Daddee Yah!

Quite early on I had explained to Caitlin what fuel means to a car. “It’s like food to the car; it needs energy to keep going. No petrol, and the car will not work anymore…” and somewhere along the way I had also shown her the low-fuel warning light that comes on. Sometime last week, [...]

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So it’s good that Caitlin has been able to read the alphabet for a while now. The other day, while assisting with her pj’s, she noted “M” on the tag of her pj pants. “Daddee, why am I wearing pyjamas for boys?” “Huh?” Looking at the colour scheme of what she had on. “No, these [...]

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Grandma has a big clear plastic sheet over her fabric table runner/cover for her dining table. For practical purposes, it makes wiping down a lot easier after meals, preserving the cleanliness of the fabric underneath. Caitlin was the last to finish her dinner; and Daddee had an engagement but came home to get the kids [...]

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And again, it’s not Daddee. He’s been pronouncing; more like uttering, “words” beginning with “D”. Such as “duh duh duh duh…” or “den den den…” Tonight, I kinda figured out how to “spell” something he’s been uttering for about a week now. Ardent; without the “t” of course. On a related matter of his development, [...]

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“Caleb, Caleb…. 1.. 2.. 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9……… ?” “taaaaaaannnnnnn!”

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Daddee got Domino’s Pizza delivered for lunch today (this was Sunday). With it was also an order of spaghetti. Caitlin got her share of the spaghetti and got stuck into it. From what I can see she was quite happily digging into it from the start, eyes glued to the tv (we have failed in [...]

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I had actually wanted to put this in the Random Quotes section of this blog (there, on the right), but thought it to be too significant. I don’t know if she learnt it from school, or from Sesame Street’s podcast’s – this particular episode, but somewhere along the line Caitlin’s grasped the concept of family. [...]

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