Ok, this happened months ago, but it's so ace I have to share. 

My young lassie was a dummy/pacifier user.  I tried without success to take them off her.  I started off by buying two dummies.  those broke, so I bought another 2...lost one, so bought another 1.  so in total, I had bought 5 dummies, with two going at a time; one for the bag and one for the bed.  She only ever used it at nap or bed time. 

She got down to her last dummy.  I was reluctant to buy another, so she just used the one.  It finally broke.  So, here goes, I decided that was it.  I told her she couldn't have it because it was broken.  She wasn't happy with that at all.  So, I completely removed the teat from her dummy and gave her just the cap.  She looked at it, tried to suck on where the teat should be and looked again.  She looked up at me puzzled.  "but it's broken, I don't want it"  and that was the end of the story.  I kept the broken one for a couple of weeks just to remind her.  She's never looked back since.  This happend around December last year.  She was about 2 1/2. 

TOOT-TOOT

I promised Luke that we'd do something special for him with the next foto friday day..He loves having his face painted.  So this is the photo I took just seconds before the battery died.  I would have loved to get one where he seemed a might happier, but oh well.  Now, he really does love his face painted.  He is sooooo good.  He sits there for seemingly sooooo long(in little boy's time) and gets soooooo sleepy.  I'm just glad this one he didn't dribble.  Oh...he's a robot..oh well, I try

Like funerals and weddings, cameras can bring out the best and worst of people.  Alyssa turns into a defiant and unco-operative minx, and Luke turns into a completely poseable figurine.

Yesterday, Luke was playing on my computer with his favourite game "Jump Start Explorers".  I took the opportunity to try and get a fairy dress on Alyssa and get some snaps.  I bought it for her last year, and have never been able to have it on her for more than 30 seconds.  I have found by telling her that it is Kelly's dress(a playgroup friend) she seizes the moment and wants to wear anything. (wicked)  So, she put on the fairy dress, and I didn't try too hard to make her pose, it's not her thing.  I got some nice shots, and then LUKE REALISED WHAT WE WERE DOING.  I quickly explained that I just wanted to get some girlie fairy like pictures and we'd do something special for him next time.  Luke and cameras....well, he loves them.  He couldn't resist trying.

Ah.....aren't kids just priceless?  The simple things....our new above ground swimming pool has them tickled pink...for now.