Conversations with Georgia: Who body else?

The conversation about who else goes to gymnastics. It goes along the lines of…
G: And Anwen will be there, and Shirley will be there.
G: Mummy, who body else will be there?
Interestingly – if you stop to think about it, ‘who body else’ does make sense if it follows on from the ‘Anybody else?’ question.

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Conversations with Georgia: Quatre or Cut

Listening to our French CD – Salut Serge in the car, we have learnt to count along in French.
“Un, deux, trois… “and Georgia automatically says ‘Quatre’.
G: Mummy, what is Quatre?
Me: Quatre is four – one two three four
G: No, cut is blood!
The joys of being multi-lingual!

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A little distraction…

It’s hard to find ‘the’ balance, and harder still when it’s emotionally relevant.
I try to find a little time in my day for my own ‘me’ time, usually when Georgia’s napping and I always aim to fill that time constructively. Now constructively does not mean for my sanity or peace of mind, constructively really means [...]

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Gymnastics at last

Ever since Georgia watched Hannah do cartwheels down the track off Caldicot Castle, she has been fascinated by gymnastics. After a good month of waiting, we finally had our first session at Kestrel Gymnastics. We went along today with Cary and Anwen and joined the Pee Wees the 2.5 – 3 year old classs – [...]

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Conversations with Georgia: A Cunning Plan

I guess Georgia has twigged that it’s more fun to share a bed.
G: Mummy, why does Jay still sleep in a cot?
Me: Oh yes..I think he is getting too big for his cot now. He will have to move to a bed soon.
G: Shall we sell him my flower bed?
Me: Oh and where will you [...]

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Ballet…

Georgia started Ballet at the Caldicot Leisure Centre with Angela Fryer (Angel School of Dance) in early October.

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