I’m not really sure how we discovered this but I think it has to do with the phase you’re going through at the moment i.e. when Mummy is around you no longer want to be in my arms. If she’s not there then you’re happy to be carried around by me all day but once you see her… it’s all you want. We decided to see what would happen if I picked Mummy up… the result was highly amusing and somewhat confusing! 😀 We even tried it the other way around with me sitting on the table and Mummy pretending to lift me up… you also started to cry 😀 Crazy!

In the future I can just see you with a table full of your cuddly toys, giving them all tea and something to eat. At your desk, instead of us, you were feeding dolly some ‘food’, she had a real appetite on her! 😀 Once you get your princess castle I expect an invite to the dinner party ASAP 🙂

We had blue sky, until we left the house, so we decided to take a trip to the farm. The last time we were here was when you were 7 months old, back in May last year. If you want to refresh your memory click here.

We had a fun time. You got to meet a sheep up close and personal and during their feeding time they also escaped. I tried to get them back in without much luck…. I wouldn’t make a good shepherd. Afterwards we stopped off at the same playground as last time where you achieved yet another milestone, your first swing on your own!

For dessert today you had two surprises, grapes & strawberries! After it came clear to you that we weren’t going to hand feed you the grapes, you came up with a novel way to eat them, like a little piggy! The funniest moment was when you got half a grape stuck between your upper lip and nose, however it didn’t stop you from eating it! As for the strawberries it seems you’re practicing for a speed eating competition! Each one disappeared quicker than the one before 😀 I’m glad we found something you love!

So after your success at creche with building towers we brought out your desk to try and recreate it, all together of course as a family, a sort of team building exercise with blocks 😀 You spent most of your time getting in and out of the desk before using the chair as a desk… however you liked the stacked dice but I do have to admit… I helped you a little 🙂

Bonus:

The destroyer has become a creator 😀 When I saw these pictures come through from creche I had my doubts at first (I’m sorry!) that you did this, well… without some help. When I came to pick you up I was told that you’d spent a lot of time and concentration building the tower and of course, you destroyed it afterwards 🙂 I think this is a huge achievement, that’s a 5 cube tower! Bravo! Good job Little One!

A routine helps you learn words, actions and eventually the ability to tie these together. Mummy has taught you a cute little routine for when you come in from outside. You put your hands on the toilet door while looking at yourself in the mirror. You then remove one arm at a time to allow us to take your jacket off. You then lift one foot at a time so we can take your shoes off 🙂 It reminds me of cop movies where they’re padding suspects down looking for weapons, in our case we’re looking for hidden toys or sweets! 😀

Today is the first day of spring and in Romania they celebrate Mărțișor. I managed to find on Etsy some handmade broaches for both you and Mummy. I think you can guess who got which 🙂 I even managed to find some flowers that matched the traditional colors. In theory you’re supposed to wear it until the 8th, Romanian Mother’s Day, but something tells me it wouldn’t last long as creche 😀

Lately you’ve been watching both Mummy and I putting things in the bin, I’m not sure you understand why we do it however you love to help 😀 The thing you’ve learnt is that the tissues we use to clean you go in there. Given one you make the journey to the kitchen and put it in the bin! It’s cute to see you pull yourself up, lift the lid and then put it in. The only problem after that is getting you away from it, you’ve developed a fascination as to what else is in there.

I wasn’t joking in my previous post about the curry. I made both Mummy and I one so I thought you deserved one too. Mummy could foresee the mess so she dressed you in your full body bib, it’s a shame we didn’t protect the floor as well! 😀 Don’t worry as yours wasn’t hot, it was mostly made up of chicken, tomato & mango chutney. You loved it however you seemed to prefer ours… and that was a Tika Masala… Lol Seems you’ve inherited our loved for spicy food!

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The rice on your hands drove your crazy 😀 You’re such a cutie!

I’m not sure we should be advertising the fact that our 15, nearly 16 month old baby is eating pizza for dinner! All babies go through the fussy eating stage and today was no different… except the fact that Mummy and I were sharing a pizza at that time. You’re constantly wanting to eat what we eat, also from our plate and in this case… the pizza box! It was a ‘Pizza Chicken Kebab’ and surprising enough you loved it. I had eaten my half very quickly so Mummy was feeding you hers 😀 I don’t think she saw this as being fair… but if you snooze… you lose right? 🙂

Anyway, it looks like our ‘Little Big Girl’ is ready to ditch the pureed foods and start eating what we’re eating. Hmmmm… I think this means we’re going to have to cook healthy food?!?! How do you like your curry, hot I hope 😀

This weekend in a few regions, mostly the south, they celebrate Carnival! Today at the creche they organized a Carnival themed action packed day. For us this meant a trip to the shops to get you suitable attire, Mummy loves this bit. It was a hard choice, either a ‘Red Lobster’ or a ‘Pineapple Suit’ 😀 In the end we went for the safe choice, a ‘Sailor Girl’ outfit, at least in this you have room to breathe!

At creche you had a great time, you even played with the older kids who’d also got dressed up for the occasion. Here are some of the best pictures from your day, let’s just hope the cake was sugar free! 😀

I couldn’t post this when it happened as Granddad would’ve already seen what he was getting for his birthday, I’ll post it later, after his big day! 😀 Mummy bought the card so I thought it would be a good idea to test it out on you. You loved the music, opening and closing the card to try and figure out where the music was coming from. The smile on your face is you giving your approval that the card is good enough! 😀

You spend most of you time, both at home and creche, wearing leggings, jeans or ‘sweat pants’. Today when we went out Mummy wanted to make you a ‘Girly Girl’ by giving you a dress. You look so cute! I’m sure you’ll agree when you take a look at the pictures below. It’s also true we have a lot of dresses which you’ve never worn that will soon be too small for you, two birds with one stone right? It seems such a shame to donate them with never being wearing worn. You’ll be wearing a lot more from now on.

For some reason when I look at the last picture it reminds me of the 1920’s, I imagine you dancing the Charleston or the early Lindy Hop, I think it’s the hat.

It’s Valentine’s day and you’re celebrating it with us, you even made us a special gift at creche! I put it together with the flowers I bought and we gave them to Mummy when she got home. For dinner we also enjoyed some luscious desserts, the day when diets go out the window. As you like to stomp your feet I would hate to see the mess at creche when they put paint on your hands and feet. Nevertheless it was a perfect picture from our perfect daughter!

Mummy’s boss at work received a duplicate baby walker and asked if we wanted it, we jumped at the chance. It’s much better than the one we have and you love it to bits, it even works on the carpet. It’s very squeaky however this makes you laugh your little heart out. It’s amazing to see you with very little help walk from one end of the room to the other. The only thing you need to do now is to learn to change direction and stop on a dime 😀 I give it a month or so before you have the courage to do this without the walker!

Today Mummy decided to see if you were ready to enter ‘Junior Masterchef’, and at the same time take advantage of the Happy Tower. It was a successful tryout, a great way to keep you entertained for 20-30 minutes. While she was busy preparing your next batch of meals you had fun making pasta… and carrot I believe 🙂 In a couple of years, or even less, you’ll be baking cakes with Mummy at the weekend. I dread to see the state of the kitchen after that 😀 When I was changing you for your bath I found a piece of dried pasta in your diaper, god knows how it got there! 😀

We’ve noticed, and a number of passing people have noticed, that you’ve started to use your middle finger to point at things… While slightly amusing at first you’ve started to get some funny looks, especially if you do it while waving! 😀 Hopefully you’ll grow out of it, either that or we sellotape it to your palm 🙂 We were at the dining table today and when I looked at you, you were sat there giving me the finger… I couldn’t take a picture quick enough. Below are some of the best pictures we could get, you’re very quick!

We couldn’t let the ‘finger incident’ put a downer on your day so we took a trip out to IKEA. Having got there we found a few of the children’s cars free, we thought ‘why not?’ 🙂 You loved it, grabbing the wheel as we pushed you around the store, you even got to eat your snacks while ‘driving’!

Today we had a small accident which ended up with you having a cut on your little pinky finger. You were in one corner of the living room while I was moving the couch to retrieve all the toys you’d put under there. When I went to move the couch back you suddenly appeared out of nowhere and I trapped your little finger 🙁 You were a very brave girl and took the whole experience well, cartoons can heal anything! You only had the plaster on for one day as it irritated you too much.