Community helper dress up day

Second last day before holidays was community helper dress up day. We are very blessed to know a policeman who lent us an old shirt and also a police woman's hat. (We won't ask why he has a woman's hat:)

Seeing her in the shirt as a dress makes her look little again. Isn't she cute.

Just don't tell her, because its not about being cute, it's about having attitude

Which she seems to have in abundance. At least with mummy that is.

WHat is that

Is it blood?

Is it a rash?

No, it's what happens when you leave a three year old in the backseat of a car with a red marker.

Just letting it happen

Planning is something I try hard to do, although often very unsuccessfully, but I truly believe that I should save myself the trouble. I don't mean this in a 'woe is me' type of way. I just believe that it is so important to accept what is given us and enjoy it and if we can't enjoy to still accept it.

Princess has had two days home this week from illness (real one as opposed to Mummy really doesn't want to do all that driving today). The first day was hard and I felt a little put out as I have my cleaning day on a Tuesday and am given aid in it. I also had two out of three children whingy, one because she was sick and another because she didn't like the attention that her biggest sister was getting.

But today, well as much as i had other plans, it's been just lovely. I did get a break from the girls but I feel happy that I have got to see my girls interacting and enjoying (for the most part) eachother's company.

We really do put so much effort into plans and getting organised but I find really the greatest joy in accepting what is given and facing any challenge it brings with an 'I can do it' attitude, because really its all in God's hands and we all know He really does know what is best for us.

In the middle

You do need to constantly remind yourself that your children are all so very different.
Today I having been able to see for myself how easy it is to contribute to the theory of middle child syndrome.

When I look at this sweet child of mine I forget sometimes that she is still 3. It doesn't help that most poeple we come across naturally think that she is older simply because she is tall and because she is always up with or at least trying to be up with all the bigger kids.
I find myself saying to her ' you need to change your attitude' or 'you need to stop using that tone of voice'. These things are not an achievable but maybe I need to explain to her first what an attitude is or tone of voice.

I think this is because she is a middle child. I keep thinking that she is up with her sister Princess and in so many cases she is. But I know that I really need to try harder to be mindful that she is still my little sweetness.

With all her little quirks just of her own.

What is going on

I guess the reason why I started blogging besides copying my sister-in-laws idea, was because I liked the idea of keeping a record of going ons in our life. Well I have been pretty slack and even though I am happy enough reading about someone else's trip to the doctors I haven't bothered to record these things for our family. So sorry if you find those types of blogs absolutely boring because it's going to happen here, well occasionally anyway.

So Tuesday we were to the doctors for Baby's 1 year check-up and needles.
Needles were not too great, I think her volume matched Princess' as a baby, it's just that for us she has never used it quite that much and so when she does it's quite a surprise again.

She is one big girl. She measures 81 cms and is 10.5kg. That puts her over the 97th percentile for height and in the 75th for her weight.

I also wanted to write this cute little memory down so I can look back and remember her quirkiness. She was jumping on the trampoline this afternoon and I asked her if it was her favourite thing to do. She replied it was and that one day she was going to jump so high she was going to catch Jesus. It's so great that her Wednesday night Bible classes and her mummy and daddy's teaching give her a desire to run to Him and not away.

Just because

Just because I noticed she hasn't featured on here in a while and just because I liked this photo took the other day.

I've also noticed recently that this little girl is looking a little less tamed

and a bit more wild. Look into these gorgeous eyes. My sweetness is growing, changing and slowly learning more about where the wild things are:)

But I am sure

my sweetness will never lose her soft sweet appeal.

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