Every now and then, Rosemary goes off (with her suitcase) for a sleepover to my mum’s. Last night she had her first sleepover at her cousin’s, so she could watch the fireworks, which she enjoyed. The last two times she’s gone for a sleepover, we’ve moved Eleanor’s cot into her …
In August, we went out and bought Rosemary’s school uniform. There was a list of items, which included things like: school sweatshirt (worn once so far, incidentally, and bought two of them) summer dress grey, navy or black dress, skirt or trousers, black shoes white or blue polo shirts black …
This is what Eleanor tends to do when she wakes up in the middle of the night (wakes up properly I mean – not when she wakes up, has some milk then goes straight back to sleep): Now (showing off cute pictures of my almost-one-year-old daughter aside), I am obviously …
Wouldn’t it be great to have a buddy system for new parents, as well as for new children?
The picture’s just a pretty picture and absolutely nothing to do with the post. If Rosemary wasn’t in bed already, I’d go take a photo of her wardrobe, or get her to dress up in her skeleton costume to illustrate it properly. But, instead I want to show off this …
Rosemary’s always been quite interested in the body – especially bones and skeletons. Last Wednesday, at school, they went to visit the Life Education Bus, where they got to find out about the human body. Apparently, she was answering lots of the questions and very interested. That evening, she interrupted …
Rosemary’s only at school for the mornings for a few weeks, so we’re trying to make sure her afternoons aren’t only filled with DVDs and acrobatics. Eleanor’s still going to my mum’s for the whole school day, so there’s an opportunity for one of us to spend some one-on-one time …
Rosemary started school on Friday: She enjoyed herself and was pleased with the pictures she drew, but was rather disappointed to not have got homework. When I reminded her that she probably wouldn’t get homework for quite a while, she cried. Definitely my daughter, then. I surprised myself (and others) …
I am constantly amazed at how grown-up Rosemary is becoming – though, as she says ‘Well, I am four now!’ She’ll notice something I’ve left in Eleanor’s reach, or tell me all about the story Chris read her the night before, or recognise and write a bunch of letters, or …
Usually, the living room has a small corner with toys in it. Well, actually, there are usually some on Rosemary’s small table, some on the mantelpiece, some on the sofas… But, this was after an hour or so of Rosemary’s favourite activity at the moment – acrobatics. Mostly this involves …
