Last week

Last week was a long one as Bluet's daycare was closed because of spring break (american for half term). So we took turns in watching Bluet during the day. Here are some snapshots of the week.

The love of numbers continues. One day last week we went into Bluet's room and found all the numbers lined up like this on the window sill. One of her favourite activities is to go to the lift and press the button for our floor - she knows that it is a three, so she'll enter the lift at speed, look up and say 'press three?', which is the correct thing to do the 50% of the time we are heading up.

Next, here are some photos of Bluet enjoying the Japanese garden in the park near our house. Whilst the Japanese garden is nice and supposed to be relaxing, the rules instructing you to stick to the paths do not fit with Bluet's interpretation of zen.

And of course, Bluet still loves her letters. So Emily bought her this shirt. She also still loves the mirror (although she has realized that Teulb is just Bluet, backwards.

Spot the 'sticky' on Bluet's face

We finished the week, reunited with each other and Ikea:

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Exhausted, Bluet took a 4 (four!) hour nap

You can teach a young baby new tricks

Over New Year, Aunt Abatha, whilst juggling 3 kids, found time to kindly teach Bluet how to clap her hands. At 5.30AM on the 2nd of January, I took this video.

Bluet was happier to be awake at this time than I.

5,000 Hits, you say?

In the post preceding this one you can see what I found in the vaults - a lost post of Emily's from the 3rd of June - no idea why it never went up then, but nice to see now. She looks very different these days, even though that was just a few months ago.

(Actually, the blog software put it where it was originally written - you can view it here : http://bluet2011.blogspot.com/2011/06/bluet-in-action.html)

And here is a more recent picture of Bluet hanging out with her friend Caroline at the Blue Point Brewery. Although it isn't clear from the photo, Bluet has started to respond to other babies, reaching out to touch/grab them (the other baby in the mirror remains the one that makes her laugh the most).

Bluet's New Friend

Every day, somewhere 'twix special play time and bath time, we take a minute for Bluet to greet her friend Teulb. The two of them are exactly the same age and seem to be totally in synch - particularly, when Teulb smiles Bluet smiles, and one time they even spat up at the same time. And yesterday, Bluet reached out to touch Teulb, and Teulb to touch Bluet - it really was quite sweet. Sadly, Teulb lives in the mirror, so the two of them are unlikely to ever really hang out. Strangely she is more interested in Teulb than any real babies she ever met. So every day it seems a good idea to let Bluet smile at Teulb, and Teulb smile at Bluet.

Then to the bath, and once all areas are cleaned and dried, Bluet gets her bedtime story. We started with 'Brown Bear Brown Bear', although I secretly think she's probably already ready for Harry Potter.

In unrelated news, Bluet appears to have discovered her thumb, and has started to suck it. It seems surprising to me as it looks too small to be satisfying, but it is very sweet. Stay tuned to this space for a photograph or two over the weekend.