Hooray for Stick Figures

I'm so excited - Sarah's started drawing her first stick figures! As she draws the faces, she explains who each one is and tells all kinds of stories about what's happening for that person - whether they're happy or sad, and why. It's so cute. Yep, I love being a mum.

Happy Mother's Day

Sarah often asks me in the morning if she can come in my bed, it's cute how she asks for permission. Lucy's very different, she must have German blood in her, she's not really keen on cuddles and kisses, unlike Sarah.

This morning after hopping into my bed Sarah said, 'Mummy, I've done a wee on your bed'. Great. Happy Mother's Day! She's toilet trained, but at night-time still wears a nappy, and it must have leaked. At least if it was in her bed there's a mattress protector and I would have only needed to wash single sheets.

But I guess the most special present any mother could hope for is to wake up to her children and hear them say I love you and have a big cuddle. So, it has been a special morning despite the incident.

Well-loved Toys

Lucy's favourite toy is 'Ra', her lion. She loves to rub Ra's tail under her nose, and if you're really lucky (or unlucky), she'll rub Ra's tail under your nose. I was hoping to take a picture of Ra this morning before he had a wash, just to show you how well loved he is, but unfortunately I missed my opportunity as the camera battery died. Probably just as well - he really desperately needed a wash, it's very difficult to sneak him away. Besides, to get the full effect and really understand how well loved Ra is, you really need to smell him.

Lucy also has an obsession with making beds for her babies. Everywhere we go we have to take all the hand-towels and face washers I have on hand to clean up toilet-training incidents. So there are probably about 20 or so that we lug around, Lucy will then carefully arrange them in a pile and put her baby to bed. It's very cute. Yep, it's a special time of life.

Toilet Training

We've gone downhill this week with the toilet training. Sarah was doing so well until last Sunday. She'll be standing there playing and you'll suddenly hear the waterfall. Lovely. Then she'll tell me quite matter-of-factly that she's done a wee.

So this morning we drew up a chart. One of the teachers at their school suggested the idea - though I have heard of it before I haven't yet tried it myself. Every time she does a wee in the toilet instead of her pants, she'll get a sticker, and at the end of the day if she hasn't done any wees in her pants she'll get a prize (haven't figured out what that is yet though). So far, no success, another set of wet pants. Zippeddydooda (how do you spell that?).

Bath-time Fun

In the bath tonight Sarah and Lucy started singing "Happy Birthday" to no-one in particular. When I asked Sarah why she was singing happy birthday, she told me it was because she'd made a birthday cake of bubbles in bubble-maker tray.

Reminds me of a show I used to love watching with Bill Crosby called "Kids say the darndest things". It was a very funny show.

Raggedy Ann

The girls have been watching Raggedy Ann in "The Enchanted Square" on DVD. Mum bought it for them a year or so ago. It's a really old cartoon created in 1947. It's quite sad, but beautiful.

A little girl, who is blind, is given a doll by a Police Officer who found it in the rubbish. The little girl holds the doll, Raggedy Ann, and says how she wishes she could see what she looked like. Raggedy Ann teaches her to use her imagination so she can see her doll. The little girl has an adventure with Raggedy Ann and then 'sees' her Mum for the first time. It's a beautiful DVD.

Apparently the first Raggedy Ann book was created by Johnny Gruelle in 1918. I'd love to read it. Maybe I'll get it for the girls for their next birthday?