W-H questions…What?

Georgia has started to get the hang of questioning and sometimes it can feel like a constant interogation.
At a visit to the Mall (@ Cribbs Causeway) on Saturday we sat next to a mummy and baby pair in the food court, soon enough the questions started.
G: What’s the mummy doing?
Me: Feeding the baby.
G: What’s the baby [...]

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W-H questions…Where?

This morning, in the car…
G: Where is Bambi?
Me: In the forest.
G: Where is the forest?
Me: In the country-side
G: Where is the country-side?
Me: Where there are no houses….
Note to self — perhaps - ’Bambi’s in the book’ would have been a more accurate answer which would not have had any more follow-ons
Books read:
Alphabets – U, V
From the [...]

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To market, to market…

Tuesdays seem to have become our weekly visit to the market and to the library to return our books and borrow new ones.
Cherries were the new thing for Georgia today, bought from the market at £2 per pound. Final conclusion was – They taste like grapes but with large seeds in them. So far, Georgia [...]

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Beuoo-tee-full Ni-ni

Among Georgia’s favourite food is macoroni – also known as Ni-ni.
However, we have recently taken to being more adventurous and sophisticated in our pasta eating, not least as various pasta shapes were on BOGOF offers.
So we now have Ni-Ni

and Beautiful Ni-ni which is everything else…
 
Fusilli

Conchiglie
And a wonderful website where I learnt all about pasta.
 

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Sell it to another little baby….

A lesson on Impermanence. What is a good age to teach impermanence?
Georgia, aged 2 years 4 months has now learnt that when she grows out of her things – clothes, shoes, toys etc., the get passed on…usually by way of Ebay.
I do wonder though whether it’s good/healthy/ decent parenting ?
On one hand, we do explain [...]

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M-O-C-Y

is chocolate!
We often have ‘hidden’ conversations – particularly when trying to decide if Georgia is allowed a treat, usually, chocolate. The problem with that is her ears are so sharp she picks up any hint of the word so you can’t actually say it and then decide not to give it to her.
So … we [...]

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Alphabets – recognised!

Last night as we settled in to learn a few more letters and read a few more books, I randomly asked Georgie, do you know what letter this is? She quickly tells me that is ‘O’, so I try again this time with ‘N’ then I got really excited and started pulling out the mini-books [...]

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Notes from a Friday…

After a traumatic first ‘proper’ haircut, in Penang, November 2007, almost 7 months ago, I thought it might be about time Georgia had another trim to her hair. As we discussed it, she said, “Ok – just use small ’coat’.” Turns out she was frightened/put off by the huge wrap-around cloak that was used. So today at our [...]

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