Thursday, 5 November 2015

Busy 2 year old!

Amy is always on the go! Its been a bit of a challenge to meet her energy now that baby number 2’s arrival is only days away.

But she has been very happy playing at home, and I’ve been taking her to parks and indoor play centres to keep her busy.

 

She has taken quite an interest in shapes lately. Especially hexagon for some strange reason!!

She likes it when I draw shapes for her, and often requests a number 6 inside or next to the hexagon.

She is also learning pentagon and octagon.

 

She enjoys painting on her easel, then washing the paintbrushes in a bucket of soapy water. This seems to provide a good hours worth of entertainment!!

Her favourite colours to paint with are brown, blue and white.

She still definitely has a preference for blue things!!

 

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They did face-painting at school the other day, and when I picked up Amy she told me she was a cat.

They repeated the experience the following week at school and Amy requested to be a cat again. She enjoyed looking at herself in the mirror.

 

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Amy in her new learning tower. It’s been so handy since we made it, and she now enjoys helping to prepare her meals and snacks.

 

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She loves to help prepare her own toast.

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Our new and improved living area. But I can assure you it doesn’t look like this anymore, as it has been taken over by toys!!

The rug was the last addition, and its a nice comfy space for Amy to play.

Although lately she likes to sit or jump on the lounges. I often hear her saying “sit on bottom Amy” to herself.

 

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And lastly, baby number 2 is almost ready to make his/her appearance!

We are playing the waiting game at the moment, hoping it’ll be soon as we are so excited to meet this special little person.

Here I am with less than a week to go.

Soon this blog will be about both Amy and the new baby Smile.

 

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Happy Birthday Amy!!

We are so excited (and almost cant believe it) that our baby is 2 years old.

To celebrate we had a lovely family morning tea and lunch at our house.

Amy didn’t quite understand what all the fuss was about, but enjoyed receiving some lovely presents and seeing all the special people in her life.

 

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Amy was very happy when we sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to her.

To make her laugh for some photos, we said her favourite word at the moment… ‘hexagon’.

 

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Nana and Pa gave Amy a lovely easel, which we already have had a lot of use out of!

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Amy also received some clothes from Nanna Puppies (yes that name has definitely stuck, sorry Mum), some Duplo from Sal, Tracie, Ben and Ethan,

some hair bands and books from Great Nana, and some ‘shopping’ accessories from Michael and I.

 

Thank you to everyone who helped make Amy’s birthday a special day. She has been talking about the “party” ever since, and even told me where everyone sat at the table for lunch!

Amy at daycare

Amy loves daycare. She goes on Mondays and Wednesdays, and lately Fridays too.

When I pick her up from ‘school’, I ask her questions about her day and what she did.

She usually says “painting, drawing, playdoh”, or “go outside”.

She talks about her friends at school as well as the carers.

Please excuse the quaility, they are screen shots of the app I have on my phone.

 

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Amy will be moving from the nursery (0-2 years) to the toddler room (2-3 years) at the beginning of next year.

We are very proud of her confidence at school – she is learning lots and having fun.