Abi Studios

There is a dear husband called Richard
Who loves playing the looney in pictures
He is loyal and true
and takes ages to poo
I love my dear husband called Richard

Anna Brown

Abi was looking at my face this morning in a “you’ve got eyebrows” “you’ve got a big tounge”, I’ve got a little tounge” kind of way when she noticed the mole on my cheek for the first time. “You’ve got a cheek button” She said.

Abi’s been chosing her own clothes for a while now. Citing a preference for dresses or trousers and skirts. This week she has taken it up a notch. She is chosing her clothes out of her draws and then laying them on the floor in the order she wants them put on. She still wants odd socks and likes to fluctuate between pink days, punk days and princess days.

Those that have had children will know about sleepless nights and funny smelling nappies. But then they’ll also know about the unbelievable feeling you get when you hold your child for the first time and smell its skin and think this is about as good as life can get!

As a father, I know I will never tire of staying awake all night if my child needs me or changing countless nappies or if she gets into trouble at some point in life I will join her in whatever smell she kicks up. She’s my daughter.

Eden have had some special infants on ice mornings. After initial trepidation and wearing the wrong very slippery shoes Abi and her friend millie loved it.

I asked abi to stop doing something the other day, she kept going. So I asked her again. After the third time I moved her away so she could not do it any more. She retorted with “you’re such a monkey, mummy”.

It continues to increase, she still wears nappies, probably because she knows mum would love her out of them. When we clean her up on a nappy change she has taken to saying. “it’s my bum, don’t touch me”. If she knows she’s about to be told off she put her fingers to her lips and says “no” to sush us. She also tells older children to be quiet in church, maybe she has that teachers gene after all.

Long tme no post Rich changed the system for a bit but wer’re back now. Abis new words she loves to have her “jammammas” on when she is tired and likes “dressing up” on her lettuce.

I had no idea that Abi was going to caricature Rich and I in such amusing ways. She copies so much of what we do and say it’s scary. I don’t need to tell her off very often as she does it herself, she also praises herself. If she says “please” she then follows it with “good girl”. Tonight she really wanted a video played and told me “baby video, thank you kind mummy” followed by when I did it. (this was around spring summer 2007) just found it in drafts

Abi is today announcing that she is entering the bag lady competition for the greatest number of bags that can be carried round by one little person at one time. She also seams to be hankering after an office job as she is frequently to be seen saying “hello hello” into the mouse whilst tapping on the keyboard.