2¾ years old

Drinking bleer, 12 Mar 2006 Sophie's birthday cake, 23 Feb 2006
Violin, 1 & 27 Mar 2006

Alexander playing cricket, 25 Feb 2006

Milestones & stories:

11 Jan 2006 Weight 13.5kg
Length 94cm
14 Jan 2006 Can count to 13. Can instantly identify numbers of items to 5. Recognises numerals up to
10, and has also identified "20". Crazy about "bashing" people with his "bashing torch" (gun).
30 Jan 2006 "Sophie, I your friend. You loves me wewwy wewwy much".
1 Feb 2006 Said "You get me my black skateboard 'fore winter, with two wheels at front, two wheels
at back." Answers questions with "skateboard".
11 Feb 2006 Says "tell Sophie that her big brother is" and what he is doing.
24 Feb 2006 Amusing words: "tend" (pretend) and "litch" (switch).
25 Feb 2006
    Some sayings:
  • 6 months after meeting them once: "Big Ethan at Emma's house"
  • Shining a torch on the ceiling: "Sunny day in your town; you've got to wear your hat."
  • When I asked if he was coming to play snakes and ladders: "Let me shine these 'tend
    people first. I'm shining these people on their noses and their eyelids and their lips."
  • "I can't say 'hypothermia', I can't."
  • Daddy to A: "Can you say patricide?"
    A, bouncing on Daddy's head: "Patricide! Patricide! Patricide!"
28 Feb 2006 Teeth numbers 17, 18 and 19 discovered. Started Suzuki violin.
1 Mar 2006 Daddy put Alexander to bed (read him to sleep).
8 Mar 2006 Uses "the", always pronounced "thee".
9 Mar 2006 Amusing words: "Cope-ind-tagen" (Copenhagen) and "mappy" (nappy).
"We're going on thee plane. We're in Cope-ind-tagen now. Hello 'tend Danny, hello
'tend Katie". Of belt in a big circle: "It's a big birth pool for tractors".
11 Mar 2006 Words: "Fatterpillar" (Suzuki rhythm phrase "fatter than a catterpillar), risk (rusk)
and hair-cup (hiccough). He also says "Sophie has hair-cups. Mummy, give her milky.
When I have hair-cups, I go Uncle Mike, and he cut my hair."
13 Mar 2006 Words: "arnductor" (conductor) and encore.
21 Mar 2006 20th tooth. He said "Crocodiles don't eat meat, they eat tinned avo."
Drew a picture of "Thomas [the tank engine] with wings and eyes and mouth".
27 Mar 2006 Said "Sophie is worried. She says "nyanya", that means "your booby".
2 Apr 2006 Counted 11 kneelers.
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