Lydia's "Not My Snowman" Book

Lydia's class made their own "That's Not My" books. Here is her most impressive effort with her own writing and pictures...

Lydia's writing

Lydia is continuing to pick up some writing skills from both nursery and her big sisters. Mostly she is pretty good at her name - but her is her trying to write hallelujah. Yes, really!

Miriam wrote a story!

Really - all by herself.

Miriam Counting

Ahead of Miriam starting school (IN THREE DAYS!) I thought it would be good to share this from last month - she had a go at writing out her numbers and has done a pretty good job!

Teeth

Our big grown-up Naomi has started losing some teeth...

First they go a little squint

Then they wobble

Then... oh dear, they fall out and get lost in the sink.
Naomi wrote this note to the tooth fairly explaining the situation.
"Dear The Tooth Fairy, I lost my tooth down the down stairs plug hole. My tooth fell out this morning"
Fortunately this was enough to result in tooth fairy pennies appearing (which she then kindly shared with her sisters!)

Today, another one fell out. Hope she's being careful this time!

Fathers' Day

Is today! And it's been pretty good. A long lie which was very much appreciated, followed by cards and hugs from all my favourite girls.

Card from all on the left, and home-made by Miriam on the right

Naomi's on the left (that's a picture of her), and another from Miriam on the right

Naomi wrote this, it's "God loves you" - and my daughters have helped me know this so much more than I did before.

That's me on the left and Miriam on the right (Miriam's people all have that fancy hair just now)

Miriam's other card. I think one of the figures is Jay.

Naomi wrote this on everyone's behalf. 

Naomi drew me a milkshake. This was an excellent supplement to the large chocolate I was also provided with today.

Lydia did her bit too!

Miriam drew this...

... and this - obviously that's a flag on the right. The bit on the left is a dress with a heart at the top.

Miriam also drew me some faces.

Naomi drew me the whole family!

One of the best parts of the day was that Naomi told me she didn't mind what we did as long as we could spend time together. This is pretty much my thinking on family time too! So while Jay went for a reciprocal nap this afternoon, I had a couple of hours uninterrupted play with Naomi and Miriam. For the most, part we made things with the play snow, and it was really good fun. After that, Lydia got up from her nap and we played "hiding under a blanket" for a bit - then it was a mixture of TV, reading stories, play kitchen and other such things.

It's a real privilege to be father to these three girls. I love them!

Artwork

Naomi and Miriam are both pretty very creative with drawing and painting. Most parents will be familiar with the issue of what to do with your offspring's delightful works - it's hard to throw any of them away but there is so much it quickly becomes a fire hazard! Our solution to this is to get a photo of every creation, and recycle the physical version. We are intending at some point to have a spot where we can put up the most recent piece of art for display - but haven't quite got round to it yet.

Anyway, we've a few of the really good ones to show off...

 Naomi's family portrait, before the Lydia arrived. Spot the baby in mummy's tummy!

Miriam goes for more of a Jackson Pollock approach 

We asked her what "it" was. It is what you think.

Naomi's self portrait

Also - Naomi can now write her name.