December, 2001

At the Ballarat Wildlife park.

Loves snails, milipedes, spiders, anything...

Playgroup. She got sick of getting her face painted before the butterfly was finished.

Quotes from Dec

"I can hear a butterfly!"

J- BOTTLETOP BILL IS ON!!!

Me- I know; I can hear it, too.

J- Mummy, ssssh!! Zachy's asleep!

November, 2010

Loves her baby brother, but is a bit frustrated that he does not want to sit on her knee and be her toy baby like he's supposed to...

This is Jasmine checking out ants with Byron. She loves and adores all tiny bugs, and adopts them ("These ants are all mine!"), especially milipedes, ants and snails.

She can hoist herself up onto this swing, and now she's also mastered independent swinging. She's just a little bit proud of herself...

Typical Jasmine, off somewhere with an armful of soft toys, playing hospitals or picnics or something.

Activities:

Caught squeezing mayo onto a spoon.

Went to a craft market with just Mummy.

Quotes:

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Look, Byron! I'm hiding! See?

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Jasmine: Mummy?

Nathan: I'm not Mummy.

J: Daddy? You're the Daddy. (to me:) Daddy, you're the Mummy.

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J: (eating a pretend sandwich made of two books)

Me: What's in your sandwich?

J: (opens her mouth to give me a look.)

October, 2010

After being a flowergirl in Auntie Kylie and Uncle Matthew's wedding, she got all her twisty curls...


...which are considerably longer than they look...

cropped off :)

We did love the curls, but not the hairbrushing fights!

And we can still have pigtails, so it's all good.

This month Jasmine has been walking around on her heels, hopping, jumping off everything, teaching Zach to play the xylophone. She can pull herself up onto the tandem swing with Byron. She's had her bedtime toys culled to one or two (when six was not enough) . She made up her own favorite joke. It goes

J: Mummy?

Mum: Jasmine?

J: Yes?

and look out if you muck it up by answering "Yes?" before she does! She's also singing songs and telling stories quite well, and it's fun to start her off on "Skidamarink a dink a dink". hehe. She's also still quoting "Flushed Away", even though we've not seen it for months. At random moments she'll call out

"Give me back my ruby!"

and you have to have the correct response ready, which is "I haven't got your ruby!..." Then you have to have an argument about whether it's real or fake... hehe.

September, 2010

This month Jasmine was promoted to the big bed! That is, her big brother got the normal bed, she got his old bed with the rails, and her little brother got the cot. Hand-me-downs. Good system. Everyone was sick this month with colds and snot and coughs and fevers and vomiting. (Fun for all.)

Here she is having a go at painting, a very popular activity in our house! Auntie Kylie and Uncle Matt gave her this for her birthday, and she loves it. (And I love the smock, thanks!)

Spring rolls! Or anything that can be dipped in sauce. I think sauce is her favorite food.

Trying to make a big bubble loop work as well as Byron's identical one. Hmm.

Helping Mummy make Apple Pie.

Trying on her flowergirl dress, always happy to pose and smile for the camera. She loves the dress but didn't want me to take a photo of her. (The lion's name is "Tiger")

August, 2010

Wakes up looking gorgeous...

Checking out the noisy steam cars at Sovereign Hill, where Daddy works.

Wearing Mummy's 1920's hat.

A little upset that her boots did not keep her trousers dry and warm

Out of the cot, now, and into a new bed.

Jasmine is talking her head off, now. It's funniest when she comes out with little phrases like "My goodness!" but she seems to be able to say what she needs to. Sometimes she lapses back into mumbo jumbo, mostly when she's a bit tired. She's also pretty good at quoting Mummy ("Do what you're told to do!"), nursery rhyme parts and bits of songs. She remembers her manners most of the time, though once, when Daddy held onto the drink waiting for a thankyou, he got a "Hey! Let go!" instead.

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Who needs manners when you've got blue eyes and curls, eh?

June, 2010

This is a little late, but here are some pictures from June. There's a bit of a theme:
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Jasmine and Baby asleep in the car.

Jasmine explaining the dangers of Fire to Baby...

Jasmine and Baby having a snooze

A bit of lunch with Jasmine and Baby...

Baby was a first birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa. The name on the doll's box was "Jasmine", so we've called her Baby every since.

Jasmine this month. The theme here is TV:

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J: [long, lound squealing]

Me: What are you doing?

J: "Soupe Opera"'s on!

(note: it's a short TV show where pieces of fruit move around making pictures and stuff, and a soprano opera voice sings Soupe OperAAAAAAAAA!)

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J: Grandpa? [shakes biscuit box upside down. She's been watching a kids' show called "Grandpa in my pocket"]

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Loves jumping. Tried jumping from the top of a little slide at playgroup, like the older kids. Unfortunately, changed her mind when it was a tiny bit too late! In spite of that, she's continued to jump off things since.

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Can go from sitting on floor to standing, knees always together, without using her hands.

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When in trouble, rattles out a quick, "Sorry, Mummy; I will, Mummy!"

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Sometimes wakes up yelling, "Arthur!" (instead of "Mummy") because she hears the cartoon on.

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Thinks if she turns over the bubblewrap she can pop the other side.

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"Hop it! Hop it!" (telling Byron to go away, using a quote from "Flushed Away".)

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See below for "July". Posts are a bit out of order here :D

July, 2010

One unusually nice day in July, climbing around on the old buggy frame with Byron.



Birthday presents from Mummy (jumper) and her Uncle Simon, Auntie Esther and Sydney Cousins.

Just a bit of birthday cake... :P

Presents in the mail from Auntie Seona, Uncle Chris and her Ballarat Cousins

Making herself a bubblewrap bed on her favorite empty bookshelf shelf.

Phrases are taking off this month. She'll ask for things, like Byron does.

"Swap a the sides, By?"

"I have a milo, please, Mummy?"

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She's into pretending, like being Byron's dog, "FellaBella". She stays in character pretty well, too. Even if you ask her, "Would you like some chocolate?" she'll reply, "WOOF!" And she can pretend to be a baby (like her baby brother...?) for ages.

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Food is often something else. She wouldn't eat the last two bits of pancake on her plate, because one was the dinosaur, and the other was Dino's pancake.

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She's picked up Byron's handy "Get out of trouble" phrase. If you say, "Do you need a new nappy?" or "Did you tip that on the floor?" she'll say, "Maybe Byron!" (He deserves it.)

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She's also discovered the fun game of "Spinning with your eyes shut". hehe.

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Me: You're supposed to eat them (biscuits)

J: No! They're cars!

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Me: What are you doing?

J: Nuffin!

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She "reads" herself familiar picture books, and is getting good at remembering chunks of nursery rhymes, songs and stories. She can sometimes count to ten (including number 9).

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I've also heard her several times, calling Byron other random names: Hi Sam? John! Come here, John! Buddy! I think she just does it to annoy him, because it works! Sometimes she calls me "Dear" (as Daddy does). Zachy has been promoted to Zachady.

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[to Zach, when he sneezed] Bless your socks, Baby.

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Mummy Mummy Spider!! Ah scared!! (re cobweb)

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Possessives are big this month.

That's mine! (overused)

It's my turn. (also overused!)

No, Mummy; that's Byron's! (she's onto the "handmedown" scam...)

Byron's got my ... (hehehe)