him and her and her {week fifty}

he made us so proud in his school nativity,

speaking all his narrator words clearly and loudly,

and singing every word of the songs with actions too.

she is a little obsessed with Peppa Pig,

and on more than one day this week

has insisted that she is Peppa and we all had to play along.

she had her eight week jabs

and really suffered with them the poor little mite,

but still managed to practise lots of smiles for everyone.

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him and her and her {week forty-eight}

he is totally obsessed with learning about shapes,

seems so grown up and sensible on the walk to school,

and then turns into a total crazy, live wire when he gets home in the afternoon.

she likes to remind us daily that she wants the otter Sylvanian family for Christmas,

is going to be an angel in the preschool nativity,

and is loving practising the songs and ending with a little bow.

she has been trying out the whole 'sleeping through thing',

is every inch the dancer's baby

and simply loves being rocked and jiggled.

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him and her and her {week forty-seven}

he is such a social butterfly who seems to know everyone at school by name,

has been given the role of narrator in the school nativity,

for which he is keenly practising his lines.

she has had a cold but hasn't let it keep her down,

with a great big smile and friendly face for everyone,

and so many little friends at preschool that it makes us so proud.

she is just the most chilled and contented little baby,

even though she has managed to catch her first cold,

it doesn't seem to stop her calm and happy nature.

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him and her and her {week forty-six}

he has such an incredible desire to learn,

even though he's been poorly he's still desperate to go to school,

and keen to tell us all the things he knows.

she loves her girly morning with mummy and little sis,

when she gets to play mini mummy for a bit,

and then go back to being the baby when her sister falls asleep.

she is now officially one month old,

is completely out of newborn size clothes now

and is starting to smile.

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him and her and her {week forty-five}

he had a glowing report from his school parents evening,

is really enjoying practising writing little notes,

and loves telling us all about his school friends in other year groups.

she is such a little social butterfly,

who seems to know every single child at dancing and preschool by name,

and is currently obsessed with dressing up and being a fairy.

she has been loving having baths with her big brother and sister,

is starting to outgrow some of her smallest sleepsuits,

and is still sleeping amazingly (and we're still worried about tempting fate when we say that.)

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him and her and her {week forty-four}

he has adored having a restful week off to school,

to play lots of fun games with his bigger little sis,

and to get to bond with his littler little sis.

she is enjoying lots of family time over half term,

loves helping to lay the table and make food,

and wishes that babies didn't sleep so much.

she is still a total pro at sleeping,

only waking up Mummy and Daddy once in the night,

and is putting on lots of weight and growing fast.

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him and her and her {week forty-three}

he has been counting down the days to his half term holiday,

can't wait to enjoy some family time (especially with his new sister)

and has changed from the world's slowest eater to the world's fastest, seemingly overnight.

she is such a total mini-mummy,

who wants to smother her baby sis with attention and cuddles the entire time, 

and has graduated from babyballet with her final certificate (which she's very proud of.)

she is just, quite simply, the baby jackpot,

a chilled, content little thing who loves watching us all,

nearly as much as she loves milk and sleep.

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him and her and her {week forty-two}

he is just about the proudest big brother that any baby could ever have,

loves whispering to his baby sister that he loves her,

has decided that he loves going to football training with daddy on saturday,

and suddenly loves writing little notes.

she has taken to big sistering just as brilliantly as we knew she would,

is desperate to hold her baby at every possible opportunity,

has started talking about some of her little friends from preschool,

and loves reenacting her dance classes for us all.

she is just the perfect fit,

the most deliciously chilled little baby,

who seems happiest when surrounded by her older siblings' noise,

and smells exactly like heaven.

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him and her {week forty-one}

he has started going to football training with daddy on a saturday morning,

the jury is still out on whether he is actually 'in' to football or not yet,

but he definitely loves having some boys time each week.

she has got over her little patch of separation anxiety,

and is back to running happily into preschool with a big smile on her face,

although nothing quite beats her adorably excited face when she sees us at pick up time.

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him and her {week forty}

he just seems so grown up of late

with the sensible little things he comes out with,

but he cannot wait to be a big brother all over again

and is counting down the days until his baby sister arrives.

she just loves telling us what she gets up to at preschool each day,

is absolutely adoring both her dancing lessons each week,

and is just about the cuddliest, cutest, funniest little lady on the planet

who is snuggling like a baby one minute and trying to rule the roost the next.

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him and her {week thirty-nine}

he has settled into full days at school like its no big deal,

and is loving getting to stay for lunch and try new foods;

proud just doesn't seem like a big enough word for him sometimes.

she is three now,

utterly loved being the centre of attention on her birthday weekend,

but is having a few little mummy separation anxiety wobbles at preschool and dancing.

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him and her {week thirty-seven}

he has loved some mummy-son time this week,

especially drawing space pictures together,

and a trip to the swimming pool

where we were both total water babies.

she is officially a preschooler,

and appears to have grown up drastically before our very eyes this past week,

with her brave, happy nature

and just how exciting she's been finding her first solo adventure.

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him and her {week thirty-six}

he is starting to get twitchy to get back into routines,

has officially begun his big school countdown,

is obsessed with telling us all about the solar system,

and loves eating party rings (especially the pink ones).

she just can't get enough of the simple things in life,

like playing out in nature,

removing her shoes and socks,

and eating a big block of cheese.

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him and her {week thirty-five}

he brave and crazy and just loves being outdoors,

is the biggest beach bum I've ever known,

and would live on a beach in summer permanently if he could.

she is such a funny mixture of wild and fearless as she runs around like a fairy,

while also being a bit of nervous one who is scared of waves, 

but my goodness is she in her element at the seaside.

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him and her {week thirty-four}

he is driving us all crazy talking about planets 24/7,

is now the proud owner of school uniform ready for September,

and is completely obsessed with taking ages to wash his hands.

she gets up practically every morning and asks if she can go to the beach,

has developed a sudden, real fear of spiders,

and loves singing little nursery rhymes and songs the whole day long.

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him and her {week thirty-three}

he seems to have his nose in a book so much of the time lately,

has taken an interest in space up to obsessional levels,

and is teaching us so much about the planets that we didn't know ourselves.

she always seems to have a cheeky twinkle in her eye,

as if she's about to do or say something funny,

or is just thinking about something naughty she might do later.

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him and her {week thirty-two}

he could talk the hind legs off a donkey,

loves candlelit dinners,

and is thoroughly loving summer holiday adventures with his little sis.

she is the best little mini mummy that ever there was,

is obsessed with dry roasted peanuts,

and loves waking mummy in the mornings when she creeps into bed for a cuddle.

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him and her {week thirty-one}

he has a smile that will move mountains one day I swear,

seems to be more and more independent each day,

and says all the time that I'm "his best girl" (an award I'm going to keep forever).

she has the most amazing little personality right on the cusp of something;

all grown up with witty things to say and the cutest manners one minute,

then curling up in your lap and wanting her hair stroked so she can sleep the next.

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him and her {week thirty}

he is a space expert and is going to be an astronaut,

or so he likes to keep telling us,

and loves initiating "group hugs" with his "bestest girls".

she is obsessed with 'the very hungry caterpillar'

thinks every meal should come with a side of cheese,

and sings nursery rhymes from when she gets up in the morning until she goes to bed.

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him and her {week twenty-nine}

he has graduated from preschool

and is now on the countdown to starting big school, 

but is exhausted after a busy term of fun and parties

and excited about summer adventures and having a little bit of a rest.

she is beautifully chaotic

and spending time with her always leaves you laughing,

her ability to destroy a room in a matter of seconds is astounding,

and her skills in wrapping us around her little finger with a smile are astonishing.

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