Don't fall asleep in the car Sophie!

I needed a breather this week after a hectic couple of months at work – so I’ve taken the week off work…its short week with Anzac day on Friday so timing is great.

I kept Sophie home from Kids Klub yesterday and I’ll do the same tomorrow –a couple of days to myself chillin’ and a couple of Sophie and Daddy days together.

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"Boo!"

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I had great intentions yesterday of taking her out on a ferry ride – (she’s been going on about boats for the past few days) but the Auckland weather turned to custard and pretty much blew out that idea. We did however; manage to spend the morning painting up a storm at home and then we went hanging out in playgrounds and parks during the afternoon. She didn’t sleep long during the day, so by mid afternoon the poor thing was knackered and then crashed out in the car on the way back from the park. You really do learn to appreciate their routines way more when you notice how much it messes with their little minds when they in fact, change their routine…’caus when she woke up in the car – she freaked and then threw a massive tantrum!

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Sophie has started to throw a few 'tanties' now and then…but yesterday definitely took the cake – didn’t matter what either one of us did…she simply didn’t want a bar from the both of us! – It took a good 90 minutes of completely ignoring her before she came round again. Let’s hope tomorrow she sleeps better during the day or else we’ll both be throwing 'tanties' in the afternoon if she repeats that again!

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The budding little artist...you should have seen my face too...she decided to use that as the canvas at one stage...

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So, apart from the odd tantrum (and I really do mean do mean hardly ever), Sophie has been a little darling…she can count all the way to 5 and she’s started learning the alphabet and can get through good chucks of it all by herself now too.

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Sophie turns 2 next Saturday – we’ve got both families coming up to see her which should be good, but Ingrid and I have no idea what we’re going to do or even buy her at this stage…(some anti tantrum pills may not be a bad idea though…)

Brad