I’d forgotten how adorable this stage is. After spending the previous 12 months on a “watch and learn” protocol Baby Bear is now out of the bag. This means a multitude of new words every day and a crazed insistence that she participates in everything. She chooses her own clothes usually best party dress, gumboots and fairy wings to bed and pyjamas to go to the shops. She is no longer content to be the innocent bystander in the family, she’s on a mission to shape her days.
We can’t just walk past the building that houses the library without a hysterical cry “Books! Books! Books!”, followed by the chicken shop “Chips!Chips!Chips” and then the cafe “Bik!Bik!Bik!”. Big Sis and Little Bro are quickly learning to take Baby Bear’s needs into account as she has fully mastered the art of “whistle blowing”. I often feel a tug at my trouser leg only to be greeted by Baby Bear’s serious little face as she announces “Pushed me - Come”. She then leads me to the culprit and points at them insistently with her chubby little fist, chanting “Pushed me!Pushed me!Pushed me!”.
DSO commented the other day, that in his opinion, she has mastered all requisite skills for corporate life. The rest, as they say, is window dressing.
