We went to the Christmas carols at Coomera last Sunday night. The highlight for Grace was that she got her first pony ride! She was so excited and absolutely loved it! She held on by herself and wasn’t scared at all! We all enjoyed the carols, but by about 7pm the kids were ready for bed so we headed off!
~Grace's first pony ride~
They were both worn out from swimming early at Whitewater world! Grace has learnt to walk to the top of the waterslide by herself and put herself on. Duane catches her at the bottom...she loves it! Xavier and I mainly sit in the shallow water, he loves kicking around and splashing! We all have so much fun there...it will be a great place to cool off in summer!
We had mothers group on Wednesday. Grace was in full swing pushing Cooper and Malia about. She is fine when I am constantly reminding her to be gentle, but as soon as I stop watching her she starts again. I have been trying to tell her that they don’t like that, and they just want cuddles. She starts cuddling for a bit...but the pushing starts again too. I am just finding it so hard to keep near her all the time, especially if Xavier needs attention too. She has also been giving him lots of little “love taps!” I think that I will have to introduce time out.
So we went to Harvey Norman yesterday to have photos with Santa. Grace was a little scared but we managed to get a few good ones with all of us and also one with just Xavier and Grace. We have been talking to her about giving her dummies to Santa and he will bring her a “bouncy”. So we talked about it all day yesterday telling her that Santa needed the dummies to give to the sick babies. She seemed to understand that we were going to see santa to give him the dummies, and she would be getting a bouncy! So today we collected all the dummies then wrapped them up in a zip lock bag! We decorated them with lots of pretty ribbon! We all got ready and then went to visit Santa. I thought that it would be a good idea to go before her morning sleep, a bit of a trial run to see how tonight would go! So we headed off with Grace in her seat clutching her dummies. She kept on chatting about giving them to santa for the sick babies. She was happy and giggling, and I couldn’t help but feel like I was just about to break her heart. She absolutely adores her dummies and loves them to go to sleep. She has about 5 and usually has one in her mouth and the rest in her hands. She loves rubbing the rubber end into her eyes and all over her face as she is falling asleep! I felt bad for taking this little comfort from her, but I also think that it is the right thing as she is starting to get a little obsessed with them.
Once we got there she carried them in, whilst I went ahead and worded up santa! I gave him the “Glow Pooh bear” that he was to give Grace in exchange for the dummies. I also mentioned about the trampoline....He seemed a little worried and asked if we were definitely getting one for her!! Duane bought her up to Santa and at first she was a little hesitant. I think that was mainly because she was a little scared of him! They had a little chat then she handed them over and he handed her back her toy! She opened it up and seemed very excited about it! I was quietly confidant that she was going to be ok! But I guess the real test will be bed time!
~Giving dummy's to Santa~
She asked for them a few times in the car, but then she fell asleep on the way home! Duane put her into bed, she went off fine but then woke about 1 hour later. She woke up asking for her dummies, I reminded her of what happened. She started crying and getting a little upset. She went and layed on our bed with her glow baby and we had a little chat about it all. I showed her the photos on the camera of her handing the dummies to Santa. She has a few little cries but then seemed to be fine.
We went looking at Christmas lights tonight, but unfortunately we were too early and no lights were on! Xavier fell asleep in the car at about 5.30 and Grace went off at about 6.30pm. We put her into bed when we got home and haven’t’ heard from her since (its 9.30pm) Let’s hope that she has a good night! She asked a few times about them, but then she would say “Sick, babies, Santa, dummies!”
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