Milestones: Two years with us. Age 3 ¼

Camille on Pixie her beloved new bicycle

Age: 3 years and 4 months
Time with us: 2 extraordinary years
Height: 97.5 cm
Weight: 12.9 kg
Teeth: 20

Recent Accomplishments:
Can spell her name 21/9.
Gives her full address
Can say the alphabet
Knows left from right 22/9,
Can tell o’clock times (learnt from Playschool, not me!!!)
Can pass the egocentrism test on a card with a Santa one side and a triangle the other side

Language/concepts
I’m wearing these sandals because it’s summertime,
And then we start (the week again)
My special sparkly Dora undies 12/10
Understands that Meg is from Japan, and that Alex is in school in Canada, (and can find it on the map)
And bubbles make rainbows

Cute Things
I just popped out of my Chinese Mummy’s tummy,
Do you want to play snakes and ladders Camille? No I’m just sending my emails
T-I-M spells Dad.
Used a whole roll of toilet paper and blocked up the toilet
Looked at the lights of the city and said 'Look Mummy I can see Shanghai!'
I’m being careful actually
Christmas presents for my Suixi girls
I’m not naughty (When she has been. We never call her naughty, however she knows exactly what it means)
I had two meltdowns today

Let’s dag around the house
Muttering bloody hell when things go wrong (I take the blame for this one!)
Custard’s healthy
Sat outside eating her dinner while using her binoculars looking for birds
Mmmm that’s very strange
What I can do?

Magic moments
Going for her first ride around the block on Pixie her new bike
Making rainbows on the wall from a crystal in the upstairs bedroom,
Listening to her sing the lullaby Toora loora loora to her baby doll

Games
Pirate Snap (still). Snakes and Ladders. 20 piece jigsaws. Loves to play with her doll changing the nappy

Toilet training
Fully trained in the day but not at night. Will try to do nighttimes in January.

Sleep
In bed at 6.30 asleep about 7 to 7.30. awake at about 6 to 6.30.
No daytime naps at all unless in the car.

Foods
As before, but developing a very sweet tooth. The dentist said the patches where there is little enamel have now hardened up, fortunately.
Fried Rice would have to be her No 1 at the moment.

Books
Everything and anything. Too many to mention.

Television
Sadly loves TV far too much. Especially Playschool, Madeline, Olivia, the Wiggles and Dorothy.

Dancing at Mangala Studio in Carlton

Classes at Mangala are so popular that there is waiting list for over a year. Fortunately since last November Camille and I were lucky enough to have a place. At Mangala the focus is upon creative dance and children are encouraged to express themselves in response to music and dance with the props provided.

Every week the theme is different. We could be at the snow, the races, in a jungle, the outback…. How Sue manages to dream up so many different scenarios I can’t imagine. Camille has really flourished in the classes and now dances like a free spirit, full of joy and life.

Sadly next year Camille will join the three year old class and Mum won’t be able to join in. Ah well, Brunetti's and Readings await.

Santa Claus is coming to town

This year Camille is old enough to understand that Father Christmas is the bearer of great presents to good children. Together we wrote a letter to Santa and posted it in the mailbox. Camille even managed to sit on Santa’s knee and almost smiled. Fortunately she didn’t miss out on telling him two very important things
1. What she wanted ‘a scooter’
2. Where she lived
Only 8 sleeps to go!!!!!