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Erin's Growing Up »
It felt about time to write you a litte update (you can read all the blog posts about you here). If mummy remembers to renew her blog URL hopefully you’ll have a chance to read this and all the other posts I’ve written for you.
You’re four now and starting school in about a month. You’re very excited and we’ve been very busy choosing your uniform. You’re very particular about everything picking things with frilly bits and butterfly embroidery. The shoes you’ve chosen are bright red! …
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They rolled me into a dimly lit room, as far as I can remember I was the only one in there, I was high on drugs and could make out one nurse rushing around. I’d just had the most surreal moment of my life. I lay there trying to think straight, the nurse brought me water to sip. I could see my husband sitting dumbstruck beside me.
We were in the high dependency unit, there had been complications, with me not the baby.
Erin was wheeled in not long …
Erin's Growing Up »
Erin: I’d like one of the kittens in the case like X at nursery
[Santa's bag's getting pretty full]
Me: Oh well, maybe you should save up your pennies…
Erin: Oooh yeah, how can I get pennies
[sensing an opportunity to teach lesson about the value of money..]
Me: Well you could do some jobs
Erin: [Gives a blank look]
Me: You know, like how Daddy does his job for pennies
Erin: [Excited] Oooh, maybe I can borrow some off him then!
Errr, that went well then
Erin's Growing Up »
Only two days to go and Erin begins nursery. I’m trying not to sound too relieved, but I am. It’s been a long three years and we’ve had lots of fun and I’m glad that I did it (stayed at home)etc etc but I’m looking forward to a bit of freedom, the intensity of the school holidays has definitely worn me down a bit and I’m looking forward to the reprieve of having to provide endless activities and entertainment.
Her teachers came to visit this week introducing themselves and …
Erin's Growing Up »
Erin loves dancing. I promised her last year that we’d start a dance class in the village along from us. Many months of her reminding her playgroup teachers (every day) that she still hadn’t been to dancing was seriously threatening my reputation as a decent mother, so I decided to give her a shot at highland dancing instead, the class is in our own village so no excuses about not having the car, it’s only a five minute walk.
I dug out the leotard with her name on it …
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Mummy: I don’t know if you can tell (!) but you weren’t too impressed with the snow. This photo was taken in January, and as I write this in December you are far more keen on the snow. In fact, I have to try and stop you picking it up and getting your gloves soaking.
Mummy: This is you on your birthday.
Mummy: A really pretty photo, taken on a nice warm day.
Mummy: 60′s fashion is ‘in’ at the moment and you’re right on trend …
Parenting »
Erin’s current daily vocabulary;
“Hiya” (not hello)
“Oh, dear”
“Oh, no”
“Oh, yeah”
“Pretty girl/shoes”
“Two” (never one, or three)
“Good Girl”
“ah, ah, ah” or “bah” (when someone, usually me, is being naughty, or telling her off)
“Garden” (to play round and round the garden)
“aargh, baby”
“goggle, goggle, goggle” (I have no idea, either?!)
“Ta” (at least she has manners)
“dog, dog”
“mum”
“dad”
“dad-dad” (Grandad)
What’s more funny, than the words is the expressions!!
Erin's Growing Up »
Erin had her feet measured and received her first pair of proper shoes today.
The picture shows the correct style except we chose white (am I mad?!). Clarks were really good, the fitting was professional and they even took her photo in the shoes and entered us into a contest for two years worth of free shoes, so I make that around 10 pairs!!
Note to self: Don’t buy shoes on days when you could only find the same style of sock, not the same colour, which results …
