Keep calm it's almost bedtime

Keep calm and carry on. Keep calm and drink tea (a personal favourite) but at the moment it's:

Keep calm and remember it's almost bedtime!

And I'm almost as excited for it to be my bedtime as I am for it to be the girls'.

And just as I'm catching up on many months of broken sleep Little Lady no2. is averaging 11 hours a night undisturbed (except for occasional loss of comfort bunny) we've decided to do it all over again. Back to square one...!

Yes that's right folks, there's another bun in the oven and I will briefly experience the 3 kids under the age of 4 scenario.


But I hear that more than one is just "more than one".

Although someone said I was a glutton for punishment which I think is also probably true but as someone who has always wanted a big family with lots of squabbling, fun, memories and mess I'm happy to grow another tiny person inside me and add to the flock.

Since I've had a loooong summer hiatus from blogging I just thought I'd let you all know where the little ladies +1 are at.

Little Lady no1:

• Is at preschool; she has teachers and everything! Although can I find a pair of plimsolls that fit her...? I've already had to take two pairs back and now she's one of the odds ones in slippers.
• Is cheeky and chatty beyond belief (really need to blog on convos with my 2....oh, now 3 year old).  "Mummy where do ducks sleep? Mummy do horses cover up their poo?" Let your imagination run wild, she certainly does!
• Sounds worryingly like me.
• Can use the tablet almost as competently as me, almost...
• Loves stories and singing and wiggling her bum to songs on the radio.
• Is fully engaged in a home preshcool curriculum with me.  Every day we do something related to the letter of the week which is related to a bible story and I have to say we're both really enjoying it and growing together in our Bible knowledge and enthusiasm for God's word. We found the syllabus here: God's Little Explorers
• And just to let you all know that we're a nice normal family Little Lady no1, has started every morning this week on the naughty step for a. refusing to come downstairs, b. refusing to take her nappy off, c. refusing to say please, d. throwing a hissy fit about being asked to do any and all of the above!

as for Little Lady no2:

• She eats like a horse....a  petite, delicate, starving horse....her portions are almost as big as her sister's, she finishes before her sister, is less fussy, more grumpy if you don't feed her fast enough, and is finished and ready to play again quicker than her sister who also spends regular time on the naughty step at meal times too....
• Is pointing at everyone and everything...and I'm a little bored of saying single words over and over again to myself and having people look at me like I'm a crazy person: "tree", "house", "tree", "man", "tree" etc etc etc...
• Is nearly ready for shoes! The best thing about girls is being able to buy so many shoes. The down side is tiny shoes are so expensive...oh and also girls mess with your mind....sort of hoping for a boy this time at least they only mess with the house...although their shoes are equally expensive.
• Has begun signing hoorah! Dog and swimming are current favourites and they're even in context.
• Likes to stand at the window sill, climb into the toy box and generally put herself in peril.

Little addition no3:

• Has been kicking for a couple of weeks....despite those who don't believe me I simply don't suffer that badly with wind.....and by baby no3. I know what it feels like ok!?
• Is the size of a lemon according to baby centre's "Poppy seed to pumpkin: how big is your baby?" page!
• Is coming with me on my journey into a low sugar diet. Apart from the two small slices of homemade apple pie...because, of course, it would have been a crime against all apple pies everywhere to not eat some and check that it was ok for everyone else to eat.

Wow no wonder I'm tired.

Off to bed now, oh wait.

I have to put the littles to bed and then go food shopping and then catch up on last nights Bake Off!