A dance bag for Charlotte

Charlotte has become quite fond of her dancing, far more than I could ever imagined. I have been lucky to find her a great dance school & a supportive teaching environment. She has some lovely new friends, & has found some great role models she admires, & tells me all the time she will dance like the big girls one day. So as long as she enjoys it I will do what I have to do to give her the best opportunity. Who knows she may not want to do it anymore in a few years, but I am not holding my breathe.

Every week at dancing her ballet, jazz & tap shoes end up all over the place. Drives me batty, as I can never find one of them. So today I fixed that issue & made a "dance shoe bag" for her. All of them can go in there safe & sound. I based it on the same design as my tooth fairy bags, but it's giant sized!

I based it on the Ballerina print in my shop. On the back I found such a beautiful quote, she won't understand it but I loved it. So tomorrow will be an organised day so when she comes out asking for her next shoes, I will know where they are. A little bit of organisation can make everything so much easier.

Have a lovely weekend.

A kind of sad day

Today is a kind of sad day for me, I guess it's a kind of sad day for any mother who has felt what I have today.

Message to you child print available here.

My baby girl turns 3 next month, she is growing up with so much cheekiness, personality, beauty & tenderness. She has been toilet trained for a while now, however a night I have been leaving her nappy on for the obvious reasons. However, touch wood, she has not been wetting them for over a month now. Don't get me wrong she has had an accident, only because early into toilet training I forgot to put one on one night. But otherwise she has been dry.

Last night was her final "nappy in the box", I decided that when the box was finished, so would her night nappy. This morning she woke up dry, YAY! But a sudden feeling of a 'happy sadness'  hit me. She is growing up, my baby, my last bub, is becoming a big girl. My son has been through this but weirdly I didn't feel this way, probably I was so consumed with caring for 2 very small children, I didn't have time to feel this.

She was so happy when I told her no more nappies at night, you're a big girl, I felt guilty for feeling crappy myself. The sparkle in her eyes about this milestone should have really outweighed my self absorbed low feelings.

Photo by Kylie Loy on Flickr

I am sure what I have felt is very normal, I am positive there will be other milestones she has achieved  where I will feel the same, but I just had to share this one with you.

Day at the farm

Yesterday I headed out to the Collingwood children's farm with my lovely girlfriends from my mothers group, & their kids. I don't see them as much as I would like too, but when the 4 of us are together its hectic, yet great. To be honest I look forward to our dinners out more now!

The sun was shining & it was a beautiful sunny Autumn day, & all of the animals were relatively active, which made for excited children running around like chooks themselves.

I have to admit it's not Hudsons favourite place to be. He is not an animal lover. He respects them & keeps a fairly healthy distance between himself & them. That's fine, as I am a bit the same. The unpredictability of animals has always made me a little nervous. Where as my other one, well, Miss Charlotte I think is like a mini animal whisperer. No fear whatsoever, & the animals are always drawn to her, it freaks me out sometimes. She has certainly taken me out of my comfort zone a few times as I have had to accompany her to pat animals, & hold the reins of ponies so she can have rides, and pull her away from getting far too close at times. She has tanty's when we have to move on, oh boy the joys of an animal lover.

I wanted to share a couple of photo's of the new friends she made on the day.

Yep Hudson is no where to be seen, instead he was climbing trees.

Such beautiful, but such very different children's I have & I love it.

If you're from Melbourne, I hope you're enjoying the school holidays as much as I have. It's been a fabulous week & a half, I can't believe they are nearly over. I am off to the movies today to see The Croods with them, as well as their cousins, & I actually can't wait.

A milestone day...

A super exciting day today. After a week an a half we left the house. These colds have been shared far too much amongst our family & I am happy to say I think it's moving on.

I wanted to go out today, & had planned on going to the park, but then the clouds started rolling in & looking very grey, so spontaneously I booked 4 movie tickets online, to go & see Ice Age.

This was a milestone today as it was Charlotte's first movie. I was quite apprehensive about taking her, she is only 2yrs, & she can be a little challenging at times. I had my mum with me, so I know if I had to escape, Hudson would be cared for inside.

She was in awe of the screen, she was like a deer in head lights, just wide eyed and staring at the wide screen. Bigger than she has ever seen before. She actually was quite well behaved. became quite restless at times as she had to check out the chairs, lift her booster seat, then sit on my lap, then nanna's lap & it happened all over again. However she wasn't disruptive which is what I was more worried about. She cuddled up when it got to loud, but didn't whimper or carry on.

I feel like we are heading in the direction f new adventures. My baby is big enough for the movies OMG!! I am actually really excited as I love the cinema & so does Hudson, so it looks like there will be plenty of movies dates for the 3 of us in the future....

Miss Charlotte loves Miss Ruby May

Charlotte has a doll from the gorgeous collection Miss Ruby May.

I absolutely ADORE these dolls & very protective of it being chewed, drooled on, or squished. To date I have been a mean mum & not let Miss Charlotte have it in fear of it being ruined. Yes I know 'precious'. Lately, every time I change her nappy she makes this noise, which I know means "I want the doll", as she can see it sitting on her shelf. So we pick it up, she kisses her, I kiss her & she goes back on the shelf. Until the other morning after our shared kisses she was not going to let me put it back. There was a gentle tug of war & then I gave in. She ran to the couch & shared a moment.

My Miss Ruby May Doll. Back off mum!!!!!

The look of love.

The act of love, admiration & affection.

Charlotte is so much more girly than I thought she would be. I honestly thought she would end up being a little rougher having a big brother. She never shows real interest in Hudson's cars & trucks, but if you pull out a doll a whole world of nurturing happens. Hugging, kissing, combing the hair, & feeding them.

It's very cute & I love it.