Ahh cute!

This morning, little Nellie ran up to Daddy, waving her hands & arms around, to exclaim: "Blo blu ble NO BALLS!"

Taking Daddy by the hand, she led him to her walker thingy (see photo from May 2006 below) which duly had no balls in it.

Isn't she just so clever?!?!

Boys toys

Yes, the little munchkin seems to have deveoped a real liking for boys' toys... cars, trucks, motorbikes, buses... not that I'm into gender-stereotyping or anything... well, maybe just a little. I get so fed up with people referring to her as 'him' when I dress her in blue (she has SO many clothes that are blue - given to us, I might add, not my first choice)... she does NOT look like a boy - not if you actually LOOK at her face. But I guess people don't really look. Anyway, so now she's playing with boys' toys, I just know that even more people are going to comment on my 'son'. AAARRRGHH!

But her fascination is such that I even persuaded Graeme to let me buy her a dump truck. And several little cars. And a bus. And a train. And a motorbike.

And then to compensate, I bought her a basket full of toy food - veg, fruit, tins... and I really wanted to buy her a toy vacuum cleaner... and a whole toy kitchen set... but I was stopped by the man with the wallet who reminded me that money does not grow on trees.

And now she's into dinosaurs. She nearly bullied another boy into letting her take all the dinosaurs at playgroup today... sigh! (She can be quite feisty when she sets her mind on something. Hmm... I wonder who she gets that from?!) She has a lovely dinosaur book at home that she loves reading. Maybe I should buy her a few...?

Some cute photos

New toy! Graeme bought her a little pram, which she loves! Her favourite activity, apart from swimming, was to push it around. At Willow Point (the family holiday house near where the Phil and Brenda's wedding was held, has oodles of space, all of which she made good use of! Swimming was another favourite activity. The little sun-suit she's wearing is labelled as being for kids up to 6 months old... well, at 15 months, it fits her perfectly! Either the sizing is WAY off, or she's a really tiny 15 months.
There's no bath at the house, so the next best thing is the outside sink. (There is an indoor one, but it's tiny!) Here she is wearing her classic face,
... and, unusually, performing for the camera!More swimming! This time with Uncle Rob and Tata.

All mine, all mine

Yet another new thing - she's figured out that she can hold more in her hands if she holds stuff against her chest. So now she tries to hold all her stuff in her arms against her chest with one hand, while trying to pick up more of her stuff. Very cute!

Likewise, she's learnt to shake her head 'no', although I don't think she understands what it means yet. She knows that when we say no we usually shake our heads. Her response is to shake her head and then try to do it anyway. The other response now, if we wag a finger at her, is to try to bite the finger and then do whatever it is she's not allowed to anyway.

Hmmm.... I'm detecting a distinct rebellious nature in her.... she's definitely her mother's child!