Breathe

Thursdays are my take a breath days. Monday to Wednesday is so crazy go go go - especially at the moment with work being so busy. I don't know how people do it 5 days a week. I was feeling bad about leaving my boss so shorthanded with so much to do, but she observed that actually I was probably being the same as or more productive then I would be if I was there fulltime! Actually true. And hilarious that she pointed that out.  Just a shame the pay is not the same as, or more!  Pity I was also far too slow to point that out! 

Nana and Pop pop left today too, hard to believe they'd been here a week? Where did it go?!  Nana left in slightly worse shape than she arrived in having rolled her ankle on Friday at Atarangi's gymnastics - it was completely black! We thought she was going to need to be on my crutches but she managed not to... Tinipere wagged school the entire week and Atarangi had Wednesday off. She was pretty sad tonight about no Nana and Pop pop being here. I wish Nelson was closer to Stratford.  

Today is also the first day Tinipere has slept in her cot! And in her room! It will be interesting to see how many night feeds she wants when I'm not in the same room. She is getting her knees up under her with her commando crawling. It scares me! Slow down!!! 

Atarangi. Today she smacked her sister on the head with a book - or tried to anyway, it missed. Two minutes  later Tinipere rolls over and smacks her head on the floor, slight delay,  roar. (we are at my work,  I'm pretty sure under the carpet ita concrete. It sounded like it anyway! )Atarangi rushes over 'are you ok darling? I kiss you better ' - kisses her head.  the complete turnaround. Insane. 

July

So far we are surviving the back to work gig... Tinipere even took 30ml from the bottle yesterday! Not today though.  We still make up for that lack of daytime kai through the night and have resorted to co sleeping for at least half of it!!   Her real food intake is on the up and some days she eats an amazing amount. She loves drinking water from her 'cup' - a shot glass. The perfect size.  She is also wriggling her way across the room with ever increasing speed. When did that happen?! Atarangi will have to start picking up her precious toys and I will have to keep a sharper eye on what is in Tinipere reach.

Atarangi is currently singing herself to sleep. Last night when I checked on her she had her phone in bed next to her - I can't decide if that is an improvement from having Mrs elephant in bed with her - Mrs elephant is huge but soft. The phone is smaller but so hard!  We are making giant leaps with the toileting! Even so far as to wear undies to Kindy! And she only started wearing them at home last week so I think that is huge. Atarangi makes me laugh every day. She is such a character and developing more and more each day - her understanding of the world, her language, her physical ability, her wish to test the limits!  I am finding a huge help in dealing with the various challenges and inspiration to be the parent I aspire to be from Janet Lansbury's website.

Puppy is still alive and kicking. Still crazy as ever, still thinks Kikiwa's side of the bed is HERS. And she is loving that with Tinipere in the room we have the heater on through the night.  I am looking forward to warmer weather.

Sometimes I still have moments of 'where did these two amazing small humans come from!! ' wonder. They are so very cool.

Photos to come...  Just emptied all 2gb worth from my phone.