Big Girls

Just a quick update post, and no photos as we're still having computer problems. :-(

My girls are both growing up so quickly...

Victoria:

• now has two bottom teeth
• and can sit up on her own, unassisted.

Kathleen:

• now sleeps in a big-girl bed with no sides
• and is wearing knickers instead of nappies. More about that in another post.

We are doing well and keeping busy. Plans for renovating our house are coming together. Have been dealing with Kitchen Studio on a new kitchen, and have gotten leads into builders and plumbers through them. If things go to plan with them, we'll have a new kitchen within a couple of months. And the rest of the house should follow thereafter. Biggest challenge has been finding a colour scheme we liked.

Have also been semi house-hunting for rural property in Horowhenua/ Manawatu. We've been talking about getting a lifestyle block for a while now, and just happened to stumble across one we really liked on the internet. Went up last weekend to check it out in person, and we like it even more in person.

No decisions yet on what we will actually do, but watch this space.

Cheers,
Megz

Names

I normally call Kathleen and Victoria by their full names when I'm talking to them. I figure that when they're older they can choose their own nicknames without us deciding on it for them. If Kathleen wants to be Kat or Katie or Kathy then that's her choice. Ditto if Victoria wants to be Vicky, Tori/Tora or whatever.

However when I'm writing/blogging it's a different story. I'll often type Kat or Vicky as it's only three or five characters respectively as opposed to eight. Much faster and easier. So most people who read my blog will probably think of them as Kat and Vicky, but in reality they are always Kathleen and Victoria.

The exception was when Kathleen was first learning to talk and she called herself Kiki. Then we called her Kiki all the time, as in "what does Kiki want for lunch", "it's time for Kiki to have a nap", etc. But when Kathleen learned to say "Kathleen" correctly she asked us to stop calling her Kiki ... we said "Kiki" and she corrected us and said "no, I'm Kassleeen" so we asked if she wanted us to call her Kathleen from now on and she said "yes". So she has not been Kiki for two or three months now.

Also when Kathleen was learning to talk she said "W'tora" instead of "Victoria". Now she says "Wittoria". However we picked up on it and began calling Victoria "Wee Tora". We still call her that every now and then but I'm sure it will stop as she gets older and is not so wee any more.

Having said all that though, I do often call Kathleen "Angel" and Victoria "Little One". I also call them both "darling" and "sweetheart" interchangably - it solves the problem of getting mixed up and using the wrong name, just call them both "sweetheart"!

-Megz

PS: No photos in this post as we're having temporary computer problems. Will add some later.