Keeping up

I just cannot keep up with these kids!

I have something to write on here just about everyday with the things they do and say that amuse me and amaze me. But if i did that, down the line when they come to look at this scrapbook/diary of sorts i can just imagine the eye-rolling and them chastising me for writing trivial tidbits EVERY day!

So, i try to hold back, but Isla seems to be coming up with some great ones lately. She's such a curious kid, really developing a strong, determined personality and sense of herself.

So today while driving to swimming, out of the blue (as these things usually are):
"Mum, what are humans made of?"
"Well, skin and bone..."
"What else?"
"Organs, like your heart, your lungs to breathe with, your liver..."
"What else?"
"Muscle, fat (struggling to think of other things - where is science minded Dad when you need him!)"
"Have i got all of that?"
"Of course honey"
"But that's so much stuff for a little girl to have."

Then a few minutes later:
"Mum, how do babies get into eggs".
A timely arrival at swimming allowed me to escape that one for now!

Meanwhile, the little dude is in the wars again - this morning he whacked his nose on the coffee table and it bled quite a bit. It's the first time one of the kids has had a nosebleed from an injury and it frightened me a little. Since he absolutely refused to let me ice it with frozen peas its going to be very bruised and very swollen. He's such an adventurer, but pays the price in bruises, cuts and scrapes.

His vocabulary is expanding every day and he joined his first two words the other day, "Yaya, Bye". So cute. He's such a lovely sensitive and intuitive little guy. He loves his sister, the dog, taking off his pants, blueberries and grapes (still) to distraction - can't believe is now one and a half!