky or as she conducts highly complex conversation with various dolls or toys. But [...]

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Blogging, Choices and Little People

There are a few perceived risks when you make the decision to blog about your children. One is that someone will see the pictures of your child, track you down and abduct them, or something similar. The other (far less paranoid and more realistic) risk is that your blogging will offend them, embarrass them, humiliate [...]

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