Just before 11am yesterday Poppy fell asleep, she was showing signs of tiredness and when she asked for her snuggly and dummy I realised she was not going to last until after lunch as she usually does. She lay down on the sofa and was soon fast asleep so I covered her over with a light blanket to keep her warm. She slept for about 2 hours and woke up full of beans. We both had a sandwich then when Grandad suggested a visit to my sister Poppy had her coat on and was standing by the front door ready to go, eager to see Aunty Marg! Marg as usual was pleased to see us and immediately got the toys out which she keeps for a visit from Poppy, a tower was soon built out of the huge lego type bricks and Poppy played with the house and the little people before she shut the house all up, stood up and grabbed hold of the handle then announced it was time to go home! We had only been there for 10 minutes so I asked why she wanted to go home and it turned out she needed a change! After chasing her we managed to get her sorted out and she was happier to play. She soon had Marg walking up the garden then came back into the house to fetch me "come on Grandma, follow me, we go in garden"!! Marg has a large stone garden ornament of a goose in the corner and Poppy spotted it, I`m sure she thought it was a real one, she went over towards it walking very carefully and stroked its head saying "hello goose", when we said we needed to be quiet and go back inside the house (it was getting chilly) she said goodbye to the goose and went inside willingly, not wanting to scare it! She was getting hungry so we got Poppy to put her coat on, and we said goodbye to Aunty Marg and headed for the car, she did not want to sit in the car seat though and Grandad had a bit of a problem getting her to sit down properly. Its not easy to seat a child when they throw themselves backwards and won`t bend in the middle! I won`t stand any nonsense but Grandad is a bit of a softy and she knows it!
She just finished her lasagne and was eating her ice cream cone when Mommy arrived to fetch her. Emma had a chat for a while and when the time came for Emma to take Poppy home she decided she did not want to go, she was enjoying playing so she had to be chased to get her coat on, 3 times! (She kept taking it off again!) She is usually very good but can be a little rascal when she gets tired and she did not have
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Monday, 17 September 2012
Poppy the pirate.
We have not really seen a great deal of Poppy over the weekend, everybody has been very busy.
We went out on Saturday as I have decided that the time has come for me to have another mobility scooter. My walking ability has got less and less, despite trying to keep going, the pain is too much,so I have struggled with the knowledge and given the situation a lot of thought and realised that really, I have little choice. It is either stop in the house most of the time, only going out in the car, to places I can manage, or do something about it. So we were looking round at the options. We decided to drop in to the local pub for tea, and had a rapturous welcome from Poppy who saw us as we walked in and ran to me, throwing her arms round my legs with the cry "Grandma" before breaking off and giving Grandad the same lovely welcome! She must have decided that Grandad was there to take her to the park as she then headed for the door saying "go to the park" with Grandad in hot pursuit before she reached it! Lee then took her out for a play on the swings and a go on the slide while we ordered our tea.
Poppy was invited to a pirates and princesses party yesterday afternoon to celebrate Evans birthday. She went dressed as a pirate, complete with a false tattoo or two and a beard! Emma said she had a lovely time, and wore herself out. She was a bit too little to appreciate pass the parcel and did not want to pass it on, and she kept getting up every time the music played to dance! She preferred to colour and managed to fit in eating quite a lot of cake I am told! Emma said she was drooping with tiredness by the end of the party, but determined to keep on going until they left!
We went out on Saturday as I have decided that the time has come for me to have another mobility scooter. My walking ability has got less and less, despite trying to keep going, the pain is too much,so I have struggled with the knowledge and given the situation a lot of thought and realised that really, I have little choice. It is either stop in the house most of the time, only going out in the car, to places I can manage, or do something about it. So we were looking round at the options. We decided to drop in to the local pub for tea, and had a rapturous welcome from Poppy who saw us as we walked in and ran to me, throwing her arms round my legs with the cry "Grandma" before breaking off and giving Grandad the same lovely welcome! She must have decided that Grandad was there to take her to the park as she then headed for the door saying "go to the park" with Grandad in hot pursuit before she reached it! Lee then took her out for a play on the swings and a go on the slide while we ordered our tea.
Poppy was invited to a pirates and princesses party yesterday afternoon to celebrate Evans birthday. She went dressed as a pirate, complete with a false tattoo or two and a beard! Emma said she had a lovely time, and wore herself out. She was a bit too little to appreciate pass the parcel and did not want to pass it on, and she kept getting up every time the music played to dance! She preferred to colour and managed to fit in eating quite a lot of cake I am told! Emma said she was drooping with tiredness by the end of the party, but determined to keep on going until they left!
Friday, 14 September 2012
Ah bless, they grow up too fast!
Hyper Poppy visited us yesterday, she is not naughty at all, she just never stops, on the go all the while she is awake! Not long after 7.30am found us "playing" keyboard and xylophone, singing to our "music" with Poppy breaking off from her playing from time to time to dance with a huge grin on her face. She just loves to sing and dance, I wonder if she will be on X Factor in about 14 years time, or whichever show is around at that time!
She is loving nursery and I have noticed signs that it is teaching her something already, she was tidying up one toy before she got another out yesterday! She was eating tea with Emma on Monday and they were doing high fives throughout the meal to say well done for eating, when she finished she high fived her Mummy again and called out "high five Mummy, teamwork"!! Emma said she nearly fell off the chair! We are presuming she has got that from nursery! She did it to me yesterday after finishing her breakfast! Bless. Reports back from nursery teachers say that Poppy has settled in well and joins in with nursery activities. She now insists she is a big girl and Emma is hopeful of breaking off the dummy at bedtime habit when Poppy described the dummy as "babies dummy". When asked whether she was a baby she said "no,Poppy a big girl"!! Ah bless, they grow up to fast.
She is loving nursery and I have noticed signs that it is teaching her something already, she was tidying up one toy before she got another out yesterday! She was eating tea with Emma on Monday and they were doing high fives throughout the meal to say well done for eating, when she finished she high fived her Mummy again and called out "high five Mummy, teamwork"!! Emma said she nearly fell off the chair! We are presuming she has got that from nursery! She did it to me yesterday after finishing her breakfast! Bless. Reports back from nursery teachers say that Poppy has settled in well and joins in with nursery activities. She now insists she is a big girl and Emma is hopeful of breaking off the dummy at bedtime habit when Poppy described the dummy as "babies dummy". When asked whether she was a baby she said "no,Poppy a big girl"!! Ah bless, they grow up to fast.
Friday, 7 September 2012
POPPY AND ROSIE THE PONY.
Poppy arrived yesterday morning announcing she was hungry and wanted a biscuit and a cake! Nice to see her with an appetite after she had been a bit under the weather at the weekend. She certainly made up for it yesterday! We made some cakes together, actually quite a bit of the mixture ended up on me when Poppy got a bit over enthusiastic while mixing! She was very pleased when they came out of the oven and had two! Over the course of the day she managed to get through 4 of the fairy cakes we had made!
She had a busy morning getting most of the toys out and she told me she was tired a couple of times though did not want to go to sleep. She loved nursery the day before, and had been very excited going in. She had her lunch and then told me she was tired again so I asked her if she needed to go to sleep and she said yes while grabbing her snuggly. She must have been more tired than I even realised, she slept for 3 hours! Evidentally nursery had worn her out more than I had known.
Grandad had a lovely surprise for Poppy when she woke up, he had arranged for her to go and visit Rosie, the pony. Becky who Grandad works with, and her daughter Briony, let Poppy visit Rosie and so we headed out in the car with one very very excited little girl in the back. After going to the wrong place we found the correct location just along the road and Poppy went with Grandad, Becky and Briony to fetch Rosie, when they came back to where I was waiting Poppy was helping to lead Rosie along, she looked so pleased and proud walking down the lane holding the long lead with the beautiful Rosie walking sedately. Poppy got to stroke Rosie, and even brushed her before she noticed some other horses in the field nearby and went to make their aquaintance. In one field there was a lovely shetland pony which ofcourse Poppy thought was a baby horse, which was only just a bit bigger than she was! She was laughing as it ran across the field towards us, and when it pushed its nose towards her she was giggling away. She had a lovely time, and did not want to leave but Mummy was on her way home to fetch her. I know she would love to see Rosie again, it was very kind to let her visit.
She had a busy morning getting most of the toys out and she told me she was tired a couple of times though did not want to go to sleep. She loved nursery the day before, and had been very excited going in. She had her lunch and then told me she was tired again so I asked her if she needed to go to sleep and she said yes while grabbing her snuggly. She must have been more tired than I even realised, she slept for 3 hours! Evidentally nursery had worn her out more than I had known.
Grandad had a lovely surprise for Poppy when she woke up, he had arranged for her to go and visit Rosie, the pony. Becky who Grandad works with, and her daughter Briony, let Poppy visit Rosie and so we headed out in the car with one very very excited little girl in the back. After going to the wrong place we found the correct location just along the road and Poppy went with Grandad, Becky and Briony to fetch Rosie, when they came back to where I was waiting Poppy was helping to lead Rosie along, she looked so pleased and proud walking down the lane holding the long lead with the beautiful Rosie walking sedately. Poppy got to stroke Rosie, and even brushed her before she noticed some other horses in the field nearby and went to make their aquaintance. In one field there was a lovely shetland pony which ofcourse Poppy thought was a baby horse, which was only just a bit bigger than she was! She was laughing as it ran across the field towards us, and when it pushed its nose towards her she was giggling away. She had a lovely time, and did not want to leave but Mummy was on her way home to fetch her. I know she would love to see Rosie again, it was very kind to let her visit.
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
POPPY STARTED NURSERY. AH BLESS.
Poppy had a bit of a cold when she arrived to see us yesterday so she was not eating much, she rarely does when she is feeling poorly, and she wanted lots of cuddles, not that I am complaining. I don`t mind having cuddles!
I had some flavoured milk so made sure she had that to drink so that at least if she was not having much food she would be getting the goodness from the milk. We watched quite a lot of episodes of Come Outside, she kept asking for Pippin, and although we don`t normally let her watch tv all the time when she is feeling a bit poorly she just wants to sit on a convenient lap and have a cuddle while watching her favourite dog!
Just before lunch she went to lay on the sofa and within a few minutes she was asleep! I covered her over and pushed the dogs into the other room so that they would not wake her if they barked.
Poppy slept for about an hour and a half and woke in a better frame of mind, wanting to play. She did not eat a great deal of her lunch but I managed to get some yoghurt down her and some more milk, then she asked for a biscuit so her appetite was clearly improving, just quite slowly.
Rachel and Steven arrived mid afternoon to fetch Murphy, who has been here for the weekend while they were away for a few days so Steven got talked into doing some magic painting with Poppy before she showed her ponies and colouring book to Aunty Rach.
She never stopped talking all the while they were here which caused me to remark that she is just like her mother, Emma never stops talking either! Steven agreed! She waved Murphy off, and Aunty Rach and Uncle Steven ofcourse, then went back to playing going shopping. She would put her little basket over her arm, walk towards the day calling "bye then", turning back to wave, then walked into the hall where she would turn round calling "What? Whats the matter?" She then dragged Grandad outside with her to look at the flowers, ladybirds, bumblebees etc., until tea time.
Poppy started nursery this morning, I hear that she was excited and went in okay and was sitting with the other children when Salli sneaked a peek through the window on her way out. Bless. Two hours is a long time with lots of new people when you are only 2 years old.
Just had a text from Salli, the lovely lady who looks after Poppy while Emma is at work, she says Poppy was absolutely fine, loved it. No tears all day, she was like an old hand! Bless. I bet she is tired now, maybe Salli is in for a quiet afternoon if her charges all have a sleep for an hour or two.
Thankyou Sallianne. xx
I had some flavoured milk so made sure she had that to drink so that at least if she was not having much food she would be getting the goodness from the milk. We watched quite a lot of episodes of Come Outside, she kept asking for Pippin, and although we don`t normally let her watch tv all the time when she is feeling a bit poorly she just wants to sit on a convenient lap and have a cuddle while watching her favourite dog!
Just before lunch she went to lay on the sofa and within a few minutes she was asleep! I covered her over and pushed the dogs into the other room so that they would not wake her if they barked.
Poppy slept for about an hour and a half and woke in a better frame of mind, wanting to play. She did not eat a great deal of her lunch but I managed to get some yoghurt down her and some more milk, then she asked for a biscuit so her appetite was clearly improving, just quite slowly.
Rachel and Steven arrived mid afternoon to fetch Murphy, who has been here for the weekend while they were away for a few days so Steven got talked into doing some magic painting with Poppy before she showed her ponies and colouring book to Aunty Rach.
She never stopped talking all the while they were here which caused me to remark that she is just like her mother, Emma never stops talking either! Steven agreed! She waved Murphy off, and Aunty Rach and Uncle Steven ofcourse, then went back to playing going shopping. She would put her little basket over her arm, walk towards the day calling "bye then", turning back to wave, then walked into the hall where she would turn round calling "What? Whats the matter?" She then dragged Grandad outside with her to look at the flowers, ladybirds, bumblebees etc., until tea time.
Poppy started nursery this morning, I hear that she was excited and went in okay and was sitting with the other children when Salli sneaked a peek through the window on her way out. Bless. Two hours is a long time with lots of new people when you are only 2 years old.
Just had a text from Salli, the lovely lady who looks after Poppy while Emma is at work, she says Poppy was absolutely fine, loved it. No tears all day, she was like an old hand! Bless. I bet she is tired now, maybe Salli is in for a quiet afternoon if her charges all have a sleep for an hour or two.
Thankyou Sallianne. xx
Saturday, 1 September 2012
WE WOKE UP TO HEAR POPPY SINGING!
We woke up this morning to the sound of Poppy singing! What a beautiful way to wake up in the morning.
She had stopped here with us last night while her Mummy and Daddy attended Liz and Neils wedding and she was as good as gold. She was getting rather tired around 6.30pm so she had her nappy changed and got ready for bed, wearing a Peppa Pig pink nighty (try saying that quickly when you have had a drink!!) and a pink and white fluffy dressing gown with a hood sporting ears, very cute. She was sitting on my lap, drinking some warm milk, when my sister Marg and brother in law Rich arrived to visit as a nice surprise. Well ofcourse as soon as Poppy saw them she was off my lap and soon chattering away to them, asking Marg to see her baby in the dolls pram. Marg was wrapping the doll up for her and Poppy was cuddling and rocking it, so sweet. She played and chatted for a while then you could see her getting tired again and wanted to sit on my lap and watch Pippin. Come Outside, featuring Pippin and Aunty Mabel is one of her favourites and the series is actually quite old, having started first of all in 1993 but is obviously still very popular as it is on tv everyday and Poppy sits watching enthralled.
Marg and Rich stopped for about an hour and as soon as they left Poppy was ready to go up to bed, even though she was pretending she was not tired, it was obvious by the staring glazed look in her eyes that she was! Grandad carried her upstairs and lay her down, I would have read a bedtime story but she was already too far gone to listen and lay down as soon as she got into the bed, almost asleep straight away! Within about 10 minutes she was fast and only stirred a couple of times when she lost her dummy and when the covers had been kicked off and she may have been a little chilly, other than that she slept right through until 7.20am! We realised she was awake when we heard her singing. We played all sorts this morning, the plastic animals had a party when they all had to wear a necklace each to attend the party(Grandmas hair bobbles which are kept in a treasure chest! Its a box Emma bought me back from a holiday in Egypt, but Poppy has called it the Treasure Chest. No idea where she has that from!)
Poppy did some colouring, she can now draw a circle and she drew a circle then jabbed the crayon onto the paper inside the circle she had drawn. "Whats that?" I asked her, and she told me it was Daddy and they were his eyes! She then started to jab the crayon down at the other side of the paper and told me it was the rain! So Daddy has green hair and is rather wet! I have always liked to paint and draw so Poppy obviously takes after me in that respect, she soon gets the colouring books out and wants her crayons as soon as she arrives!
Emma arrived to fetch her about 10.45am and by then I think Poppy had almost all the toys out and my house looked like a bomb had dropped! We had lunch and Emma left with Poppy about 2pm to meet Jo to celebrate Jo`s birthday.
We had a lovely time together, Grandma is now officially worn out!!
She had stopped here with us last night while her Mummy and Daddy attended Liz and Neils wedding and she was as good as gold. She was getting rather tired around 6.30pm so she had her nappy changed and got ready for bed, wearing a Peppa Pig pink nighty (try saying that quickly when you have had a drink!!) and a pink and white fluffy dressing gown with a hood sporting ears, very cute. She was sitting on my lap, drinking some warm milk, when my sister Marg and brother in law Rich arrived to visit as a nice surprise. Well ofcourse as soon as Poppy saw them she was off my lap and soon chattering away to them, asking Marg to see her baby in the dolls pram. Marg was wrapping the doll up for her and Poppy was cuddling and rocking it, so sweet. She played and chatted for a while then you could see her getting tired again and wanted to sit on my lap and watch Pippin. Come Outside, featuring Pippin and Aunty Mabel is one of her favourites and the series is actually quite old, having started first of all in 1993 but is obviously still very popular as it is on tv everyday and Poppy sits watching enthralled.
Marg and Rich stopped for about an hour and as soon as they left Poppy was ready to go up to bed, even though she was pretending she was not tired, it was obvious by the staring glazed look in her eyes that she was! Grandad carried her upstairs and lay her down, I would have read a bedtime story but she was already too far gone to listen and lay down as soon as she got into the bed, almost asleep straight away! Within about 10 minutes she was fast and only stirred a couple of times when she lost her dummy and when the covers had been kicked off and she may have been a little chilly, other than that she slept right through until 7.20am! We realised she was awake when we heard her singing. We played all sorts this morning, the plastic animals had a party when they all had to wear a necklace each to attend the party(Grandmas hair bobbles which are kept in a treasure chest! Its a box Emma bought me back from a holiday in Egypt, but Poppy has called it the Treasure Chest. No idea where she has that from!)
Poppy did some colouring, she can now draw a circle and she drew a circle then jabbed the crayon onto the paper inside the circle she had drawn. "Whats that?" I asked her, and she told me it was Daddy and they were his eyes! She then started to jab the crayon down at the other side of the paper and told me it was the rain! So Daddy has green hair and is rather wet! I have always liked to paint and draw so Poppy obviously takes after me in that respect, she soon gets the colouring books out and wants her crayons as soon as she arrives!
Emma arrived to fetch her about 10.45am and by then I think Poppy had almost all the toys out and my house looked like a bomb had dropped! We had lunch and Emma left with Poppy about 2pm to meet Jo to celebrate Jo`s birthday.
We had a lovely time together, Grandma is now officially worn out!!
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