How They Grow..

My 2 little ones are growing up so fast. Little Man will be two in February and Little Miss will be five, yes FIVE! in January. I think it's time for another Little Catch Up.

Little Miss had her first parents evening last week. Since she's been in reception her learning has really come on. She's much more confident and seems to of made a lot of new friends. We've been to a lot of birthday parties with all the other children and she hasn't clung to me at all.

Her reading is coming along but its maths she prefers (which is annoying because I'm useless at it!) 

We've just had our second week of ballet which she was much more confident with. I had second thoughts about taking her but after a chat with 2 lovely ladies on Twitter, I decided she should still go otherwise I might make her shyness worse. I've bought her some proper ballet shoes and because she is enjoying herself I'll be paying her terms fees this Saturday.

What else to say about Midge? She's not such a Midge that's for sure! Now a size 10 with a lot of clothes in the charity bag, to say we're looking forward to Christmas would be an understatement! She's looking after her brother more, getting him out of bed in the morning which is really sweet! Every night she goes to bed with 3 books. She can't read them but enjoys making up stories which is lovely to hear! 

Now Little Man. Well, he's certainly shot up that's for sure! There are a load of his clothes in the charity store and another bag with some little bits like socks and hats her never wore! He's running around like he's always on a mission and really is the opposite to his big sister in that he's so curious and in to everything. 

If you read my previous post, you'll know Little Man had a bit of a scare the other morning. Thankfully he's on the road to recovery and I'm hoping he'll be back to his normal self by the end of the week. He's a real Mummy's boy at the moment which can be very hard work as you may know if you have a bit of a cling on!

Both of my babies are growing very fast, learning new things all the time. I love doing A Little Catch Up every now and then and I just love reading back every few months or so as well. It's really surprising how quick our little ones grow.

CupcakeMumma

A Little Catch up Wk2

I'm 2 days late on 'A Little Catch Up' but I've finally managed to sit down with a hot chocolate and some peace and quiet to write up my week with my 2 little babies.

It was a busy week last week for Little Miss. On Tuesday we had to be up at the school a little earlier for a taster session in her new classroom for September. Little Miss is really excited about joining reception after the summer holiday and has been dropping the subject in whenever she has a chance- it's lovely!
At the taster session Little Miss met her new teachers who are just wonderful. Very friendly, approachable and I believe she'll come on leaps and bounds over the next year which is a lovely feeling. The children played with various blocks layed out, pens and pencils for drawing there was even a giant pirate ship for some role play fun. By the end of the session, Little Miss was well settled in and very comfortable with her new surroundings finishing the morning with a story about Spot the Dog and his first day at school- A prefect story to end a perfect session!

Also last week it was the nursery's sports day. It took a while for myself, Grandma and Aunt Fiona to find them all tucked away at the bottom of the school play ground but we weren't late which was a bonus! The nursery staff laid out various games to play, racing, football skills, space hopper race and a bat and ball race (as opposed to egg and spoon race) the children were all fab. Little Miss was excellent and took part in every race.












The hopping race and then bouncing on the big space hoppers with her cousin were her favourite but watching her concentration whilst dribbling the football around the cones was brilliant. She came home with a little medal to commemorate the Olympics and remember her first sports day. I am one proud Mumma!

Little Man on the other hand is a right one at the moment. I seriously need cupboard locks for my food cupboards which have been totally trashed (yes more so than last week) I can't find anything quickly and until I find these locks I have zero inclination to re-organise my cupboards!
He's also taken up screeching at alarmingly high, ear splitting levels which as you can imagine is not much fun at all! I never experienced this with Little Miss so it's totally new (and annoying).

On a more positive note, Little Man explored the park last week for the first time and had so much fun running around taking in the new scenery in his new trainers. At first it was odd watching him walking about because he kept loosing his balance but he got the hang of this new feeling and was off before I knew it!
He's also taken to walking around with his Big Sister's dolls and it really is heart warming watching him walking about putting her dummy in and hugging her. He's been very attached to his blankets and his big cat that props the bedroom door open lately. I must get a snap of that!

Please let me know what your Little One's got up to last week and what they achieved!

CupcakeMumma

xx