Little Miss Average

Had Charlie's 18 month MCHN assessment on Tuesday and as the title suggests she is average. Nothing wrong with being average I say. Just about right on the 50th percentile for everything.

WEIGHT: 11.100kg (24lbs 71/2 ozs)
LENGTH: 80.5 cm
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE: 46.5 cm

She did well with most of the tasks..... picked up some 100's & 1000's, made Mummy a 'cup of tea'..... but was having nothing to do with stacking the blocks, she threw them and I had to climb under the desk to retrieve one, how embarrassing! Gave her a few goes and she eventually stacked 3 on top of each other before knocking them down so she passed. I knew she could do it as she plays with blocks all the time but she just wasn't in the mood at that time. The nurse was saying well we wont be able to pass her blah blah blah and I was thinking so you are going to make me feel like a bad mother are you......I dont think so! Glad I'm an older mother sometimes as I think in my 20's I would be intimidated by someone like that. Sometime children co-operate and sometimes not. Below is a photo of a child not :)

A lovely afternoon

Charlie and I went into the city on Thursday and meet up with my friend Jacki from Tassie. Her husband Peter, his daughter Mikki as well as Jacki's twins Issac and Keeley and two of her older daughters Blair and Marnie were also there. Had a lovely afternoon sitting in the sunshine at Southgate. Charlie loved having the other kids there to attend to her every whim and it was great to catch up with Jacki and Peter. The twins had a gift for Charlie of a tassie devil which she insists on calling meow meow.

Swim swim swim.......

This morning Charlie and I went swimming with Mel and Hunter. Been a few weeks (maybe even months???) since we went but as soon as I put her swimsuit on and got out her swim ring Charlie knew exactly where we were going. She walked (holding my hand) from the car to the pool holding her swim ring and we got a lot of "Oh how cute". She loves the water, my little fish and isn't frightened to put her head under. Mel and I decided that we really have to make the effort to take them more often because they love it so much. It matters not what the weather is as it is an indoor pool and was nice and warm so really we have no excuse. Well I don't, Mel is 32 weeks pregnant so she may not feel up to taking her 18 month old swimming in a few weeks so guess we better make the most of it while we have our swim friends.

Our new wheels.....maybe?????

So we went to Mums on Saturday night and on the way decided to stop and look at a car yard. Next thing I know we are transferring all our stuff into one of these beautiful new Holden Captiva's and leaving my car at the dealership.

What???? Yes they let us take this car for the weekend and I have to return it 'sometime' today.

It is very nice to drive, the only hiccup we had was a flat tyre last night on the way home from Rosebud. Pitch black, middle of nowhere, no torch in the glovebox (I am sure there is one in mine and if not will be putting in there this afternoon), no owners manual about where the spare is and the relevant tools needed. Anyway we figured it out in the freezing cold darkness and when we were almost done a nice man stopped to ask if we needed assistance.....ummm no we needed you 5 minutes ago to shine your lights on us but we are all good now. Nice to know people still stop to help though.

Charlie sat in her carseat the whole time singing her little songs and I was feeding her savoy biscuits to keep her happy. She is such a good girl, nothing really seems to faze her. It was cold, it was dark, it was her dinner time and she sat there for 30 minutes without so much as a grizzle. Hopefully I will get the car back to the dealership without incident today.

Stay tuned for news of what we end up buying.

As you can see Charlie is quite comfortable in it.

More cupcakes.....

I made some more cupcakes on Saturday as we went to Mum's for Luke and Jayden's birthdays.
Charlie had a little sample one early Saturday afternoon and I think she enjoyed it.

This weeks pics....

She's a vegemite kid!!!

Vegemite - a staple in most Australian kids diet. I never really liked it but occasionally have a small scraping on a piece of toast or cruskit - I must have loads of butter with it though! Proud to say just this week we finished a big jar before the use by date. I always have some in the house and when my nieces and nephews came to stay make sure to buy a fresh jar but would never finish it and then suddenly check the use by and it would be months out of date. Guess things have changed now that Miss Charlie has taken a liking to it. Don't know if she so much likes the taste as the feel of it smeared all over her face, hands, high chair and what ever else she can get her sticky little hands on. Man that stuff is gross to clean off. I have a vegemite girl :)