Love is like the icing on a cupcake

While driving to our weekly swimming lesson today:
Isla: "Mum, I love Nana Linda the best".
Me: "That's great honey. Why do you love Nana Linda the best"?
Isla: "Because she lets me taste the icing when we make cupcakes and she makes cupcakes with me when it's not even my birthday".
Me: "But we make cupcakes all the time at home too".
Isla: "Yeah, but last time you didn't let me taste the icing". (She didn't even want them iced if I recall..)
Me: "Sorry honey, next time I will let you taste the icing okay?"
Isla: "Thanks mum, but I just think it's best if I live at Nana Linda's".

A case for the family court perhaps?

Little red riding hood.

Isla goes to a pre-school dance class and a few months back she participated in her first show - the level of cuteness just cannot be described. They danced the dearest dance to Little Red Riding Hood by Sam Sham and the Pharaohs.

We were SO proud of our girl. We missed a few classes with being in the states and from illness, so she didn't get to practice all that much. We tried at home a few times, but with Lachy joining in and the dog play-fighting with us every time we dance or run around inside the house it soon descended into just silliness, not anything constructive.

Anyway, her class did a great job, our little dreamer concentrated and did so well. I very much doubt I would have confidently gotten up at her age and danced like she did in front of a few hundred people. So much fun and we are very proud of our little Red Riding Hood!

Snapshot of life right now....

Me: Obsessed with rhubarb cake (actually any cake, but especially rhubarb), really, really want to try a cronut too - croissant/donut hybrid with custard - what's not to love. Sugar addiction anyone?  Also I can't wait for the next season of Game of Thrones and Downtown Abbey - polar opposites but love them both. Waiting is sadly not my strong suit.

Isla: Out of the blue yesterday "Mum, where do babies come from". Cripes. She would not be fobbed off either. Think I'll be ordering a book to help with this one...

Francis: work, work, work!

Lachy: Tantrums! Think the frustration of being on the cusp of talking is really getting to him. Probably having a cold for basically the entire winter has not helped.

Very much looking forward to three days in Taupo next weekend, bring on the better weather and some snow!

Slow down!

After kindy today Isla stripped off her track suit, donned a clean top, her favorite Trelise Cooper skirt (hand-me-down!) and her brand new jandals and announced "I'm going to be SO fashion in this".

Oh dear lord, where does this come from? You have just, just turned four!

Slow down baby girl, and please don't start worrying about things like that yet!