New talents and little obsessions

Rosie

New talent: Growling, especially when she's looking at something that interests her. She's been exploring the higher tones of her voice for a while now and seems to have just discovered the lower ones. Today she was looking at a toy, turning it over in her hands and growling softly to herself. It's like having a puppy.

Little obsession: Remote controls. She always wants to hold them but if I let her play with them she ends up reprogramming the TV and I can't find any of the channels. Yesterday I gave her an inexpensive calculator that we gave Toby when he became interested in the remotes. Toby would quite happily play with the calculator, pointing it at the TV or holding it up to his ear like a phone. Rosie looked at the calculator then looked at me as if to say "What the hell is this?! I want the remote, not a bloody calculator" then she chucked the calculator on the floor and reached for the remote.


Toby

New talent: Drawing Mickey Mouse. We were sent a DVD to prepare for our trip to Disneyland in June and it includes a segment on how to draw Mickey Mouse. Toby watched it half a dozen times today and drew a surprisingly good Mickey!

Little obsession: The British X-Factor winner has released a song called That's My Goal and Toby loooves it. He calls it 'the quiet song' and asks me to play it every time we're in the car. So funny to hear that sweet three-year-old voice in the backseat singing along. Not quite as funny as when Toby sings 'my hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps..." but, you know, funny.