Me at 18 months

Thursday 6th August 2009

Well this week I thought that I would update you as to the things I like and dislike now I am 18 months old. So here goes, in no particular order!!

1. my babies/dollies

2. the pushchair so i can push them around the house

3. being chased - particularly around the coffee table, but anywhere really

4. swimming - especially jumping and diving in!!

5. eating - the things that i never refuse include: bananas, grapes, yoghurt, kiwi fruit (this is quite a new addition!), goldfish biscuits, apples (dried or real) and crisps (mummy and daddy give me baby crisps, but i do try and sneak some grown up ones in if i can!)

6. drinking - there is not a drink i have tried that as long as a straw is attached i have refused, i mainly drink water and have milk at bedtime, but as special treats I like pineapple juice and babyccinos!!! I am particularly keen to try two things though - one is mummy's drink, which whenever i try grabbing I get told - no, hot!!! and the other is daddy's drink which generally comes in a bottle (of various sizes) and the response to me grabbing that is usually - nooooo, daddy's!!!

7.tickling - i love being tickled and i enjoy tickling other people as well, especially if it is mummy or daddy's toes when they are stuck out of the end of the bed - very funny!!

8. dancing - i do have my preferences, but love boogie beebies and any other music with a good beat to it. Daddy was trying to covert me to prodigy the other day, i was not that keen but apparently it was more to annoy mummy than anything else!!

9. In The Night Garden - love it all and could watch it all day if mummy would let me, love all the characters, have the books and yes even the t-shirt!!!

10. Attention - from anyone and anywhere!

11.baths - my favourite game is throwing everything in the bath and making huge splashes that soak mummy!

12. in fact water in general is fun - i love washing my hands and splashing the water in the sink, love showers (especially after swimming), playing in the water fountains - just water - maybe that has something to do with living in a tropical climate though?!

13. messiness - love taking things off shelves, emptying cupboards and drawers, throwing all my toys out of the cot etc etc

14. hugs and kisses - i am quite particular on this one and will only give hugs and kisses to special people, but mummy and daddy get lots, sometimes if they are lucky they get away without dribble, food or snot on them afterwards but that is not always guaranteed!!

15. gadgets - I am my father's daughter - i love the computer, the wii, the Bose sound system, different phones, remote controls, cameras - anything that is (or looks like) a gadget i will play with - hence my love of writing this blog every week!!

16. bedtime stories and milk -yeah!! i think mummy likes this part of the day quite a bit too!!!

Okay moving on to dislikes, now there aren't really that many things that i do not like and most of the things that are listed are connected in some way to the list above, so here goes:

1.having to stop doing any of the things that i listed above - nearly always guaranteed a mini-meltdown of some description, especially if i have to stop because mummy thinks that i am tired and therefore need a nap

2. being strapped in - car seat, pushchair, high chair - not a lot of fun, however, once i have let it be known that i am not happy, i do sit quietly and work on sussing out how the different locks work so that i can try and escape when they are not looking. Sometimes i even get so caught up in doing this that when mummy or daddy try to let me out i refuse to get out and try strapping myself back in!! Confuses them no end!!!

3. There isn't a huge amount of food that i dislike but certain highlights include - rice pudding, shepherds pie and roast dinners (including [whispers} Yorkshire pudding)

4. arts and crafts - i have had a few attempts at painting and colouring and not entirely sure what the fuss is about, i do like scribbling with ink in mummy's notebook though (i am only adding to her lists the things that i want) so maybe soon i might get the whole creativity bug!

5. uncleanliness - as much as i like making mess, i am never that keen on things being unclean, so as soon as any juice is spilt i run to get the kitchen roll to wipe it up. this was particularly amusing when i had my first homemade lollipop - obviously the ice was melting and dripping on the floor, so poor mummy was following me around the house with the kitchen roll as every time some dropped i just stood there pointing at the floor going - ooh, ooh!!! Highly amusing!!

Well I am sure there are a few things that i have missed off the lists, but hopefully they will have given you an insight into Eleanor Mary McGovern at 18 months (and a couple of weeks) old and will give me something to look back on and laugh at how immature i was when i reach the grand old age of 2!!

Hugs and kisses to all reading (as you are all clearly special for having got this far!!)

Love Me xxx