Comparisons

I took Buster for his 18 month health check up with the childhood nurse last week. He succeeded in ticking all the boxes when she checked his vision, hearing, fine motor skills and all else that indicated he was developing as expected for a little man his age. When we got home from the appointment I was curious to compare Buster's height and weight details with that of Henry and Milly when they were 18 months old. As it turns out Buster is quite the little man.

Henry 13.5kg 85cm
Milly 12.6kg 82cm
Buster 10.8kg 80cm

Fashion police

There are so many things in a child's life that they ask for and receive a "no" answer to. Sometimes they accept the "no" and move on and other times (most times in Milly's case) it can turn into a war with both sides digging in their heels refusing to budge. With that in mind, when it comes to Milly I pick my battles. One of the battles I never front for is the "what are you going to wear today" dilemma. Basically, I'm happy for Milly to choose her own clothes for the day, with the only rule she has to dress appropriate for the weather.

Sunday: Stripey long sleeved t-shirt, white t-shirt with a glittered design on front, white leggings under a white long skirt. Socks pulled up over leggings and sparkly shoes. Hairclip on one side, ponytail with ribbon on the other.

So she can wear whatever she wants and that is her outfit for the day, the outfit we do the school run in, the outfit she wears with me to do the groceries, the outfit she gets about town in and plays in. She currently favours wearing leggings or trousers under skirts, and skivvies under t-shirts. She likes wearing plastic jewellery and lots of hairclips all at once. Sometimes she even teams it all with a dress up outfit. Whatever she likes, where ever she likes.

Monday: Blue leggings under flower skirt, stripey socks pulled up over leggings, sparkly shoes. Stripey skivvy, fairy dress, purple skirt worn as a veil, Cinderella tiara. Green cardigan. Teddy bear necklace.

Tuesday: Cupcake skirt, stripey skivvy, red t-shirt. Four hair clips.


Wednesday: Outfit #1, pink leggings under white skirt, green star shirt under green cardigan, pink socks, aeroplane gumboots.

Wednsday: Outfit #2, pink leggings, green star t-shirt, pink fairy dress, purple veil, Cinderella glass slippers (they are plastic), Cinderella tiara.

Thursday: Off to preschool, pink courduroy trousers, brown velvet skirt, stripey skivvy, green t-shirt. Star socks, sparkly shoes, pink headband under red hat.

Friday: Off to preschool, blue leggings under patterned flannelette skirt, socks pulled up over leggings, sparkly shoes. Purple shirt under official preschool polo shirt. Red hat.

Saturday: Skinny jeans under white skirt, pink socks, joggers, long sleeved stripey shirt under blue t-shirt with glitter and rainbows.

At the end of the day, it is a win-win. I like how she chooses to dress. I'm not a fashion savvy person, so I'm not going to question her fashion sense. She is expressing her personality..... and boy, what a personality she is.

Snip, snip

Michael is the only person in the house who regularly gets a hair cut. I'm lucky if I remember to get mine cut twice a year, and the kids think themselves lucky if we only cut their hair about the same.

So it came about that is was one of those days where the kids needed a trim. We don't take our kids to the hairdresser, we cut their hair ourselves. On this day they only were happy for Michael to wield the scissors. Milly went first and came away with a short bob. Then it was Henry's turn. We gave him the choice of just having a trim or getting the clippers out and having a hair cut as short as Michaels. To our surprise he chose the clippers.

I was mortified. I love Henry's hair when it is long and he has never had it shawn short.

I found it hard to watch as his beautiful honey coloured hair fell to the ground. But as Michael worked the clippers suddenly Henry's gorgeous face could be seen a bit more. When it was all done it was a very different looking Henry.

The Boo

I'm not going to lie, having three children is hard work, but we have no regrets about adding Buster to our brood. Quite simply, he is just a delight. He is cheeky and playful, but most importantly he loves having a snuggle. He provides us with hours of entertainment and we can't imagine him not being part of the family. He is our Boo.

Good morning sleepyheads

Me and the kids

Normally I'm behind the camera taking all the photos and videos to record our family history. Sometimes I worry that when the kids get older and look back at their early years that there won't be any photos of them with me. So every now and then I have to remember to get Michael to take some photos, and other times I hold the camera back and take it myself.