Holly and Rosie's Stuff: October 2005

Fireworks

Published Saturday, October 29, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

Our first fireworks display today. Both Holly and Rosie seemed to enjoy it all, although the reviews were "Magic!" (Rosie) and "Stupid!" (Holly).

Boobies

Published Friday, October 28, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

Holly was baby, and Rosie was Mummy this afternoon:

Rosie: "Do you want some milk from my boobies, baby?"
Holly: "Yes please!"
Rosie: "Is that good? What does it taste like?"
Holly: "It does taste like watery milk."
Rosie: "No. This boobie makes milk that tastes of... er... apple juice, and this one tastes of orange."

Counting BIG numbers

Published Wednesday, October 26, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

When we were walking along the street today, Holly was reading out the house numbers: "Forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine..."

She was very excited. "Fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two... I didn't know I could do this!"

Weeing in the swimming pool

Published Saturday, October 22, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

Rosie: Daddy, I need a wee.
Daddy: Listen. If you only do it a bit you can just do it in the pool.

[Rosie wanders off towards the steps...]

Daddy: Where are you going?
Rosie: I only want to do it if I can keep moving forwards. In a zig-zag.

Rosie: Nana... It is alright to do a wee in the pool. It is because the wee is a bit wet but the swiming pool is a lot wet and so it soaks up it.

Lonely Seal

Published Friday, October 21, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

We saw a seal with a fish very close to the studio balcony today:

Holly: He is all by himself.
Daddy: Well that's OK because sometimes seals like to be by themselves. Especially when they have a fish because then they don't have to share it.
Holly: But he is alone and needs his Mummy to cut out all the bones.

Rosie on a motorbike

Published Thursday, October 20, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

We went to Crealy and shoved money in these motorbikes...

Helicopter

Published Wednesday, October 19, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

We went on a helicopter ride to Scilly today. Holly said, "Look! The helicopter has a nose, and a windmill on top!"

Bedruthan Steps

Published Tuesday, October 18, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

We bought a book of wild flowers when we climbed back up the cliff steps. Best guess for the flower in Holly's mouth is... Hemlock! That's parenting.

Cinema

Published Monday, October 17, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

We went to the cinema for the first time today. We saw Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit. Behaviour was excellent though afterwards when Daddy asked if they had enjoyed it, Rosie said "Yes Daddy. But I never want to see that film ever again."

Tides

Published Sunday, October 16, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

We arrived at the Seaside House yesterday and the tide was very high indeed. This morning it was out... Rosie worked it out:

"The sea has dried up."

When I am bigger

Published Thursday, October 13, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

Holly: When I am grown up, I will be a boy and I will be a prince.
Rosie: When I am grown up, I will be a princess.
Holly: When our house is grown up, it will be a castle.

...

Rosie: No. Houses don't grow up because they are builded.
Holly: Our house isn't finished yet.

Bubblebath!

Published Saturday, October 08, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

We had a lovely half-sleepover at Roisin and Aidan's house...

Bikes

Published Sunday, October 02, 2005 by Jim Cromwell.

We went out on our bikes again today. We demanded stabilisers off, but were not terribly impressed with the decreased ability to move forwards and the increased tendency to fall to the ground. Rosie's stabilisers were replaced as high up as they would go, and she was happy to rock from side to side on them, whereas Holly wanted hers a bit lower as the rocking was unsettling.

There's a movie here. (2.4MB mpg file.)