Blogging is taking a back seat whilst I formulate a strategy to cope with my suddenly very mobile 11 month old.
Just when I thought my life would get a little easier – with Sophie joining Charlotte at school – Alice has stepped up to a new level.
This week she has gone from taking a few steps to full blown walking. Not content to simply walk, she is climbing too. She was already up and down the stairs, but now she’s climbing and standing on chairs, tables, opening doors and cupboards, testing her strength with carrying the heaviest and largest objects within reach.
My house is being reorganised by an 11-month old.
Paint pots that were out of reach are being found in her grasp and splattered all over the floor. Glitter trays upturned. No art work is safe.
I reckon I should get the packers in, put the entire contents of the house into storage (apart from the coffee machine, wine and chocolate) and replace with soft play furnishings.
I’ll be back when I’ve had a chance to restrategise.
Never mind ‘Year of the Rabbit’, I’ll be hopping lucky to survive!
My week ahead includes…
- Hubbie’s Birthday on Saturday
- Chinese New Year Parade Sunday
- Chinese Grandma and Granddad fly home on Valentine’s Day
- Alice turns 1 (help!) on Wednesday!
Thankfully Charlotte and Sophie are having a fabulous week at school, but are tireless with their energy levels… asleep around 8.30/9.00pm and awake 7.00am. I have been taking them swimming after school (Monday), playing at the park (Tuesday), walking to and from school (every day), but they are incredible energy-tabs – still I shouldn’t complain – they are lovely, bright sparks and I really wouldn’t wish them any other way x 🙂
Could just do with Alice sleeping through the night and I might stand half a chance of keeping up with them! x
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EEEEEK! You probably thought you’d have a little bit more time up your sleeve hey! And I can’t believe she’s climbing already…mind you I’m guessing her little mind is thinking I gotta get up to speed quick to keep up with my ever active sisters 🙂 Good luck strategising!
Thanks Meghan – I know – I totally got that wrong! Little Alice has seriously upped the anti and is several steps ahead of me (literally!).
I’m also finding life INCREDIBLY busy from 3pm on. Charlotte & Sophie are full of chatter about their day, school projects, reading, after school hobbies, play-dates (and then there’s the need to make sure they fill up on liquid and food after a busy school day so that low sugar levels don’t turn ugly…). We’ll soon all settle into the new routines… definitely going to be a movie night on Friday! 🙂 x Hope you’re having a good week. Lovely to bump into your hubbie outside Deluxe the other morning (I was enjoying a rare 10 min coffee with my hubbie – usually we only talk via our iphones!) xx
What a lovely happy blog and love all the piccies. So pleased to hear school is going so well…give them a hug from us.Alice is adorable and so are her sisters.Good luck with the reorganising..but you sound fine.
Go Alice! A tiring stage, but she sounds so full of life and energy. Ryan is fourteen months, taking a few steps here and there but mostly likes to climb. So I can definitely relate!!
wow Alice is having fun isnt the !!!
splattering paint all over the floor etc
wow thts late bedtime for your older girls
yet they can still wake in good time for school
Daniel is in bed by 730 and usually asleep by 8
and sometimes sleeps in til 745
oh wow, that sounds like fun! Little Bun is walking, climbing, throwing everything on the floor too… I’ve given up tidying up, hence the blogging 🙂 Big sympathy!
Sounds like fun… 😀
My suggestion would be to put a baby gate or two up for the rooms that are completely off limits (art room) etc. The other thing is to set up a climbing course in the living room with cushions etc… Monkey was walking at 9 or 10 months and I know the pain… Luckily he’d been doing the climbing before that so we were all set up 🙂
As for the afternoons, a sit down chat with all 3 girls straight after school could help get them all fed and watered before the mayhem starts. That’s what we had to do as kids.
We may see you at the parade on Sunday 🙂
You sound like you are doing an amazing job keeping up! Your girls are very lucky! Routine is the key which you obviously already know. Even the most free-spirited kids love some routine. Have a lovely week and weekend.