On the eve of her third birthday, I’ve decided make a list of just some of the many things I adore about MiniM#1
- She talks in whispers to her soft toys and reads them stories when she’s supposed to be having her afternoon nap. Recently, before going to off to sleep, she covered each fluffy toy with a flannel, and herself with a matching towel
- When she plays hide-and-seek, she first shows me where she’s going to hide
- She gasps emphatically ‘oh mummy what a pretty dress/ top/ scarf (*delete as applicable) is it new?’ each time I wear something she’s not seen before (Take note Daddy M 😉 )
- She has asked me every morning since my operation how my knee is and whether I’m feeling any better (DaddyM… 😉 )
- She notices the smallest detail of things going on around her and comments back on it months later (Okay I’ll give you a break now DaddyM…)
- She asks really intelligent, technical questions that take my breath away and if her 16 month old sister is trying to do/ say/ express something she often notices before anyone else and relays with astonishing insight and accuracy what it is she’s trying to do/ say/ express (ie whether her sister is crying because her teeth hurt or whether it’s because she has a touch of constipation…)
- She has a wicked sense of humour, in a funny situation she sometimes just has to look at me and we both crease up laughing
- She is a skilled mimic, who imitates her little sister so well I think it’s her sister making the noise (and when she was a baby she would mimic the sound of a squeaky swing or a digger..)
- She finishes my sentences – accurately – when I trail off, unsure of what I started to say
- She sometimes says, completely randomly ‘oh mummy you’re so cute’!
- After we tucked her up in bed and kissed her goodnight one night she told us “Can you two just go now please?”
- She’s beautiful and a miracle and I can’t believe I cooked her all by myself
Calamitous Mummy 