Clothes Horse (miniature Shetland Pony)

It was a bit cold outside today so we spent a lot of time inside going through your clothes and mine. If I had a dollar for every time you wore my underpants on your head today I'd be a rich man and I'd buy you some of your own that would fit without covering your eyes and so you didn't walk into walls. But anyway, unless I find a sponsor for that, it will have to go on the back burner.

You're really starting to discover blankets, pillows and beds now. I'm noticing concepts snapping into place every week. Instead of sitting up on the lounge for your morning bottle, you insisted on being in bed and you pulled the blanket over yourself and seemed to enjoy the whole experience immensely.


We had a few cuddles in bed today, both lying with our heads on the same pillow and the doona pulled up high. You gave me lots of kisses and I tried to get you to close your eyes so we could both pretend we were sleeping. I think there was a problem with me telling you to close your eyes, and then opening mine to check to see if you had closed them and I think you'd see me open my eyes and then... well. There wasn't much eye closing going on. You did try really hard a few times. You even resorted to holding your eye lids shut with a finger on each one, but they'd still pop open. Such confliction, cute to watch.



You tried on more of your own clothes than you did of mine for once. You're quite good now at getting jumpers on (umper) though you sometimes have trouble fitting into the 5th or 6th layer. Remember for the future kiddo, take off a top after you've tried it on AND THEN try the next one on. Sure, it's a great way to shoplift at Target but lets keep that one up our sleeve shall we? You also, always, put the tops on back to front. Early days yet though. You don't need to panic when your hand doesn't reappear out the end of the sleeve as soon as you expect it to. They come back, they always do. they're attached!

So, in case I haven't covered these things lately; You call yourself Yarlie, you say 3...2....3 and then jump off the end of the lounge and onto the pillows followed by a little girly scream. You know most of the colours (well all the important ones that are used on football jumpers) and you're excellent with animal names and sounds. You are the Stairmaster. You tell us when you've done a poo. You prefer being naked. If given the option you will always choose frozen peas. Even if they weren't originally one of the options... You love wearing hats and you love mum and dad the most.

Your Oma sent down some parcels this week. They had lots of exciting books to read but most exciting of all, stickers on the envelope and the card!! You spent a lot of time with them after you had liberated them from their dreary paper prisons. We looked pretty cool with our piscatorial tattoos I must say. Although having a starfish on my forehead creeped me out a little a clown fish on yours suited you beautifully. Rock on baby.



PS. When I removed a particularly crusty Nasal Boulder from your left nostril today, you said 'Yarlies yuck' and then gave me the softest little kiss ever to say thank you dad for rescuing me.

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