She is small; she likes to check that the mailman has been and can even manipulate the dodgy padlock on our letterbox; she likes puzzles, babies and biscuits; sometimes I wonder what sort of passed life she had, she knows things she shouldn’t; she has rhythm and the best victory dance I’ve ever seen; her laugh delights me; she loves one of our cats like he is the best thing since sliced bread; she loves “duddles”, she likes to snuggle in bed with us as long as there is the correct “blillows” on the bed; she can go down the big slide by herself; she loves to ride with me on my bike; she makes up her own signs; she loves books and to be read to; she likes porridge and beans, though not together; she waves to ants; she cleans up after herself; in the shopping centre she’ll say hello and goodbye to everyone she meets; she likes to share; she sleeps beautifully; she is gentle and caring; she loves to sing and we’ll hear “e, i, e, i, e” from the back seat in the car; she’s everything I dreamed of in child.

I know one day she’ll change the rest of the world the same way she has changed ours.

Grunge turned two on Saturday and we’re pretty sure she’s only just come down on from the fairy bread fueled sugar high

We had a full house with Uncle Sparky, Aunty Sar and Baby Dash testing out our new and improved spare room and festivities started after lunch on Saturday. The bouncy castle man came while Grunge was asleep and the surprise on her face when she saw the castle in the backyard was priceless. Thankfully Em and Sparky took the kids out for a walk while Sar tried to finish the cake and I tried to make magic in the backyard…. A frantic SMS to our awesome neighbour gave us an extra set of hands with the prep and slowly our friends and family arrived and all pitched in; I swear within about 30 minutes we went from a bouncy castle in the backyard to a fully decorated, chaired, tabled, catered backyard! Have I told you how awesome the people in our life are?

The party was a big hit with and Grunge ate her weight in Fairy Bread and stayed up until 9:30 when the last of our friends said good night Turning two was definitely a very memorable day for all of us

Last week at swimming Grunge got her certificate for being able to swim by herself. We are pretty stoked She has been able to swim without us for a few months however we had to wait until her swimming instructor was able to witness it.

Hooray for Grunge!

This week we had the pleasure of a visit from our 2 1/2 year old neighbour Nate. Grunge thinks Nate is pretty awesome and the kids spent most of the evening running up and down the house swapping between pushing a baby in a stroller and Peter Rabbit in a dump truck. Eventually the kids wound down enough to do some drawing, eat some dinner and Grunge headed to bed.

Tomorrow is Nate’s Mums birthday – Happy Birthday Theresa!

Lots has been happening here – it’s late so I’ll update later. Quickly tho – house painting done, rangehood up in kitchen, back yard update planned, new doors on way, new fence and gate in pipeline, new couch and flannelet sheets on bed *brrr*.