Fighting her own corner…

We went for Georgia’s two year assessment this morning and it all went really well….except for the bit (now burned in my mind)  that the Health Visitor commented that Georgia would probably benefit from some group interaction to ‘learn to fight her own corner’.
Why would my sweet two year old child need to learn to fight [...]

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In the Piano…

Sometimes when we’re in the musical mood, Georgia and I play the piano together. We bang away making up tunes…and sometimes I play bits of her favourite songs.
Tomorrow from Annie (The Musical) is an all-time favourite, and as I played the melody from the show, Georgia tried to lift up the piano keys. Turning to [...]

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Conversations with Georgia: All Men Belong to Somebody

Our most enlightening (well, enlightening for me at least!) conversations often occur in the car on the way home after dropping Daddy off at the train station at 6.55 in the morning.
This conversation started like most others with Georgia asking a question
G: “Who’s that?”
Me: “A man” [A man walking along the side of the road]
G: [...]

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Nostalgia …

is teaching 2 year old Georgia how to sing Puff the Magic Dragon.
I remember learning to sing it at ISB – one of my all-time favourites….finding it again – on You Tube- The Seekers version — was just brilliant! 

Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist [...]

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Georgia’s puns

Centre – Santa Claus
Every morning, when we brush teeth before bath-time, we say
“Left, left left, Centre centre, centre, right right right.”
Lab (glasses) – (mummy’s) lap
When she found my laboratory safety spectacles, Georgia asked what they were, upon being told that they were lab glasses, she patted my lap and sit on mummy’s lap.

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Counting..1, 2,…

Georgia has learnt to count, perhaps more accurately it should be said, Georgia has learnt to recite numbers from One ’til Eleven; well, why stop at ten??
She does do counting, I am inclined to believe that she does understand that reciting numbers do represent assigning numbers. Just the other day, she was excited over a [...]

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A Nappy-free day out!

Finally!! We made it to the Land of the Nappy-free (in the day time at least!).
We are still navigating slowly in the nights – but that is another story.
This one begins with a day out – to Bath and then to The Mall at Cribbs.
It was a hesitant decision to not use pull-ups. We have [...]

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Conversations with Georgia: Georgia’s a bird.

This conversation occured this morning after  a short discussion on birds and their feathers.
G: “Georgia’s a bird too”
Me: “Oh you want to be a bird?”
G: “Yes – fly”
Me: “Where do you want to fly to?”
G: “Penang – see Mama in Penang”
Note – a long way to fly – over 6000 miles to fly from the [...]

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