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The Ava Scarlett Show

Making No Corrections

June 26, 2012 Random Grumbles

Oh, this little girl… She says, “Mummy, can I have one of these africots?” And “Is this adocado ripe now?” And “It’s so hot outside… I need some sunscream.” She is nearly four-and-a-half. I’m not in a rush to correct these little words of hers… she’s become long and lean, and nimble. And wise. It’s [...]

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Buttons Are Tricky

January 31, 2011 Random Grumbles

Me: Okay, well, let’s get this sweater on… we’ve only got a few minutes left before school. She: I wan do buttons myself. I help her snake one arm into a sleeve, and then the other. I go to button the first little button, near the neck. She: NO! I wan do buttons MYSELF!! Me: [...]

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She’s Three – photos

January 23, 2011 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Our littlest one turned THREE the other day, and though I already posted something over here, I wanted to post my very favourite pics from her last year – she’s grown and changed quite since last January, my little darling girl: Wow. Lot of changes since last year, right? Who would have thought her hair [...]

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Laughing in the Face of Things

November 29, 2010 house stuff

We’re still toiling away on the house projects. Trying hard not to cry some days. Like when we discovered our hardwood floors in the kitchen buckling in places due to a faucet leak we’ve been meaning to take care of. Like over the trim colour that I chose, that I fear is to blue. But [...]

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Little Girl

September 26, 2010 The Ava Scarlett Show

She’ll be three in January… it’s still some time from now, but lately I notice how much taller she is, and how many more words she has, and how her face has changed… albeit slightly. Sometimes she’s not cute AT ALL. Mos def. She can be a complete terrorist. Yes. Believe it. But that’s just [...]

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Gifts from a Kat

July 30, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Last Friday I signed for a package. I love signing for packages, especially when I have no idea what it could POSSIBLY be! Surprises are fun. Not to mention the fact that it arrived on the heels of a baaaad week for me. Just days earlier, I realised I was not going to New York. [...]

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The Pee-Pee Chronicles

July 11, 2010 The (misc.) Adventures of Grumble Girl

Last week I decided it was time to potty-train the girl-child. She’ll be two-and-a-half in a few weeks, though this doesn’t really have anything to do with her age. We’ve I’ve been half-assed about this whole deal since Christmastime, what with the wetting and the mess… Summer weather is ideal for this kind of thing [...]

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My Littlest Little

May 7, 2010 Random Grumbles

I crouch down to her level and say, “Hello, you!” Her thumb-sucking mouth splits into a huge grin, and she throws her arms around my neck, hugging me close. She breathes, “Mummy.” She is two. She is still so little. But I just know that in a blink she will be six, and then she’ll [...]

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The Five-Alarm Bitch

February 25, 2010 Random Grumbles

I’m not so accustomed to the tantrums. I know the differences in personality and development between one child and his or her sibling(s) can be as vast in difference as apples and marshmallows. Oliver, my first, wasn’t usually prone to tantrums. I found him fairly reasonable for a child his age, and didn’t usually have [...]

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