100 Things about my lovely little girl

100 Things about my lovely little girl:

I was inspired by someone to write 100 things about my little girl. It was a really helpful exercise to do as it encouraged me to think of the positives at a time when I felt we were struggling and things felt quite negative. I love that I’ve only known her 4months, but I already know so much about her. What makes her tick, and what doesn’t. When times are challenging I’ll look back on this list and smile.

1. She has a beautiful smile
2. She is very friendly, loves to wave at people
3. She is very interested in people’s names, ‘who’s that’ is a constant question
4. She loves a good hug & a cuddle
5. She loves her cuddly toy dog we gave her before we’d even met her
6. She loves her family – grandparents, aunties, uncles
7. She is very tall, must remember she’s only 2!
8. She has amazing speech for her age
9. She loves her food, sausages are a favourite
10. She is learning to scoot, but can’t steer very well yet
11. She loves books, will sit & read on her own or with someone for ages
12. She knows we’re Mummy & Daddy & is happy to see us when we’ve been apart (even if it’s just to pop to the toilet)
13. She likes slides, but not the ‘wet bottom’
14. She loves church, particularly Sunday school & giving the peace
15. She loves cheese, even the stronger flavour ones
16. She likes to be pretty & have her hair done
17. She is really cute when she very excitedly tells Daddy ‘it’s nearly tea time’ & tries to open his office door
18. She loves nursery rhymes, twinkle twinkle is still a fave
19. She loves the staff at playgroup & always runs in for a cuddle, they love it too
20. She has an amazing memory, particularly for names and places, basically she never forgets
21. She loves music & having a dance
22. She used to sleep through the night, not any more!
23. She knows lots of colours
24. She loves to run, she’s got a lot more confident and steady running
25. She wants to go running to get a medal like mummy
26. She likes watching television, thinks she is Tree-Fu Tom for some reason
27. She appears to have selective hearing at times, as all toddlers do I’m sure
28. She is starting to work out where she lives, can say her address correctly
29. She’s very interested in all the street names, needs to know all of them
30. She loves flowers, and can’t help but want to touch them
31. She has got a lot better at not drinking the water or eating the bubbles in the bath
32. She knows her alphabet & can identify all the letters
33. She knows numbers 1-10, gets a bit confused by the teens.
34. She enjoys watching frozen ‘Let it go’ every night before bed
35. She sleeps with many soft toys in bed
36. She has a very cute high pitched voice when she’s excited
37. She loves the tickle monster book, we’ve read it so many times she knows it off by heart
38. She was very excited and proud when she got to wear pants (pull ups) for the 1st time
39. She loves climbing, anything
40. She has an infectious laugh
41. She loves to bring a toy with her on any trip out the house
42. She loves the park
43. She claps herself when she’s proud
44. She likes to say ‘you are funny’ like in Mr Tumble
45. She likes to loudly say ‘what’s the man/lady doing’ when it’s actually not a man/lady, cue move on quickly
46. She likes to run up our street by herself on the way home.
47. She likes to draw & colour & will make grandad draw endless pictures
48. She likes everyone/thing has to have a name, and then mummy has to think of new ones & remember them all.
49. She has huge feet, already a size 10
50. She likes looking for the moon/Venus
51. She loves fruit, strawberries, blueberries & grapes are faves
52. She loves having her photo taken, does a silly scrunched up face smile & then always want you to show her the photo afterwards
53. She sits on the potty & says ‘me do a wee wee please’ & claims she’s done one within milliseconds
54. She is very comfy sleeping in the car
55. She is very concerned when other children are crying/having a tantrum, but can have an equally good cry/tantrum herself
56. She likes to watch a bit of Jamie Oliver with Mummy
57. She listens to a lot of Radio 2 with mummy, gets really excited when her fave song comes on
58. She loves the siren that plays on Radio 2 on a Friday afternoon
59. She loves emergency vehicles, especially with flashy lights & sirens
60. She knows that poorly people go to the hospital where doctors and nurses make them better
61. She likes to visit the hospital where mummy works & seeing all the poorly people in bed.
62. She did think we only bake for mummy’s friends at the hospital as when we made some brownies she asked if we were going to take them to the hospital
63. She likes to help bake & then lick the bowl & spoon
64. She looks cute in her little apron
65. She likes to play with play doh, and try to eat it
66. She’s not keen on having her hair washed or combed
67. She will say ‘hello doggy’ to every dog we see out & about
68. She was very good with her first advent calendar, only ate 1choc every night
69. She was very cute when listening to Rudolph the red nose reindeer at Christmas as she was always very concerned he couldn’t ‘join in any reindeer games’
70. She was not keen on Santa when she met him at the playgroup Christmas party, have a great photo to show her when she’s older
71. She believes anything Christmas related has gone ‘back to the north pole’ until next Christmas
72. She likes to sing happy birthday
73. She knows she is 2 & will be 3 when it’s her birthday
74. She is very active in bed & is frequently found on top of the duvet the wrong end if the bed
75. She still doesn’t get out of bed herself, will always wait until we come and get her. Will also call for Daddy to pick up toys which have fallen from her bed.
76. She is normally very good at entertaining/singing to herself in the morning, on a good day we can have a lie in until 8 if she is settled
77. She is very interested & likes playing with people’s phones
78. She has a musical mobile phone. It came with her, its very well used & loved
79. She is a fan of Minnie Mouse
80. She has some very cute Minnie Mouse wellies
81. She can walk quite a long way now, won’t be needing the pushchair for much longer
82. She likes to try to help Daddy do some work, she likes to ‘type’ on a spare keyboard he has that’s not plugged in
83. She knows what a full stop, question mark & exclamation mark are
84. She likes to wave to Daddy when he’s in his office every time we go out/come home, is so excited to see him again, every time
85. She likes to tug at her ears, think it’s a comfort thing
86. She likes to have her face stroked
87. She was a bit confused by the concept of middle names
88. She will whisper her name when anyone asks what it is
89. She loves to study people’s photos on their name badges
90. She has the most gorgeous curly springy hair
91. She loves a babychinno, it’s our monthly treat to go to a coffee shop and have on
92. She’s rarely ill & can now attempt to blow her own nose
93. She has coped with so much change in the last year, she is doing so well
94. She’s excited to be a big girl & go to nursery
95. She calls mostly for Daddy, but sometimes Mummy in the night
96. She always starts the next day bright and cheerful, no matter how tricky the day before was
97. She loves a good snuggle in a blanket
98. She loves being tucked up in bed
99. She has the most beautiful big dark brown eyes.
100.    She has taught me so much about myself & inspires me to be better person & Mum. I feel honoured I get to be her Mummy