Poppy’s Little Buddies
From left to right: Gus, Flat Bear, Suzie, Rosie and Stanley

I would like you to meet Poppy’s Little Buddies that look over her during her slumbering hours. I have been role-playing with Poppy using her toys and I love that time of day when I tuck her into bed and each little buddy says ‘good-night’ in their own way.

First we have Gus, a little dog with a very Australian male accent. Flat Bear – despite her original name, has a pretty little voice, as does Suzie. Rosie is very shy, but sounds quite posh and well Stanley, he has a very deep voice with French undertones and makes Poppy laugh.

After they have protected her through the night, Poppy shows her appreciation by ‘posting’ them through her cot and onto the floor every morning.  They certainly are loyal little blighters!

Little Miss Spaghetti Smile! Poppy has been going through such an annoying phase with her eating at the moment and I am finding meal times not very enjoyable. The wholesome food I have prepared for her either ends up on the floor or being pushed away. I then succumb to giving her toast or a Cruskit with avocado, fretting about the lack of nutritional value for our little one. Help!

I gave her some Spaghetti Bolognese last night and she loved it – and I certainly didn’t care how much mess she made!

On another note, I came down with a nasty bout of Gastro on Friday night. Oh my – I felt like dying. I will spare you the details but I wasn’t in a good way. To make things even trickier, Nick had to work on Saturday. I stumbled through with Poppy until 9 ish, when I rang my friend Sam for some backup! Changing Poppy’s nappy was very challenging.

Sam came to the rescue and took Poppy and Maisy for a big two-hour walk, whilst I slept.

I am on the mend now, but my gosh you value your health when you feel so dreadful and helpless. The cuddles Poppy kept giving me, also made me feel better.

Poppy ended up watching an awful lot of television during the day, and all I can say is thank goodness for ABC4 Kids.  I was very pleased to see Nick home to take charge of the dinner/bath/book/bed routine, whilst I laid on the couch, feeling sorry for myself.

I just hope Poppy, Nick and Sam don’t get it, as I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. 😦

Poppy and I have just returned from an amazing walk on Mt. Wellington with Eve & Flynn. We met at The Springs early this morning and walked up the Pinnacle Track. Our little hitchhikers did very well (apart from Poppy pulling at my hair clip and earrings)!

We even experienced a snowfall which was absolutely beautiful! I love sneaking into the mountains for an early morning walk!

On Saturday we went to Mt. Field for Poppy’s first experience in the snow!

I had grand plans of doing the Lake Dobson circuit, but the day was dreadful.  After dressing Pops in all her layers and loading her into the backpack, the weather deteriorated even more and we ended up walking 50 metres to the shelter! We certainly didn’t break any records in the distance department.

We retreated down the mountain and found more snow to play in (without the bitterly cold wind)! Poppy thought it was quite funny when her Mum & Dad started throwing snowballs at each other (and her).

We finished off our adventure with a walk to Russell Falls. I am so looking forward to spending more time with Poppy and Nick in the mountains this summer…and this was definitely a good warm up!

I have had this wooden chest for years and it has always been filled with paraphernalia that has been collected over the years, including school year books, letters, cards and old diaries. I am such a hoarder, and a sentimental one at that!  I really struggle to throw things out – like I really need to keep that letter that Teena wrote to me in Grade 9??

However, I saw the chest as valuable storage space for Poppy’s toys.  I finally cleaned it out, but still couldn’t part with any of the contents – I just transferred everything to another box upstairs!

Not only does the chest serve as Poppy’s new toy box, it is also a tunnel and a cubby house!  Perfect.

Poppy’s vocabulary is expanding by the day and yesterday morning at the beach she was saying:  “Sit Maisy”, complete with the hand gesture, that I use.   Maisy was very obliging actually!

I love hearing new words pass Poppy’s lips and her current repertoire includes:

• Boppy (Poppy)
• Mummy (used for lots of things)
• Daddy
• Zizzy (Maisy)
• Dog
• Sock
• Hi
• Bye Bye
• Up

It makes my heart melt when she says her name!

Nick’s mother Barb, gave me this photo of Nick when he was about the same age as Poppy is now.

How much does she look like her Dad?