Today little Bienkie turned 21 months! I can hardly believe that we are just 3 months away from her 2nd birthday. She has filled up our lives with love and laughter and has taken our hearts hostage ;-)
She is a real lil girl now - loving her tea parties with mommy & dolly. Mommy has to actively take part, pouring 'tea' (water), stirring and drinking endless cups of tea (about 15ml of water in each cup he he!). Imke is a real pro at pouring the tea and only occasionally misses the mark and spills a little. She is still a huge bookworm, and most days we read a minimum of 6 books, with a few repeat reads thrown in just to test mommy's resolve ;-) Igglepiggle and Makka Pakka & those darn Pontipines (mi mi mi mi mi mi mi) drive me dilly bit she sooo loves when I read to her and make all the noises and sing all the songs.
She is still eating well, although 2 minute noodles (or noodesh as she calls it) are the best meal on the planet in her mind... We are not having issues with breakfast anymore - thanks to a very fab suggestion by Bri! I bought some of those small boxes of cereal (6 boxes in a pack) and Imke gets to choose one herself every morning, then I open the plastic, she decants the cereal into her bowl herself, and then I give her the milk in a lil jug and she pours it in and mixes and voila - breakfast tantrums averted! But I am one step ahead of her as I have started to keep the lil boxes and plastic bags, and am now putting rice crispies or corn flakes in all of them, so she still gets to 'choose' but she end up eating what I want her to eat - sneaky mommy!
She has had 2 terribly bad nights this week, and mommy and daddy are soo tired. I think she had mozzies in her room last night, and I am waiting with bated breath for those last 4 molars..
She has started being a real toddler, all whiny and moany at times. But just when my patience is about to run out she grins at me, or says 'I nope nou mommy' (I love you mommy) and my heart melts :-) Her vocab is so vast - she astounds me every day with words he knows and understands! She is making 3 and 4 word sentences already - always just the important words though! She says peezz (please) if she wants something, but still needs to be reminded about saying thank you. Also at the moment she loves to run up to me, take my hand and say: ' Mommy, hep Imme peez?' (mommy help Imke please?).
She also no knows the first 3 letters of the alphabet, as well as the last one ;-) And she counts to 3, then says what sounds like 'sis' for all the other numbers till we get to 7, after which she says 'at, nene, tien!'
She is the friendliest girl, always smiling and waving at everyone. She just loves to see people react to her in the shops - old tannies, security guards and cashiers are her target audience and she can put on a million watts of charm if she wants to he he!
Potty learning is slowly starting - she loves putting all her dollies on the potty, and has got an infatuation with panties! She just wants to put on a panty - so one of these days I am going to bite the bullet and see if we can do a dry afternoon.
Thanks for reading my friends! I love to do this once a month update on my Imkie Bienkie - and I love that you are willing to read it :-)
Mwah
xxx
