The toddler years

tiddle dancing

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:53:20 +0200

can anyone tell me why boys do this???

we are potty training Ben at the mo and he has taken to standing up and wiggling his tail around while weeing.
Hmmmm must be some primival thing about writing your name in the snow .......

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Incy Wincy Spider

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:58:48 +0200

We did our sponsered toddle this morning. Round and round the playground at the childrens centre. Ben was quite good. He wouldnt pose for the photo - wanting to go back inside. He was pleased with his medal however and the sticker he got. Now comes the worst bit collecting up all the money!! I think we have £59 pledged so thats not bad.

This afternoon he has been a little so and so. Climbing, not doing as he was told etc etc smaking me in the head with his firemans helmet... have got a large bump there now. Was finally glad when it was 8pm

This morning he was singing Incy Wincy Spider.
The first version was brilliant word perfect
The second version went like this
"Incy Wincy spider climbed up mummy's head
Down came the rain and washed out mummy's head"

he found it hysterical!! I must remind you he's only 2years and one month..... god help me!!!

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rain and rubble

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:23:42 +0200

Well its raining again! Tghis summer Id planned to hardly stay indoors and days would be spent in the garden, on the beach, Ben in a floppy hat , Tshirt and shorts and he would have brown arms and knees....
hmmmm my romantic thoughts for summer didnt work did they!!!
Last year in the hot weather we stayed in a lot as he was only just turned 1 and irt was a bit too hot outside. So I had high hopes for this summer!!

and the rubble bit you ask?? Well my hubby is knocking down a strange bit of our house. The previous occupants had decided to build a corridor from the kitchen to the outhouse. It has been the bain of our life with the roof constantly leaking and it blocking the light to our back room and kitchen.
Well it is finally nearly down ....admid lots of dust, rubble, mess and swearing!

and if the rain would stop it could get to the next phase......

Tomorrow we have our sponsered toddle. Raincoats and wellies at the ready I think

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end of the week

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:35:43 +0200

Well yesterday was Thursday - Mums and toddlers day. We woke up not too early for a change and had a shower. Bens calls it a Show Show and he loves it. We keep all the empty shampoo and shower gel bottles which he fills with water and tips out all over the place.

He always screams when I switch the shower off "Show show back onnnnn!!"

Then we had breakfast .... Hes into dippy eggs at the moment. You know soft boiled eggs with bread soldiers.
Trouble is he wants everyone to have dippy eggs!! So mummy has to have dippy eggs too and daddy when he is home in a morning which is usually only Sundays as hes out to work at 4am.
So we were sat having our eggs and Ben said to me in a really deep voice... "Mind fingers mummy.... HOT!"
which made me laugh

We then got to playgroup - mums and tots. I had had to ring up and check that it was open as they had had flash floods in the town the day before and the infant school which is next door was closed as it had been flooded anyhow it was open.

Playgroup can sometimes cause problems as he can get very clingy and for some reason wants to go as soon as we get there. I check that he wants to go and he wants to until we get there and then he doesnt want to go in.
Yesterday he was great. No problems at all. When we got in he decided to paint again no problems.... in fact he was really good all morning listening to the story and singing and doing the actions nicely.
so all in all not a bad morning.

The afternoon was ok too - pretty non eventful really we did manage to get out in the garden for a short while.

Today? well its a bit dull outside so it remains to be seen whether we will get outside today. We have spent the morning so far playing with postman pats van and bob the builder toys. When Bob got into postman pats van it caused a lot of merriment from Ben

havent got anything planned for thec weekend thus far so we shall see what it brings

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since the weekend

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:57:19 +0200

Well we had a quiet weekend as Ben was still getting over the viris he had. He woke up early on Sunday morning and daddy took him out for a ride so I could get back to sleep (lovely it was)
He came back full of it! "Mummy seen yellow boat", "Mummy threw pebble in sea"
"Been with daddy in the car for ride"

We spent the rest of the day just playing as daddy decided to do some DIY (!) mummy stayed well out of the way!!

Ben is potty training at the moment so is quite interested in bodily functions!! He shouts "Oh no quick sit down on potty" when he needs to go.
Hes doing well we've only had a few accidents including one where the dog ate it but we won't go into that!!

His favourite word of the week is Hello. Up until now its been mainly hiya that he has used. The thing that makes me laugh is that he says it with a really cut glass accent which I have no idea where that has come from.

He is also telling his toys of in the same tone I use which is very funny to hear. His favourite toy this week is his postman pat van complete with figures of Pat and Jess.
He keeps saying "No Pat sit down in chair" "No Pat... no sweeties thats naughty Pat"

And apparently Jess is not allowed to drive postman pats van as that is naughty too.

Actually Im a bit fed up of a 2 year old telling me what to do. "Leave it mummy" which is pronounced "Weeve" and "No mummy not yours Bens!"

Hes also climbing like a monkey and when he gets stuck shouts "Help" except he is missing the "p" off so its being pronounced "Hell!" hmmmm perhaps a more appropriate term at times......

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The start of my blog

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:06:33 +0200

Ben is 2. A real chatterbox and a real charmer with it.
He has been unwell. A virus, and has been off his food which is unusual for him. Today he was back on to his food again lol
At teatime he ate his own then wanted his dads, then mine.
"more potatoe mummy" "more meat"
He then screamed as he dropped some and the dog ate it "Not yours Gypsy"
He then polished off 2 fromage frais and threw the empty cartons at the dogs head and giggled as she caught one.
Heres hoping we get a full nights sleep as they have been in short supply as hes been poorly.

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