Poppy seems to be growing up so fast, she has turned into a little girl before our very eyes, she never stops talking, will only wear what she wants to wear, likes to choose what style she will wear her hair, loves to have her nails painted, loves pink and when I was putting her coat on yesterday for Grandad to take her home in the car to her Daddy she told me she could go home on her own! As she is still 2 years old, and will be 3 at the end of next month, she is no longer a baby and is growing up just that bit too fast!
She has three party invitations and has told her Mummy she is having a party for her birthday, I`m not sure Mummy was planning to have one, but Poppy is quite determined! Looks like I shall have to get my cake decorating books out again!
Grandad was well and truly told off yesterday when he burped, Poppy looked at me, then at Grandad and said "Grandad, you burped, that's disgusting!" Well that's you told Grandad!
She loves playing with her dolls house, two of the dolls who live in it are called Poppy and Ruby, Poppy, ofcourse, has to be Poppy and I have to be Ruby. Grandad is not allowed to be anybody because he is a boy! Oh and apparently boys don`t like bananas!
Ruby is Poppys cousin, and she tells me that every time I see her, she loves Ruby and Florence. She will be so excited today as she is going to a tea party for Rubys birthday later on this afternoon. Hope Ruby has a lovely birthday, and all the children enjoy the tea party. xx
Friday, 28 June 2013
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Kisses and cuddles all round.
Poppy was in a lovely mood yesterday, despite her cold and poorly cough. She told me she had a poorly cough as soon as she walked through the door, not that it stopped her talking! She arrived in pyjamas as Emma had literally plucked her out of bed and brought her round so when she had eaten what little bit of breakfast she was prepared to eat I helped her get dressed, have a wash and clean her teeth. That was an experience! We both nearly got soaked as she decided she wanted to use the sponge, I only just managed to wring it out in time! "I can do it myself Grandma" is a frequent cry, and she does not like you to help her unless she realises for herself she needs help and asks for it!
Poppy wanted to play with the dolls house so I adhered the velcro to it, my idea to keep the door on the front! I bought it second hand and unfortunately the little dowels that kept the door on had long gone meaning that we had to be careful or the door would fall unless propped up correctly so I came up with the idea of velcro strips which I have put on the front of the frame which holds the big door firmly on the house, then there is another strip on the side which holds the door open, and it works! We had bought some very small hinges to hang it but the house is made with mdf and the tiny screws just would not hold properly and kept splitting the wood, so velcro was the best option. Uncle Rich has done a great job of mending the window frames and the door now looks lovely and completes the house so that Poppy is very pleased with it, she loves posting the tiny letters I made through the front door and have the little dolls pick them up and get excited about their "party invitations!"
After a drink and snack, its easier to feed Poppy little and often I have found when she is feeling poorly, trying to tempt her appetite, she lay on the sofa and asked for snuggly and dummy, soon falling asleep. She was tired and obviously needed the rest, having had quite a few nights disturbed because of her cough, she slept for two hours.
Jill arrived just as Poppy had woken up, Poppy was standing in front of me chattering away when she turned round, saw Jill at the window, shouted "Aunty Jill" and shot off to hide, the same routine we go through everytime anyone arrives! I got her a sandwich for lunch and she settled down on the armchair to eat and watch television for a short while, chattering away in between bites!
When Grandad arrived Poppy had to hide again, in the corner by my armchair, the same place that she always hides in! We wrapped up well and off we went to walk the dogs in the woods, Poppy likes to use her imagination and kept telling us she had heard the "cave monster", just after she had made a growling noise and grinning. "Where does the cave monster live Poppy?" Grandad asked. Silly question Grandad, in a cave ofcourse!!
We had not long arrived back at our house, and Poppy had been playing in the sandpit for ten minutes or so when Daddy arrived to fetch her. She was very pleased to see him and excited to hear that he would take her home on his bike so Grandma and Grandad got kisses and cuddles all round before waving them off.
Poppy wanted to play with the dolls house so I adhered the velcro to it, my idea to keep the door on the front! I bought it second hand and unfortunately the little dowels that kept the door on had long gone meaning that we had to be careful or the door would fall unless propped up correctly so I came up with the idea of velcro strips which I have put on the front of the frame which holds the big door firmly on the house, then there is another strip on the side which holds the door open, and it works! We had bought some very small hinges to hang it but the house is made with mdf and the tiny screws just would not hold properly and kept splitting the wood, so velcro was the best option. Uncle Rich has done a great job of mending the window frames and the door now looks lovely and completes the house so that Poppy is very pleased with it, she loves posting the tiny letters I made through the front door and have the little dolls pick them up and get excited about their "party invitations!"
After a drink and snack, its easier to feed Poppy little and often I have found when she is feeling poorly, trying to tempt her appetite, she lay on the sofa and asked for snuggly and dummy, soon falling asleep. She was tired and obviously needed the rest, having had quite a few nights disturbed because of her cough, she slept for two hours.
Jill arrived just as Poppy had woken up, Poppy was standing in front of me chattering away when she turned round, saw Jill at the window, shouted "Aunty Jill" and shot off to hide, the same routine we go through everytime anyone arrives! I got her a sandwich for lunch and she settled down on the armchair to eat and watch television for a short while, chattering away in between bites!
When Grandad arrived Poppy had to hide again, in the corner by my armchair, the same place that she always hides in! We wrapped up well and off we went to walk the dogs in the woods, Poppy likes to use her imagination and kept telling us she had heard the "cave monster", just after she had made a growling noise and grinning. "Where does the cave monster live Poppy?" Grandad asked. Silly question Grandad, in a cave ofcourse!!
We had not long arrived back at our house, and Poppy had been playing in the sandpit for ten minutes or so when Daddy arrived to fetch her. She was very pleased to see him and excited to hear that he would take her home on his bike so Grandma and Grandad got kisses and cuddles all round before waving them off.
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Its still raining.
Emma staggered through the door yesterday morning, arms laden with clothes, sparkly red shoes, important book, Poppys rucksack, umbrella and a wriggling Poppy!
"Mommy, I need to take my umbrella to Grandmas" she said as they were leaving the house, "and I need to take my sparkly red shoes, and my important book." The important book is the telephone directory, but Poppy has decided it is important, so it is!! "Mommy, I want to go to Grandmas in my pyjamas". This resulted in Emma, arms full of bags, umbrellas, sparkly shoes and red book, staggering towards the front door then Poppy called, "Mommy, pick me up!!" No wonder Emma looked worn out when she arrived at ten to eight in the morning, staggering through the door and dropping half the stuff on the floor. The day had barely begun and already she was carrying a whole load of stuff around, not easy when you have hardly woken up. Add to that lot a wriggling Poppy who decided she could not walk from the house to the car because she was wearing pyjamas, even though it was her own choice to arrive in pyjamas, not an easy feat carrying everything. In the car on the short journey to our house Poppy had suddenly announced "Mommy, I haven`t got any clothes on" she was very relieved to be told that Mommy had her clothes in a carrier bag ready to put on when she got to Grandmas house. "oh, okay".
I had breakfast ready, she likes fruit and toast. Apparently fruit is her favourite food, especially bananas, strawberries and grapes. Oh and pink milk, she has to have pink milk with breakfast and before she goes to bed at night, if you have no pink milk ready for her, believe me you are in trouble!!
So there she was, umbrella up, out in the garden, wearing pyjamas - at 8 o`clock in the morning!! Luckily I managed to persuade her that it was not a good idea to run around outside in pyjamas at that time in the morning, and that she really should come indoors, have breakfast and get dressed.
One bowl of strawberries and grapes, a slice of toast and some pink milk later and she was dressed ready to go.
"I want to go in the garden Grandma" she said, disappearing out of the kitchen door, umbrella in hand. "Its not raining" she announced, putting her umbrella up.
So there we were, in the garden at 8.30am, playing in the sandpit. I quickly got my thick cardigan on and buttoned Poppy into her coat, a bit chilly to say the least. We had been outside for about half an hour when even Poppy realised the sky was getting dark and announced she wanted to play inside. I put the brick back on top of the sand table to keep the lid on, wedged the slide over the top to prevent it blowing away and went thankfully indoors. It rained for the rest of the day, infact its still raining now!
We played with the dolls house, by the time Jill arrived we were ready for a drink and a snack, I put the kettle on thankfully while Jill occupied Poppy with a book. It was obvious Poppy was getting tired so I put Peppa Pig on for her to watch and she settled down on the sofa, she kept getting up and chattering, but eventually she lay down, head on cushion and fell asleep.
Poppy woke just after Grandad got in from work, she lay on the sofa for a while chatting away before she got up and decided to play horses. "Here you are Grandma, thats your horse" she said, passing me a brown plastic animal.
"Can I have a horse Poppy?" asked Grandad sitting down on the floor beside her. "No."
We could not go out for our walk in the woods as we usually do, the rain was coming down in buckets, so we played with just about every toy she has until it was time for tea. She managed to eat her pizza and salad, and a whole jam doughnut before Mommy arrived to fetch her causing great excitement as Poppy was very pleased to see her and visa versa.
Its still raining ........
"Mommy, I need to take my umbrella to Grandmas" she said as they were leaving the house, "and I need to take my sparkly red shoes, and my important book." The important book is the telephone directory, but Poppy has decided it is important, so it is!! "Mommy, I want to go to Grandmas in my pyjamas". This resulted in Emma, arms full of bags, umbrellas, sparkly shoes and red book, staggering towards the front door then Poppy called, "Mommy, pick me up!!" No wonder Emma looked worn out when she arrived at ten to eight in the morning, staggering through the door and dropping half the stuff on the floor. The day had barely begun and already she was carrying a whole load of stuff around, not easy when you have hardly woken up. Add to that lot a wriggling Poppy who decided she could not walk from the house to the car because she was wearing pyjamas, even though it was her own choice to arrive in pyjamas, not an easy feat carrying everything. In the car on the short journey to our house Poppy had suddenly announced "Mommy, I haven`t got any clothes on" she was very relieved to be told that Mommy had her clothes in a carrier bag ready to put on when she got to Grandmas house. "oh, okay".
I had breakfast ready, she likes fruit and toast. Apparently fruit is her favourite food, especially bananas, strawberries and grapes. Oh and pink milk, she has to have pink milk with breakfast and before she goes to bed at night, if you have no pink milk ready for her, believe me you are in trouble!!
So there she was, umbrella up, out in the garden, wearing pyjamas - at 8 o`clock in the morning!! Luckily I managed to persuade her that it was not a good idea to run around outside in pyjamas at that time in the morning, and that she really should come indoors, have breakfast and get dressed.
One bowl of strawberries and grapes, a slice of toast and some pink milk later and she was dressed ready to go.
"I want to go in the garden Grandma" she said, disappearing out of the kitchen door, umbrella in hand. "Its not raining" she announced, putting her umbrella up.
So there we were, in the garden at 8.30am, playing in the sandpit. I quickly got my thick cardigan on and buttoned Poppy into her coat, a bit chilly to say the least. We had been outside for about half an hour when even Poppy realised the sky was getting dark and announced she wanted to play inside. I put the brick back on top of the sand table to keep the lid on, wedged the slide over the top to prevent it blowing away and went thankfully indoors. It rained for the rest of the day, infact its still raining now!
We played with the dolls house, by the time Jill arrived we were ready for a drink and a snack, I put the kettle on thankfully while Jill occupied Poppy with a book. It was obvious Poppy was getting tired so I put Peppa Pig on for her to watch and she settled down on the sofa, she kept getting up and chattering, but eventually she lay down, head on cushion and fell asleep.
Poppy woke just after Grandad got in from work, she lay on the sofa for a while chatting away before she got up and decided to play horses. "Here you are Grandma, thats your horse" she said, passing me a brown plastic animal.
"Can I have a horse Poppy?" asked Grandad sitting down on the floor beside her. "No."
We could not go out for our walk in the woods as we usually do, the rain was coming down in buckets, so we played with just about every toy she has until it was time for tea. She managed to eat her pizza and salad, and a whole jam doughnut before Mommy arrived to fetch her causing great excitement as Poppy was very pleased to see her and visa versa.
Its still raining ........
Friday, 26 April 2013
Whats that Grandma. What is this for Grandma.
Our woodland walk yesterday with Poppy and the dogs was really funny. As we approached the little bridge which spans the stream Poppy announced that there was a troll on the bridge and made a growling noise, she held Grandads hand to cross the bridge then when she was safely at the other side she announced that she is a princess, and that she is not afraid of the troll as she is a brave little girl! She then kept making growling noises all the way down the path and asking if we had heard the noise, was it the troll?
We walked past a man with long hair trying to control his three rather large dogs which were pulling on their leads and as we passed him Poppy asked "Grandma, what was that lady doing?" As you can imagine we carried on rather swiftly whilst trying not to laugh!
Poppy decided she was a butterfly and kept running along in front flapping her arms around and saying "I`m a pink butterfly", she then decided we have to play hide and seek again and fluttered over to the trees to hide with Grandad. I`m sure the other dog walkers must think we are nutcases! Especially when I attempt to hide behind a tree whilst sitting on a mobility scooter! Not easy!!
As we were on the way home we saw someone we know walking along the path and Poppy said "whats that old lady doing Grandma" (`what` has become the word of the day at the moment, "whats that, whats this for?") as the person in question was neither old, or a lady, I quickly changed the subject hoping they had not heard!
Our walk in the woods this afternoon will not be quite so funny!
We walked past a man with long hair trying to control his three rather large dogs which were pulling on their leads and as we passed him Poppy asked "Grandma, what was that lady doing?" As you can imagine we carried on rather swiftly whilst trying not to laugh!
Poppy decided she was a butterfly and kept running along in front flapping her arms around and saying "I`m a pink butterfly", she then decided we have to play hide and seek again and fluttered over to the trees to hide with Grandad. I`m sure the other dog walkers must think we are nutcases! Especially when I attempt to hide behind a tree whilst sitting on a mobility scooter! Not easy!!
As we were on the way home we saw someone we know walking along the path and Poppy said "whats that old lady doing Grandma" (`what` has become the word of the day at the moment, "whats that, whats this for?") as the person in question was neither old, or a lady, I quickly changed the subject hoping they had not heard!
Our walk in the woods this afternoon will not be quite so funny!
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Hide and seek!!
Poppy and I were out in the garden at 8.30am, I cleaned her car off for her while she watered the flowers, she had her kitchen out and made cups of tea but by 9am she wanted to go indoors, got her dummy and snuggly and sat on my lap rubbing her nose with the snuggly, a sure sign of tiredness! I put Thumbelina on for her which we bought yesterday and she was engrossed at first but fast asleep before the film finished!! She is now fast asleep on the sofa so I am taking the opportunity to write this before she wakes. We have to go for a walk in the woods this afternoon with the dogs, Poppy told me so as soon as she walked in this morning so hope the sun keeps shining! It keeps disappearing behind clouds so I am getting slightly worried! As long as it does not rain .....
When we went for our walk on Thursday we were half way round when Poppy suddenly announced let's play hide and seek, come on grandad we can hide, you count to ten grandma. Coming, ready or not I had to shout then hurtle off up the path on my trusty mobility scooter to see if I could find them. (Not a hard job when a man and small child hide behind a thin tree!!) Then it was my turn, do you know how hard it is to hide behind a tree on a mobility scooter??!
When we went for our walk on Thursday we were half way round when Poppy suddenly announced let's play hide and seek, come on grandad we can hide, you count to ten grandma. Coming, ready or not I had to shout then hurtle off up the path on my trusty mobility scooter to see if I could find them. (Not a hard job when a man and small child hide behind a thin tree!!) Then it was my turn, do you know how hard it is to hide behind a tree on a mobility scooter??!
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Easter hols.
I haven`t updated the Poppy Chronicles for a bit because it has been the Easter holidays and Poppy has mostly been at home with her Mummy and Daddy, apart from their two weekends away in Torquay and Clacton during the holidays.
Apparently a good time was had by all, Poppy loves visiting Nanny Seaside, Grandad Dave and Oscar in Torquay, especially as she gets a ride on a donkey and if the weather is warm enough can make a sandcastle.
Clacton in a caravan along with Aunty Bev, Uncle Gaz and cousins Ruby and Florence also went very well and the girls all had a great time together dancing at the disco, swimming in the pool and generally enjoying themselves. Ruby and Poppy shared a bedroom so I`m not sure how much sleep the grown ups got as they were so very excited (Poppy and Ruby, not the grown ups!) Poppy loves her "Rubes". Bless.
Today we had proof of just what a clever little girl Poppy is when she Facetimed her Daddy at work on the ipad! I presumed she had some help from Emma to video call her Daddy but Em said she was sitting on the sofa next to Poppy as she was playing with the ipad when she heard a phone dialing and realised Poppy had rung Lee! Probably accidental I should imagine, and I bet Lee had such a shock when his 2 year old daughter Facetimed him! If it wasn`t a fluke, watch out for the phone ringing with a Facetime call!!
She is back at nursery tomorrow, not that she realises it yet, and back with her childminder. Having spent a fortnight playing happily with Mummy, Emma is wondering if she will be happy about parting from her!
Apparently a good time was had by all, Poppy loves visiting Nanny Seaside, Grandad Dave and Oscar in Torquay, especially as she gets a ride on a donkey and if the weather is warm enough can make a sandcastle.
Clacton in a caravan along with Aunty Bev, Uncle Gaz and cousins Ruby and Florence also went very well and the girls all had a great time together dancing at the disco, swimming in the pool and generally enjoying themselves. Ruby and Poppy shared a bedroom so I`m not sure how much sleep the grown ups got as they were so very excited (Poppy and Ruby, not the grown ups!) Poppy loves her "Rubes". Bless.
Today we had proof of just what a clever little girl Poppy is when she Facetimed her Daddy at work on the ipad! I presumed she had some help from Emma to video call her Daddy but Em said she was sitting on the sofa next to Poppy as she was playing with the ipad when she heard a phone dialing and realised Poppy had rung Lee! Probably accidental I should imagine, and I bet Lee had such a shock when his 2 year old daughter Facetimed him! If it wasn`t a fluke, watch out for the phone ringing with a Facetime call!!
She is back at nursery tomorrow, not that she realises it yet, and back with her childminder. Having spent a fortnight playing happily with Mummy, Emma is wondering if she will be happy about parting from her!
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Chocolate, chocolate and a bit more chocolate.
Its the Easter holidays so Poppy is at home with Mommy, though we have all had a few outings together this week. Emma, Lee and Poppy along with Lily went down to see Nanny Seaside on Good Friday resulting in a 6 hour journey as the get away to Devon got underway. Thankfully the same journey in reverse took 3 and a half hours as they started a bit earlier and the traffic was not so bad. I`m told they had a nice time at Torquay visiting Nanny, Grandad Dave and Oscar the dog. Poppy got a ride on a donkey, even if the weather was rather cold, and she enjoyed herself at the disco, joining in with the other children and having her photo taken with two large animals (people dressed in costume!) She had an easter egg hunt in Nannys garden, placing her chocolate eggs carefully in her bucket watched over by Nanny, Mommy and Daddy who stood encouraging her to find the eggs as fast as possible because they were freezing! Unfortunately the weather this Easter certainly did not manage the heatwave of last year and it has been very cold. Pops received lots of Easter eggs, and even a special Easter present from Aunty Kim in Australia of some little chocolate animals in a tin which looked like rabbits. She even had a chocolate Gruffalo from us!
On Tuesday afternoon we all went over to visit Michelle and the boys. Poppy was sitting down colouring before we even managed to get through the door of the living room, joining in with Ryan, Rhys and Owen and the two little girls they had visiting that afternoon. Before we knew it they were off playing hide and seek, when Emma went to find them when it was time to go home she discovered Poppy and Ryan crawling out from underneath Michelles bed, their hiding place in the game! We were all hungry on the way home so decided to get fish and chips to save cooking. Poppy was very lucky to go home with some chocolate that Michelle had bought her for Easter. Apparently Rhys had already eaten nearly all of his Easter eggs!
Wednesday afternoon Emma, Poppy and I visited Marg and Rich, my sister and brother in law. Poppy was very lucky to received some Easter gifts from her great Aunt and Uncle so she was soon sitting on the floor drawing pictures on a small blackboard. We had to leave about 4pm as Lee rang for a lift from work so we made a detour to pick him up and Poppy was very excited when Daddy got into the car. She was not quite so pleased when he started pinching her cheesy biscuits though! As Poppy said "cheeky Daddy!!"
On Tuesday afternoon we all went over to visit Michelle and the boys. Poppy was sitting down colouring before we even managed to get through the door of the living room, joining in with Ryan, Rhys and Owen and the two little girls they had visiting that afternoon. Before we knew it they were off playing hide and seek, when Emma went to find them when it was time to go home she discovered Poppy and Ryan crawling out from underneath Michelles bed, their hiding place in the game! We were all hungry on the way home so decided to get fish and chips to save cooking. Poppy was very lucky to go home with some chocolate that Michelle had bought her for Easter. Apparently Rhys had already eaten nearly all of his Easter eggs!
Wednesday afternoon Emma, Poppy and I visited Marg and Rich, my sister and brother in law. Poppy was very lucky to received some Easter gifts from her great Aunt and Uncle so she was soon sitting on the floor drawing pictures on a small blackboard. We had to leave about 4pm as Lee rang for a lift from work so we made a detour to pick him up and Poppy was very excited when Daddy got into the car. She was not quite so pleased when he started pinching her cheesy biscuits though! As Poppy said "cheeky Daddy!!"
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
THE EASTER BONNET PARADE.
We were there in force this morning to watch Poppy take part in her first Easter bonnet parade at nursery. Emma asked me if I would like to go a few days ago, Lee was not at work today because of the snow so he joined the party, Sallianne, who looks after Poppy while Mommy and Daddy are at work obviously had to be included too, and Jill, my good friend who comes round to help me when Poppy comes to visit Grandma was included also. Even Grandad popped in for a short while, it was easy for him as he is the caretaker of the building where the nursery is held so he was there anyway, but he was called away after a short time, something to do with his official duties.
As soon as the children entered the room where all the Mommies, Daddies, Grandmas, childminders and Aunties were sitting Poppy saw all the strange faces, then recognised her Daddy and her Mommy and burst into happy tears before rushing over to her Daddy and flinging her arms round him! After a cuddle with various people she sat on one of the very small chairs meant for the nursery helpers before moving to sit on a donut which turned out to be a small plastic cushion ring thing which looked like a donut with a hole in the centre, alongside the other children. A few of the other children had also recognised Mommy, or Grandma, and also burst into tears causing them also to rush over for cuddles and a couple of them refused point blank to sit on the donuts, but wanted to sit on the lap of the person there to watch. The bonnets were wonderfully decorated with a whole array of things, eggs, ribbons, feathers, flowers, little chicks, and Poppy was most put out when one of the eggs fell off her hat, causing her to burst into tears until one of the nursery teachers popped it back on, unfortunately the glue must have dried out because it then kept on falling off again! One of the Moms was elected to strum the guitar and the children sang some songs to do with Easter, involving some of the children in turn to take pictures of eggs from a board and take them "home", and then some of the children had to be ducks for 5 little ducks. We were entertained with songs, even joining in with some of the instrument playing which involved tapping two sticks together and the parade lasted around half an hour altogether. Poppy had an easter card and a little paper basket holding a small chocolate egg to take home with her then we all filed out of the room to fetch coats before saying thank you and goodbye to the wonderful nursery nurses. Poppy gave us a kiss and off she went home with Daddy while Mommy had to go back to work, pleased and proud to have seen her beautiful little daughter take part in her first Easter bonnet parade.
As soon as the children entered the room where all the Mommies, Daddies, Grandmas, childminders and Aunties were sitting Poppy saw all the strange faces, then recognised her Daddy and her Mommy and burst into happy tears before rushing over to her Daddy and flinging her arms round him! After a cuddle with various people she sat on one of the very small chairs meant for the nursery helpers before moving to sit on a donut which turned out to be a small plastic cushion ring thing which looked like a donut with a hole in the centre, alongside the other children. A few of the other children had also recognised Mommy, or Grandma, and also burst into tears causing them also to rush over for cuddles and a couple of them refused point blank to sit on the donuts, but wanted to sit on the lap of the person there to watch. The bonnets were wonderfully decorated with a whole array of things, eggs, ribbons, feathers, flowers, little chicks, and Poppy was most put out when one of the eggs fell off her hat, causing her to burst into tears until one of the nursery teachers popped it back on, unfortunately the glue must have dried out because it then kept on falling off again! One of the Moms was elected to strum the guitar and the children sang some songs to do with Easter, involving some of the children in turn to take pictures of eggs from a board and take them "home", and then some of the children had to be ducks for 5 little ducks. We were entertained with songs, even joining in with some of the instrument playing which involved tapping two sticks together and the parade lasted around half an hour altogether. Poppy had an easter card and a little paper basket holding a small chocolate egg to take home with her then we all filed out of the room to fetch coats before saying thank you and goodbye to the wonderful nursery nurses. Poppy gave us a kiss and off she went home with Daddy while Mommy had to go back to work, pleased and proud to have seen her beautiful little daughter take part in her first Easter bonnet parade.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
FASTER GRANDMA, FASTER!!
Poppy normally visits me on a Tuesday but today she is at home with her Daddy as she has chicken pox and we are trying to work out her child care until she can return to nursery and her childminder. Tomorrow and Thursday she will be coming to visit Grandma and Grandad as Daddy and Mommy need to go to work. Friday we shall have to see how it goes! The chicken pox struck last Friday so maybe her spots will have scabbed over and dried up by then, so she will be no longer contagious and we are hoping she may be able to attend nursery by then, as it is the Easter bonnet parade, and it would be such a shame if she were forced to miss it. I had a text off her Daddy this morning to say she is feeling a little better, her spots are drying up and she is eating again which is a huge relief as she goes off her food when she is poorly, and she has been poorly quite a few times since she was born ten weeks premature just over two and a half years ago. She is tall for her age, as the rest of us are, and very slim so she can barely afford to loose any weight so when she goes off her food it is a worry, especially as she does not always have the best appetite anyway.
Emma, Lee and Poppy all came round on Sunday afternoon and as the weather was quite pleasant we all took the dogs for a walk (well in my case ride on my mobility scooter) around the woods. Poppy loves going for her woodland walks, she really enjoys looking round for squirrels, birds and any other wildlife she may see and she will stop and stand for a moment, listening for the birds singing. She also sometimes cadges a lift on Grandmas mobility scooter when she will stand on the footplate, or sit on my lap, shouting faster Grandma, faster as we trundle at a heady 6mph along the woodland paths! The walk seemed to do her good for a while, and she was dancing around, but she soon showed that she was tired and Emma took her home for an early night.
Emma, Lee and Poppy all came round on Sunday afternoon and as the weather was quite pleasant we all took the dogs for a walk (well in my case ride on my mobility scooter) around the woods. Poppy loves going for her woodland walks, she really enjoys looking round for squirrels, birds and any other wildlife she may see and she will stop and stand for a moment, listening for the birds singing. She also sometimes cadges a lift on Grandmas mobility scooter when she will stand on the footplate, or sit on my lap, shouting faster Grandma, faster as we trundle at a heady 6mph along the woodland paths! The walk seemed to do her good for a while, and she was dancing around, but she soon showed that she was tired and Emma took her home for an early night.
Friday, 15 March 2013
Woodland outings.
Poppy was tired by 9am yesterday morning and clearly wanted to go to sleep, even though she said she didn`t! After a few cuddles and a short time lying on the sofa it was obvious she was not going to give in so I thought she might sleep better upstairs in bed and asked if she wanted to go and find her dollies. Within a few minutes she was standing at the bottom of the stairs, waiting for me to open the gate. She immediately started chatting to her dollies and lay down giving them a cuddle, within ten minutes she was fast asleep! Three hours later I heard a little voice calling "Grandma, I`m awake" so I went up to see her and she was chattering as soon as I walked through the door. She wanted to take her dollies downstairs so I carried them while she walked carefully down the stairs holding on to the bannister telling me "you have to be careful walking downstairs Grandma, then your safe."
Poppy sat her dollies on the sofa and chatted away to them, then turned round to me and cried "Grandma, I`m so so happy today." Bless her.
Peppa Pig accompanied lunch and Poppy ate very well then it was not very long until Grandad arrived home and Poppy remembered that I had promised a walk in the woods with the dogs when Grandad got home from work so we were soon putting on coats, boots and gloves. It was a bright but cold afternoon so we had to wrap up warm and it was nice to get out into the fresh air. Poppy loves walking through the woods, we often see other dog walkers who she says hello to, and if the dogs are ok she likes to stroke them, she listens for the birds and looks up into the trees to find squirrels, looks at the stream to see if she can find frogs or fish and really enjoys her outings. When we got back she wanted to play in the shed for a while, playing hide and seek with Grandad she counted to ten, called "ready or not, here I come" then pretended she did not know he was in the shed! "Grandma, is Grandad in the house?" No Pops, he is not in the house. "Grandma, is Grandad in the other room?" No Pops, he is not in the other room. Big coughs from Grandad, indicating he is actually in the shed. Poppy ignores him and looks down the path at the side of the house asking if he is by the gate. She eventually put him out of his misery and opened the shed door calling "found you Grandad!!" After twenty minutes or so they decided to come into the house as it was getting cold, and so we had a drink to warm up.
We had pizza for tea but just as we were starting to eat Poppy spilt a little of her drink on herself so I rushed to get her into dry clothes, putting my back out in the process! Emma arrived home from work shortly afterwards and Poppy was delighted to see her Mummy, throwing her arms up for a big cuddle.
I am now resting my back and hoping it will improve for the weekend.
Poppy sat her dollies on the sofa and chatted away to them, then turned round to me and cried "Grandma, I`m so so happy today." Bless her.
Peppa Pig accompanied lunch and Poppy ate very well then it was not very long until Grandad arrived home and Poppy remembered that I had promised a walk in the woods with the dogs when Grandad got home from work so we were soon putting on coats, boots and gloves. It was a bright but cold afternoon so we had to wrap up warm and it was nice to get out into the fresh air. Poppy loves walking through the woods, we often see other dog walkers who she says hello to, and if the dogs are ok she likes to stroke them, she listens for the birds and looks up into the trees to find squirrels, looks at the stream to see if she can find frogs or fish and really enjoys her outings. When we got back she wanted to play in the shed for a while, playing hide and seek with Grandad she counted to ten, called "ready or not, here I come" then pretended she did not know he was in the shed! "Grandma, is Grandad in the house?" No Pops, he is not in the house. "Grandma, is Grandad in the other room?" No Pops, he is not in the other room. Big coughs from Grandad, indicating he is actually in the shed. Poppy ignores him and looks down the path at the side of the house asking if he is by the gate. She eventually put him out of his misery and opened the shed door calling "found you Grandad!!" After twenty minutes or so they decided to come into the house as it was getting cold, and so we had a drink to warm up.
We had pizza for tea but just as we were starting to eat Poppy spilt a little of her drink on herself so I rushed to get her into dry clothes, putting my back out in the process! Emma arrived home from work shortly afterwards and Poppy was delighted to see her Mummy, throwing her arms up for a big cuddle.
I am now resting my back and hoping it will improve for the weekend.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
What better welcome could you wish for?
It was very cold and snow was in the air yesterday when Poppy was here, prompting her to ask could she play out in the snow, please Grandma! I had to stand her on the footstool by the window to show her snow was not on the ground, just floating around in the air, making it look, and feel, really cold outside.
She was very chattery (is that a word?) She told me her Daddy was chased by a big spider in the garden and he ran into the house. He was not scared of the spider though. According to Poppy her Daddy is afraid of nothing ! Not even crocodiles!
We built a big tower with her bricks, did some magic painting (remember those books you paint just with water and colour appears as if by magic?) They don't work quite the same when she wants to redo the same picture over and over! Played with the dolls house for a while then I could see she was getting tired, this was confirmed when she asked "can I sit on your lap for a cuddle Grandma?" How could you refuse a request like that? I put Room on the broom on TV for her, and we sat quietly having a cuddle until she fell asleep. Had a bit of a struggle to get up, staggered to the sofa, lay her down and covered her with her blanket.
I phoned my big sis to see how she was doing, as she is not too well, then I made some soup and peeled the veg for our evening meal before realising I had got nothing out of the freezer to eat it with! Good old sausages!
Pops slept until 12.30 and woke asking me where her tooth had gone! (It got knocked out when she fell over a few months ago!) I explained that a new tooth would grow when she was a bit older and she accepted my explanation, moving quickly on to all kinds of different subjects, telling me about playgroup, her friends at nursery and her child minders, her cousins and insisting that Lily is her best friend.
Poppy ate her lunch while watching Pippin and keeping up a running commentary about what Pippin the dog was doing on screen, then Jill and Hannah arrived to visit, causing Poppy to rush and hide beside the chair calling "you can't find me". She then wanted to play with Grandads iPad and sat with Hannah showing her the different games she can play, which amazed Hannah that a 2 year old can use an iPad!
Grandad got the road mat out when he arrived and crawled round the floor playing cars while I sorted tea. Poppy decided at one point that he was too old to crawl on the floor and told him to sit on the chair and be quiet! She said they were at playschool!
My mothers day cards were of great interest to Poppy who told me she was reading her newspaper, and that it was very interesting and important. Where she gets all the big words from I don't know! At 2 she has a huge vocabulary.
Poppy flew to her mommy with her arms open wide ready for a hug when Emma arrived to fetch her, what better welcome could you wish for?
She was very chattery (is that a word?) She told me her Daddy was chased by a big spider in the garden and he ran into the house. He was not scared of the spider though. According to Poppy her Daddy is afraid of nothing ! Not even crocodiles!
We built a big tower with her bricks, did some magic painting (remember those books you paint just with water and colour appears as if by magic?) They don't work quite the same when she wants to redo the same picture over and over! Played with the dolls house for a while then I could see she was getting tired, this was confirmed when she asked "can I sit on your lap for a cuddle Grandma?" How could you refuse a request like that? I put Room on the broom on TV for her, and we sat quietly having a cuddle until she fell asleep. Had a bit of a struggle to get up, staggered to the sofa, lay her down and covered her with her blanket.
I phoned my big sis to see how she was doing, as she is not too well, then I made some soup and peeled the veg for our evening meal before realising I had got nothing out of the freezer to eat it with! Good old sausages!
Pops slept until 12.30 and woke asking me where her tooth had gone! (It got knocked out when she fell over a few months ago!) I explained that a new tooth would grow when she was a bit older and she accepted my explanation, moving quickly on to all kinds of different subjects, telling me about playgroup, her friends at nursery and her child minders, her cousins and insisting that Lily is her best friend.
Poppy ate her lunch while watching Pippin and keeping up a running commentary about what Pippin the dog was doing on screen, then Jill and Hannah arrived to visit, causing Poppy to rush and hide beside the chair calling "you can't find me". She then wanted to play with Grandads iPad and sat with Hannah showing her the different games she can play, which amazed Hannah that a 2 year old can use an iPad!
Grandad got the road mat out when he arrived and crawled round the floor playing cars while I sorted tea. Poppy decided at one point that he was too old to crawl on the floor and told him to sit on the chair and be quiet! She said they were at playschool!
My mothers day cards were of great interest to Poppy who told me she was reading her newspaper, and that it was very interesting and important. Where she gets all the big words from I don't know! At 2 she has a huge vocabulary.
Poppy flew to her mommy with her arms open wide ready for a hug when Emma arrived to fetch her, what better welcome could you wish for?
Monday, 11 March 2013
Thoroughly spoilt.
Mothers Day yesterday as you will know, if you live in the UK. Apparently it happens on different dates elsewhere.
I was thoroughly spoilt, Steven arrived first of all, straight from work, with a card, some beautiful flowers and a box of Black Magic chocolates, yum. My own Mom loved Black Magic, and they always make me think of her, so it was quite appropriate. I had only said that morning to Graham what I would have bought for her, and then Steven walked in with a box. Great minds...
Steven had only just driven away, off home for a nap having been at work since 5am, when Emma arrived with a card from her and Lee and another off Poppy. I also got a "mum" charm for my bracelet which I added to it immediately and then added it to my wrist.
We had a chat and a cuppa then headed off to pick up Lee and Poppy to have a meal at the Golf club, booked by Lee. They were both asleep on the sofa when we arrived so Lee rushed upstairs for a quick change and Em brushed Pops hair for her, adding a pink hair bobble and two sparkly slides.
"Your hair looks beautiful Poppy".
"Yes, I know Grandma!"
The meal was a carvery, very tasty, and Emma and I got a pink flowering plant to take home each. Poppy told me my flowers were beautiful.
Lily was round at our house so Emma, Lee and Poppy arrived back with us to fetch her, Emma stopping for a cuppa with Poppy while Lee sneaked off to the pub to "watch the end of the football".
Emma got 3 cards from Pops, two handmade and one from the shops, and some lovely flowers.
Two Mummies, thoroughly spoilt.
My kids are great. x
I was thoroughly spoilt, Steven arrived first of all, straight from work, with a card, some beautiful flowers and a box of Black Magic chocolates, yum. My own Mom loved Black Magic, and they always make me think of her, so it was quite appropriate. I had only said that morning to Graham what I would have bought for her, and then Steven walked in with a box. Great minds...
Steven had only just driven away, off home for a nap having been at work since 5am, when Emma arrived with a card from her and Lee and another off Poppy. I also got a "mum" charm for my bracelet which I added to it immediately and then added it to my wrist.
We had a chat and a cuppa then headed off to pick up Lee and Poppy to have a meal at the Golf club, booked by Lee. They were both asleep on the sofa when we arrived so Lee rushed upstairs for a quick change and Em brushed Pops hair for her, adding a pink hair bobble and two sparkly slides.
"Your hair looks beautiful Poppy".
"Yes, I know Grandma!"
The meal was a carvery, very tasty, and Emma and I got a pink flowering plant to take home each. Poppy told me my flowers were beautiful.
Lily was round at our house so Emma, Lee and Poppy arrived back with us to fetch her, Emma stopping for a cuppa with Poppy while Lee sneaked off to the pub to "watch the end of the football".
Emma got 3 cards from Pops, two handmade and one from the shops, and some lovely flowers.
Two Mummies, thoroughly spoilt.
My kids are great. x
Monday, 25 February 2013
Technology and a 2 and a half year old.
Daddy bought an ipad, Grandad had a tablet for Christmas (which Poppy calls an ipad though its a different kind) and much to our surprise Poppy knows how to use them! They had been to the pub round the corner for tea on Saturday, following the very quick visit to the Sealife Centre in Birmingham (Poppy rushed them round wanting to see everything in double quick time, and particularly wanting to see the giant turtles) After they had tea at the pub Emma and Poppy arrived at our house to collect Lily, and the first thing that Poppy said was "can I have a go on Grandads ipad Grandma?" She then proceeded to flick through the different apps and chose the puzzle game she likes to do, whizzing through the puzzles with no problem at all. She can do them so easily now that I have been searching for puzzles which are a little bit harder, but not to hard that she would be unable to manage them. Consequently I downloaded a few and then had to play them to see if they were suitable for Poppy to use, discarding some which had adverts popping up every couple of minutes and others which were much too hard so I deleted them again. At the rate she is going she will be playing the word games I like soon and beating me into the bargain! Who would have thought technology meant for adults would be so appealing to a little child who should be playing with her toys! I don`t mind letting her play with the tablet on occasion, when she is tired and needs to chill, but I like to see her playing with traditional toys and jigsaws, and running and jumping around like a child should.
Friday, 22 February 2013
Visit to the boys.
On Wednesday morning we went over to visit Michelle and her three very lively boys, Ryan, Rhys and Owen. Poppy was excited and had been asking to see the boys for a couple of days, and she was doubly excited when we asked Jill if she wanted to go with us too. She chattered all the way and we actually thought we would arrive with Poppy still awake but she managed to fall asleep as we pulled into their road! Not that she was asleep for long when the lads rushed out of the house to greet us!
A lively fun filled hour followed, the farm set was out waiting much to Poppys delight, and the boys were as usual, very attentive towards her. She wasn`t very pleased when one of them shut her in the kitchen, and was standing in "cross" pose, arms crossed, when Michelle went to rescue her! We left when it was obvious Poppy was getting really tired, and sure enough she fell asleep almost immediately as we drove away and Emma managed to get her carefully out of the car and lay her down to sleep her fill. Two hours later when she woke up her first thoughts were of the lovely time she had enjoyed with Ryan, Rhys and Owen, I think the admiration is mutual! Big kiss lads. xxx
A lively fun filled hour followed, the farm set was out waiting much to Poppys delight, and the boys were as usual, very attentive towards her. She wasn`t very pleased when one of them shut her in the kitchen, and was standing in "cross" pose, arms crossed, when Michelle went to rescue her! We left when it was obvious Poppy was getting really tired, and sure enough she fell asleep almost immediately as we drove away and Emma managed to get her carefully out of the car and lay her down to sleep her fill. Two hours later when she woke up her first thoughts were of the lovely time she had enjoyed with Ryan, Rhys and Owen, I think the admiration is mutual! Big kiss lads. xxx
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
I love you Poppy, I love you grandma .
I never realised that a two and a half year old would be able to work an i pad! To be exact its not an I pad we have in our house, its a nexus 7, but she knows the word i pad from home as daddy just bought one so she calls grandads tablet an I pad. I downloaded some games for her so she was very busy painting, making patterns, doing jigsaws, matching shapes and pictures and to my amazement she was very good at doing all these things. It took her only a few minutes to learn which buttons to press, and what to do with the various programmes, she was moving the shapes around easily to complete the jigsaw pictures and really concentrating on her tasks. Who would have thought such a little girl could do this?
We all had our hair cut on Sunday, courtesy of the lovely Rachel Roberts, Poppy included, and so Pops now has a fringe. She was very good and sat still to let Rachel trim her hair for which she was rewarded with a jelly snake. She looks very cute with her new hair do and it makes her look a bit more grown up, not that anybody wants her to grow up more quickly, children seem to grow up too fast these days.
I put The Gruffalo on TV for her to watch yesterday while she ate her tea, she did very well with her eating which is great to see as she does not always have a good appetite, afterwards she wanted to sit on my lap to watch the end of the programme and she kept kissing my arm! I said thank you for the kiss I love you Poppy and she melted my heart when she said yes I love you grandma. Makes it all worthwhile :-)
We all had our hair cut on Sunday, courtesy of the lovely Rachel Roberts, Poppy included, and so Pops now has a fringe. She was very good and sat still to let Rachel trim her hair for which she was rewarded with a jelly snake. She looks very cute with her new hair do and it makes her look a bit more grown up, not that anybody wants her to grow up more quickly, children seem to grow up too fast these days.
I put The Gruffalo on TV for her to watch yesterday while she ate her tea, she did very well with her eating which is great to see as she does not always have a good appetite, afterwards she wanted to sit on my lap to watch the end of the programme and she kept kissing my arm! I said thank you for the kiss I love you Poppy and she melted my heart when she said yes I love you grandma. Makes it all worthwhile :-)
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Well done Poppy! xxx
When a child born before 32 weeks gestation reaches the age of 2 and a half they are called for an assessment to see how they are progressing.
Poppy had her assessment last week, Em took her and had been told it could take up to 2 hours to complete. Little did she think they would be at the centre for the whole 2 hours! Poppy did so well that she actually finished the assessment, infact the doctor had to ask Poppy to play with a toy for a short time so she could read through the end of the booklet as no child had ever got so far before! Well done Pops, you did great! x
We bought her some play dough a couple of days ago and Grandad and I were playing with her. The set included rolling pin, cutters, moulds, things to push the dough through and achieve different shapes, tools to cut the dough with and 4 different coloured doughs. Grandad was told in no uncertain terms that no, he could not use her rolling pin, and that he had to be very quiet! Thats you told then Grandad!
We got 4 new library books, Poppy was delighted that one of them is Room on the broom, she loves the programme of the book which was on tv over christmas. Twice I had to read each book, and she loves it when I do a different voice for each character! My throat feels a little tired this morning! The trouble is I tend to forget which character has which voice!
Poppy had me helping build a house with her bricks, the little people who live in the dolls house then visited the new house which we had built. She was chattering away, being the little people, when I realised they were actually visiting the three bears cottage! Poppy loves her role play!
Poppy had her assessment last week, Em took her and had been told it could take up to 2 hours to complete. Little did she think they would be at the centre for the whole 2 hours! Poppy did so well that she actually finished the assessment, infact the doctor had to ask Poppy to play with a toy for a short time so she could read through the end of the booklet as no child had ever got so far before! Well done Pops, you did great! x
We bought her some play dough a couple of days ago and Grandad and I were playing with her. The set included rolling pin, cutters, moulds, things to push the dough through and achieve different shapes, tools to cut the dough with and 4 different coloured doughs. Grandad was told in no uncertain terms that no, he could not use her rolling pin, and that he had to be very quiet! Thats you told then Grandad!
We got 4 new library books, Poppy was delighted that one of them is Room on the broom, she loves the programme of the book which was on tv over christmas. Twice I had to read each book, and she loves it when I do a different voice for each character! My throat feels a little tired this morning! The trouble is I tend to forget which character has which voice!
Poppy had me helping build a house with her bricks, the little people who live in the dolls house then visited the new house which we had built. She was chattering away, being the little people, when I realised they were actually visiting the three bears cottage! Poppy loves her role play!
Friday, 25 January 2013
Funny things kids say!
Some of the things Poppy says are so random and funny they make us laugh out loud. Yesterday for instance, she was sitting at the table eating her sandwich when she turned around to me and said "mommy and daddy haven`t got a doorbell"! No idea why, nobody had mentioned doorbells, it did not relate to her sandwich in any way and she had previously been watching My little pony on television, no door bells included in the programme!
When she decided to play with the clock which stands next to the television I asked her a few times to leave it alone, but when she didn`t I decided to put it on the windowsill out of her reach so she didn`t break it. "Grandma, I want to borrow the clock." This line, delivered with a cheeky grin on her face made me have to hide my smile as I was trying to tell her not to do something and it would have given out a mixed message! She certainly knows how to get round you!
When playing with her dolls house she lined the little people up who live in it on the ground, but when I asked if they were all going to sleep she replied "no, they are looking at the stars"!
Where she gets some of the things she says I have no idea, I sometimes wonder if she has been here before she is so knowing and her vocabulary is so varied for a child not quite 2 and a half years old.
We took Poppy yesterday afternoon to visit Margaret and Richard, my sister and brother in law. As we were backing off the drive in the car Poppy announced that she was going to visit Daniel. "Who is Daniel?" I asked, "is that your friend from nursery Poppy?" She replied "no its my cousin." Her Mum says everyone is her cousin at the moment, though she has no idea who Daniel is either! Grandad is going to look at the notice board at nursery this morning to see if there is a Daniel at nursery as we have no idea where she might know him from otherwise!
On the journey to Margs house Poppy said she could see a rainbow and that it was pretty, then she said she saw the snowman and the snow dog. When we stopped at the traffic lights she was saying "go go go" and when we arrived she decided she just had to walk in the untouched snow piled up alongside the driveway, falling over in the process! So ofcourse we had to jump her up and down to knock the snow off her wellington boots and take off her gloves to put on the radiator! She was a little shy at first, started to chatter, then when Richard arrived home from work became a bit shy again for a few minutes before forgetting her initial shyness and chattering as normal, causing Richard to ask if she ever stops talking! As it was twenty to five we decided to pop into the fish and chip shop on the way home for tea (we are both on a diet but Poppy likes her tea on time so it was the easiest option) She sat at the table under duress, eating some chips and fish inbetween cries of "I want to come out" and me saying "We are having our tea Poppy, we sit at the table for meals so eat your tea please" every five minutes! (She no longer uses the highchair but has a booster seat on an ordinary dining chair) She did eat some food eventually though sometimes it can be a bit of a battle! She would much rather be playing than eating, she prefers to graze throughout the day than eat a large meal, obviously much too busy to take time out to eat!
Update - Grandad just texted to say Daniel is a little boy at nursery! Mystery solved!
When she decided to play with the clock which stands next to the television I asked her a few times to leave it alone, but when she didn`t I decided to put it on the windowsill out of her reach so she didn`t break it. "Grandma, I want to borrow the clock." This line, delivered with a cheeky grin on her face made me have to hide my smile as I was trying to tell her not to do something and it would have given out a mixed message! She certainly knows how to get round you!
When playing with her dolls house she lined the little people up who live in it on the ground, but when I asked if they were all going to sleep she replied "no, they are looking at the stars"!
Where she gets some of the things she says I have no idea, I sometimes wonder if she has been here before she is so knowing and her vocabulary is so varied for a child not quite 2 and a half years old.
We took Poppy yesterday afternoon to visit Margaret and Richard, my sister and brother in law. As we were backing off the drive in the car Poppy announced that she was going to visit Daniel. "Who is Daniel?" I asked, "is that your friend from nursery Poppy?" She replied "no its my cousin." Her Mum says everyone is her cousin at the moment, though she has no idea who Daniel is either! Grandad is going to look at the notice board at nursery this morning to see if there is a Daniel at nursery as we have no idea where she might know him from otherwise!
On the journey to Margs house Poppy said she could see a rainbow and that it was pretty, then she said she saw the snowman and the snow dog. When we stopped at the traffic lights she was saying "go go go" and when we arrived she decided she just had to walk in the untouched snow piled up alongside the driveway, falling over in the process! So ofcourse we had to jump her up and down to knock the snow off her wellington boots and take off her gloves to put on the radiator! She was a little shy at first, started to chatter, then when Richard arrived home from work became a bit shy again for a few minutes before forgetting her initial shyness and chattering as normal, causing Richard to ask if she ever stops talking! As it was twenty to five we decided to pop into the fish and chip shop on the way home for tea (we are both on a diet but Poppy likes her tea on time so it was the easiest option) She sat at the table under duress, eating some chips and fish inbetween cries of "I want to come out" and me saying "We are having our tea Poppy, we sit at the table for meals so eat your tea please" every five minutes! (She no longer uses the highchair but has a booster seat on an ordinary dining chair) She did eat some food eventually though sometimes it can be a bit of a battle! She would much rather be playing than eating, she prefers to graze throughout the day than eat a large meal, obviously much too busy to take time out to eat!
Update - Grandad just texted to say Daniel is a little boy at nursery! Mystery solved!
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
No Grandma, its boring!
When Emma and Poppy arrived yesterday the dogs wanted a treat. Emma was getting some chew sticks from the cupboard so I said to Poppy "tell the doggies to sit down for their biscuit Poppy" whereupon she immediately sat down on the floor beside them ready for her biscuit and would not get up!
She sat at the table for her toast and fruit and watched Noddy and Peppa Pig for a while but did not want to sit for long, Poppy had too much playing to do to sit still! We had a few tunes on the keyboard which we had to dance to, I tried to sit down but she kept pulling me up with cries of "Grandma, get up, dance, over there!" Bossy little madam!
The fuzzy felt came out, not that she wanted to make a picture particularly, she made a game up where the giraffes made of different coloured felt had to climb the mountain (my armchair) and kept falling off resulting in visits to the hospital with poorly legs, a sore neck and the strangest one, my ear has fallen off! Her giraffe, Reddy, yes you guessed it the giraffe was red, kept going up to the other giraffes which she had given to me,(Pinky and Browny)asking "are you okay guys, have you hurt yourself?"
After playing for a while Poppy went to find her dummy and snuggly telling me she was tired, wanted to watch My Pony and lay herself down on the sofa, head on cushion, and asked for the blanky. I only have 2 episodes of My Little Pony on my Sky planner and we have seen each one so many times I could almost tell you what comes next and what they will say. I put the programme on for her and to my surprise, as she does not normally go to sleep quite so early, she was fast asleep by 9.30am! We were only half way through the second My Little Pony so she must have been tired!
Jill turned up, as she does each time I have Poppy, to help me, but as she was already asleep we took our cups of tea into the other room so as not to disturb our sleeping beauty while we chatted.
Lunch was bread and butter with banana which she likes, she then decided to bring me the entire contents of my fruit bowl, saying she was going to the shops,and then had an apple. I was forced to eat two plums "here you are Grandma, eat it" but refused the third on the basis that it was as hard as a rock and sneaked it back into the bowl!
Grandad arrived and was immediately pressed into service doing jigsaw puzzles, playing with the dolls house, cooking with her kitchen and looking at books. I asked her if she wanted a story from the Peppa Pig book she was looking at, she loves Peppa and loves the stories, but she was obviously not in the mood for a story "no Grandma its boring!" I tried to persuade Grandad to make Poppy a snowman as she had asked if we had a snowman in our garden earlier in the day and then said "Grandad will make one"! Funnily enough he did not fancy going out into the cold though! His excuse was "the snow is frozen."
I don`t do snow myself so I couldn`t say a lot!
She sat at the table for her toast and fruit and watched Noddy and Peppa Pig for a while but did not want to sit for long, Poppy had too much playing to do to sit still! We had a few tunes on the keyboard which we had to dance to, I tried to sit down but she kept pulling me up with cries of "Grandma, get up, dance, over there!" Bossy little madam!
The fuzzy felt came out, not that she wanted to make a picture particularly, she made a game up where the giraffes made of different coloured felt had to climb the mountain (my armchair) and kept falling off resulting in visits to the hospital with poorly legs, a sore neck and the strangest one, my ear has fallen off! Her giraffe, Reddy, yes you guessed it the giraffe was red, kept going up to the other giraffes which she had given to me,(Pinky and Browny)asking "are you okay guys, have you hurt yourself?"
After playing for a while Poppy went to find her dummy and snuggly telling me she was tired, wanted to watch My Pony and lay herself down on the sofa, head on cushion, and asked for the blanky. I only have 2 episodes of My Little Pony on my Sky planner and we have seen each one so many times I could almost tell you what comes next and what they will say. I put the programme on for her and to my surprise, as she does not normally go to sleep quite so early, she was fast asleep by 9.30am! We were only half way through the second My Little Pony so she must have been tired!
Jill turned up, as she does each time I have Poppy, to help me, but as she was already asleep we took our cups of tea into the other room so as not to disturb our sleeping beauty while we chatted.
Lunch was bread and butter with banana which she likes, she then decided to bring me the entire contents of my fruit bowl, saying she was going to the shops,and then had an apple. I was forced to eat two plums "here you are Grandma, eat it" but refused the third on the basis that it was as hard as a rock and sneaked it back into the bowl!
Grandad arrived and was immediately pressed into service doing jigsaw puzzles, playing with the dolls house, cooking with her kitchen and looking at books. I asked her if she wanted a story from the Peppa Pig book she was looking at, she loves Peppa and loves the stories, but she was obviously not in the mood for a story "no Grandma its boring!" I tried to persuade Grandad to make Poppy a snowman as she had asked if we had a snowman in our garden earlier in the day and then said "Grandad will make one"! Funnily enough he did not fancy going out into the cold though! His excuse was "the snow is frozen."
I don`t do snow myself so I couldn`t say a lot!
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Snowy play
Just been speaking to Emma and she said Poppy has had a lovely time playing in the snow. They bought a sledge for her yesterday so today they have been over the fields, met her Uncle Gaz and cousin Ruby, and they have all had a great time sledging down the slopes. Ruby screaming and Poppy laughing her head off! Luckily Poppy was wearing her snowsuit we bought her and Emma said it has kept her toasty warm though Emma has been frozen and said her hands were hurting when they got home, having had to play snowballs with Poppy all the way back as she did not want to be pulled home in the sledge, she wanted to throw snowballs at Mommy! As soon as they got home their was no sign of Lee, he was in the garden building a snowman! Big kid! Photos of said snowman have appeared on Facebook wearing a familiar hat - one that Graham leant to Emma for New Years Eve when she did not know if she had to dress up for the I`m a celebrity party in Australian bush garb. (Its a sun hat he bought to wear to protect his neck and forehead on holiday a few years back) He put a comment on Facebook to the effect that he recognised the hat, and apparently it is an Australian snowman called Bruce so he needs the appropriate head gear!
Thursday, 17 January 2013
One worn out Grandma!
Hyper Poppy has been to visit us today, as a result I am absolutely worn out. I think we have had all the toys out at one time or another, several times. She walked through the door this morning at 7.45am and asked for the blackboard and chalks, played with them for 15 minutes or so then wanted the car mat, played with that for a while then wanted the toy basket pulled out from underneath the table which she then proceeded to empty, playing with each toy for ten minutes or so before going on to the next one! By 11am she was very tired, though fighting going to sleep, she had already lay down on the sofa four or five times, watched tv for a bit then got up again, played with something, lay down, you get the picture. Jill and Hannah came round to visit me and Jill persuaded Poppy to go upstairs for her sleep, where she settles better. She said yes she wanted to go up but would not go with Jill alone, I had to follow them up to see her into bed and by the time I had been to the bathroom she was fast asleep. I then tidied the toys up. Again. This time with the help of Jill and Poppy slept for a little over an hour. She was just as hyper when she got up again, once again all the toys were out though she did manage to fit in eating her sandwiches and some cake. Grandad arrived home from work and I was very pleased to have the opportunity to sit down leaving Poppy to play with Grandad for a while. Emma arrived just after 6 oclock to pick her up by which time I think both of us were worn out! When Grandad asked her to help pick up the toys, like she is asked to do at nursery she said "you do it Grandad" and I had to leave the room, after all I could not laugh in front of her could I? When she decided to `paint` the coffee table with a straw which was in her cup of juice and I asked Grandad to bring a cloth to wipe the table, she turned round and said "are you going to tell my off Grandad? Are you going to tell my off?" Not that she was bothered, she was grinning as she said it! Little devil!!
On the other hand she has been very good using the potty and has actually asked to use it 3 times during the course of the day, she usually stands wobbling around or plaiting her legs trying not to admit she needs it, so that is certainly progress! It will eventually become routine to ask to use the potty and in the meantime patience is the key.
I think maybe Poppy will have an early night tonight, she was very tired when she left us, and she was awake at 5am so her Mummy told me, which probably accounts for her hyper behavior today as she tends to be that way when she is tired. She`s not the only one whose tired now! I think an early night may be on the cards for this worn out Grandma too!
On the other hand she has been very good using the potty and has actually asked to use it 3 times during the course of the day, she usually stands wobbling around or plaiting her legs trying not to admit she needs it, so that is certainly progress! It will eventually become routine to ask to use the potty and in the meantime patience is the key.
I think maybe Poppy will have an early night tonight, she was very tired when she left us, and she was awake at 5am so her Mummy told me, which probably accounts for her hyper behavior today as she tends to be that way when she is tired. She`s not the only one whose tired now! I think an early night may be on the cards for this worn out Grandma too!
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Oh poo.
Poppy has been really good the last few days and is now out of nappies in the day time, you can tell when she wants to "go" and can point her in the direction of the potty. She does not always like to tell you, or ask to use it, but as she gets used to it that will come.
She has been suffering from a cold this past few days, again, and it is always wise to keep a tissue on hand for when she needs one. Em took her to the doctors who gave her some antibiotics and upped her inhalers so hopefully that will do the trick and indeed already seems to be doing so as her appetite was returning a bit yesterday.
She makes us laugh all the time, she told her Daddy he looked funny the other day because of the jumper he put on when he arrived home from work. Mind you it was a Rudolph the rednose reindeer jumper that he had at Christmas but he had been working out in the cold all morning and was frozen, he said it was very warm which is why he decided to wear it in January! She asked to look at my nail varnish yesterday, she loves it when we paint our nails, and she particularly liked the red varnish I had used, telling me my nails look smart! She wanted to know what colour I had on my toe nails and tried to pull off my slippers until I told her I don`t paint my toe nails, then she wanted to go upstairs and fetch my varnish so she could paint my toe nails for me! I managed to distract her from that one, I can just imagine what my toes would look like if I let a 2 and a half year old loose with a bottle of nail varnish! I can imagine what the floor, sofa, dogs and infact everything else around would look like too!
Poppy was playing with the dolls house yesterday and she has a little family who live in it. She put the baby to bed and decided to get the little lady to read it a story which went something like this "Once upon a time three bears lived in a house in the spooky woods. They went for a walk to wait for some porridge and then the big bad wolf came." Goldilocks mixed up with Red Riding hood was quite inventive!
Poppy never stopped talking yesterday, apart from the hour and a half she was asleep, and I think every toy we have in the house was taken out and played with at some point during the day. She wanted the blackboard and easel out then kept making me draw the sun which she immediately rubbed off with the blackboard rubber amid gales of laughter, especially when she got tickled for being cheeky! She had a tiny accident in the morning involving a poo which she tried her best to get to the potty for, but which she did not quite make in time. She sat on the potty but did nothing, though unbeknown to me the poo she had done must have slipped through her pants down the leg of her trousers so that when she had her trousers pulled up she immediately started dancing around saying "I got a poo in my trousers, I got a poo in my trousers!" Sure enough when I took her trousers off it dropped on the floor and I was forced to pick it up with paper! She then had to have clean trousers and underwear on after being washed thoroughly. I was relating this story to Emma and Poppy immediately wanted Mommy to draw a poo on the blackboard which she then kept saying "poo" and holding her nose then rubbing the drawing off and laughing her head off. Having Poppy to visit is often funnier than a comedy show on tv! Bless you Poppy, you make the sun shine even when the day is grey. x
She has been suffering from a cold this past few days, again, and it is always wise to keep a tissue on hand for when she needs one. Em took her to the doctors who gave her some antibiotics and upped her inhalers so hopefully that will do the trick and indeed already seems to be doing so as her appetite was returning a bit yesterday.
She makes us laugh all the time, she told her Daddy he looked funny the other day because of the jumper he put on when he arrived home from work. Mind you it was a Rudolph the rednose reindeer jumper that he had at Christmas but he had been working out in the cold all morning and was frozen, he said it was very warm which is why he decided to wear it in January! She asked to look at my nail varnish yesterday, she loves it when we paint our nails, and she particularly liked the red varnish I had used, telling me my nails look smart! She wanted to know what colour I had on my toe nails and tried to pull off my slippers until I told her I don`t paint my toe nails, then she wanted to go upstairs and fetch my varnish so she could paint my toe nails for me! I managed to distract her from that one, I can just imagine what my toes would look like if I let a 2 and a half year old loose with a bottle of nail varnish! I can imagine what the floor, sofa, dogs and infact everything else around would look like too!
Poppy was playing with the dolls house yesterday and she has a little family who live in it. She put the baby to bed and decided to get the little lady to read it a story which went something like this "Once upon a time three bears lived in a house in the spooky woods. They went for a walk to wait for some porridge and then the big bad wolf came." Goldilocks mixed up with Red Riding hood was quite inventive!
Poppy never stopped talking yesterday, apart from the hour and a half she was asleep, and I think every toy we have in the house was taken out and played with at some point during the day. She wanted the blackboard and easel out then kept making me draw the sun which she immediately rubbed off with the blackboard rubber amid gales of laughter, especially when she got tickled for being cheeky! She had a tiny accident in the morning involving a poo which she tried her best to get to the potty for, but which she did not quite make in time. She sat on the potty but did nothing, though unbeknown to me the poo she had done must have slipped through her pants down the leg of her trousers so that when she had her trousers pulled up she immediately started dancing around saying "I got a poo in my trousers, I got a poo in my trousers!" Sure enough when I took her trousers off it dropped on the floor and I was forced to pick it up with paper! She then had to have clean trousers and underwear on after being washed thoroughly. I was relating this story to Emma and Poppy immediately wanted Mommy to draw a poo on the blackboard which she then kept saying "poo" and holding her nose then rubbing the drawing off and laughing her head off. Having Poppy to visit is often funnier than a comedy show on tv! Bless you Poppy, you make the sun shine even when the day is grey. x
Saturday, 5 January 2013
PLOPPING,
Potty training is going rather well, Poppy seems to be getting the hang of it so hopefully, apart from at night, nappies could soon be a thing of the past. She has started to ask when she needs to use the potty and Em tells me that this morning she suddenly realised she needed a poo, rushed to the bathroom shouting "quick Mommy, get my nappy off, I need a poo"!! (This was before she was dressed so was still wearing her bedtime nappy) She even sat on the toilet with her toddler seat on it, something she has not been keen on before, and was very pleased when she finished successfully! Em said her face was a picture and Poppy told her she was "plopping"!
Em and I went to visit Michelle and the boys yesterday, taking the potty with us. She tried Poppy on her potty a couple of times, an action which had the boys in fits of laughter and cries of "no, no, not by me" but she did not manage a wee. We half expected it to happen on the car seat on the way home but it didn`t and she managed to hold on until Emma had dropped me off, had a cup of tea and Poppy a drink of juice and some rainbow drops, then went home to see her Daddy. She certainly has much better bladder control than me! She can wait for hours before the need arises! Lee noticed her wriggling and asked her if she needed to use the potty and she said yes, so looks like she is winning. We all have to high five her each time she succeeds, and she told me on the phone she had weed in the potty, sounding very proud. Takes time, and patience and ofcourse the child has to learn to recognise the feeling of needing to go, and to recognise it in time to get there! Bless her, high five Poppy! x
Em and I went to visit Michelle and the boys yesterday, taking the potty with us. She tried Poppy on her potty a couple of times, an action which had the boys in fits of laughter and cries of "no, no, not by me" but she did not manage a wee. We half expected it to happen on the car seat on the way home but it didn`t and she managed to hold on until Emma had dropped me off, had a cup of tea and Poppy a drink of juice and some rainbow drops, then went home to see her Daddy. She certainly has much better bladder control than me! She can wait for hours before the need arises! Lee noticed her wriggling and asked her if she needed to use the potty and she said yes, so looks like she is winning. We all have to high five her each time she succeeds, and she told me on the phone she had weed in the potty, sounding very proud. Takes time, and patience and ofcourse the child has to learn to recognise the feeling of needing to go, and to recognise it in time to get there! Bless her, high five Poppy! x
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