My little artist

When I had two children, I marvelled at how different they were, and wondered how on earth another child could possibly manage to be so different again. Every day soa teaches me that it’s very possible 🙂

Big was walking at 10 1/2 months. I remember that, because I remember that we bought her her first shoes on 1st December, and her birthday isn’t until halfway through January. Small on the other hand didn’t bother walking until he was well over a year old – I guess he must have crawled to get places, but I don’t remember him doing that. Soa crawls.

She crawls really fast. When she wants to cover the ground quickly she puts her head down and the little cloth covered bottom wiggles away madly as she rushes away giggling, or rushes to you laughing. It’s really fun.

I’d thought she was going to walk early too, but I guess she’s too busy doing other things. Today was a fabulous first. She was watching Big and a friend colouring and absolutely desperate to get her hands on a crayon. So I gave her one, and a piece of paper and she concentrated really hard, and did her first ever drawing.

Oddly, in that picture she’s drawing right handed. Most of the time she was using her left hand. Wonder if she’s going to be ambidextrous? Must get some crayons she can use without me worrying about her eating them – cheapo wax not ideal for a chewy baby (another first, neither of the other two chewed on anything much, both rather fussy as babes). And I’ll have to try again tomorrow for a pic of the pic – the one I took tonight is too fuzzy for words.

I am so loving being here for these firsts. I wish I’d paid more attention to the other two’s firsts – they ask me questions that I’ve just no answers for. There was no blog when Big was a babe, and I thought I’d just remember it all, but life happens and you forget 🙁

So here’s my tip for today with your babes. Take pictures, keep a diary, keep a blog. Savour the moment and cherish the memories in the making. Before you know it, it’ll be past, and you won’t remember the moments you thought you would. But make sure the making memories doesn’t get in the way of fun in the moment. You will remember smiling and laughing, and so will they 🙂