Last Friday, we met up with Liz and Nathaniel at the library as there was no Friday Frogs. When Nora and I got to the library we saw Andrea with Ella and Baby Lucas. Nora and Ella started playing and choosing books while Andrea and I chatted. Our little Toots get together completed when Liz arrived with Nathaniel.

As the moms chatted, Nora started jumping about. Not the quietly jumping but seriously loud stomping kind of jumping. Ella and Nathaniel must have decided that it was fun and funny and joined in. So, we had three toddlers jumping up and down and the moms trying to shush them to no avail…

Until…

The librarian came over and told us to keep it down as the floor is not really sound proof and people down stairs can actually hear the stomping.

Oh dear… the last time I was told off by a librarian was in University and trust me that was a long time ago.

That did the trick and they stopped but didn’t stop them from redecorating the library with books everywhere.

Sigh…

Well… I’ve signed Nora up to do ballet and maybe… just maybe she’ll stop stomping around!

Yeah… I can hear you say ‘Wishful thinking…’

We then decided to go to Fara, a secondhand baby/toddler/kid stuff shop. I made a mistake of letting Nora out of her buggy. She was trying out every single toy and then pointed to a pair of black shoes to me. I told her that we’re just window shopping and not getting anything. I asked her to get in the buggy so we could leave and she threw the biggest tantrum ever!

That was the first time she threw a tantrum in public! I was at a loss! I seriously did not know what to do. I kept on trying to calm her down. Just kept on and on saying her name. In the end when she did calm down, and I agreed that she could walk and not get in the buggy but we are not getting that pair of black shoes. She walked out of the shop holding Liz’s hand as she was still upset with me.

But she was soon in her buggy again and all is well when we got back to our neighbourhood, especially when we stopped at Primark and I got her a new sun hat and sunglasses… not that we need them now as apparently the weather will return to the norm instead of the summer sun we had of late… but they will be handy for our trip to Malaysia

Anyway… Nate will be away for 2 weeks… so she won’t have her usual Friday playmate for the next two Fridays

But by that time, she had changed me mind and told me that Sam is her best friend And when we got home, she told me Daisy is her best friend but Daisy wasn’t at Nursery yesterday.

Hayley also told me that Joseph (another staff member) told her that Nora told him that she loves Nathaniel, which I thought was sweet. They do see each other almost every other Friday and play really well together.

But when I told Jules at dinner time, Jules said that ‘I say hello to that boy every time I see him. I think I need to have a few more words with him next time.’

For heaven’s sake! They’re only two and a half!

Part of me can’t believe it’s been 2 years 6 months since the first day I held her.

But then part of me thinks ‘Has it only been 2 years 6 months?’

She is growing up so fast.

Today, as she’s still recovering from a bout of fever, I took her out for some fresh air. First to the farm with Nate and his mommy and then we went to the National Trust park to meet up with Maya and her mommy.

She enjoyed her time out… but was unwell again when she got home.

She’s resting now.

2 years 6 months… I wonder if I ever stop worrying about her.

Probably never…

I kept asking her if she fell and she said no. She said her nose doesn’t hurt… so I guess it was just a nose bleed. But she told me it’s red paint… the blood on a box.

She was sleeping in my room and there were big spot of blood all over the duvet cover!

I wasn’t even sure if we’d be able to have a swimming lesson if her nose starts bleeding again… but it was fine.

So it was swimming lesson, carrot cake at Cafe Nero, a wander around Primark… and her insisting we go to the perpustakaan (library) even though we went there this morning!

But we did have a pleasant detour… we stopped over at Maya’s. I didn’t expect her to be in as usually she’s at the childminder’s on Fridays and I wanted to talk to Lina (Maya’s mom) about Sunday… but she was home and Nora had a bit of playtime with her… which was nice

I’m hoping for a more relaxing day tomorrow…

We went to Nate’s second birthday party today… and we had so much fun! Nora and Nate played well together… not exactly a surprise really as they do spend three days a week playing together at Nursery. But it was still nice seeing them laugh and play

Yes, Nathaniel and his mom turn left and we turn right to head home.

And I told Nora that we will head there too on Monday when we go to Nathaniel’s second birthday party… and Nora then started to sing ‘Happy Birthday Nora’

Not yet Nora… take your time… don’t grow up too quickly.

Yes, Nora does give all her concentration when she wants too.

As I was chatting to Nathaniel’s mom yesterday, Nora was sharing her raspberries with Nate. Liz commented that she’s such a bad mom for not having any treats for Nate. I replied, ‘You don’t need to bribe your child to get into the buggy!’

Yes, I’m having a hard time getting Nora to sit on her buggy. She wants to walk. That is good but it takes ages for her to walk all the way home. So, I usually have her juice or some snack in my bag to tempt her on to the buggy… doesn’t always work unfortunately and we’ll be having a little row on the way home.

And she’ll be crying until we reach our street, and that’s where I let her out so she can walk home and shout ‘sampai rumah’ when I open the door.