this face

this face:

loves to say no

and "go away"

and call "mummy, mummy!"

she is keeping me so busy

i can hardly get anything done

while i constantly supervise

or interact with her.

today she's got a fat lip

from climbing on a chair,

and black ink on her neck

from a drawing incident.

last night she broke off

the head of her toothbrush

inside the faucet on the bath.

she makes us laugh,

and my life would be much poorer without her.

the past week

our traditional sunday morning pancakes

little sister blowing in the wind

big sister colouring quietly in a cafe

big sister enjoying her long-awaited blue ice-cream

images of a 15-month-old

15 months today!

little sister was at her most adventurous this morning:

including herself in random social groups,

wandering far and wide,

jumping in puddles,

standing for ages under the dripping canvas awning...

our rough and tumble girl.

marigolds

we've been in blog-land hibernation over winter,

but it's time to resurface...

today we planted marigolds -

perhaps too early in the season,

perhaps too generous in our sowing 

(we used the whole pack of seeds over 7 buckets),

but much fun was had together,

and that's what matters to us!