Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Cute Babies and Alien lifeforms!

Tobi's love for his one and only, ever-so-cute cousin seems to be waning.

He used to LOVE "The bebby". As soon as Aunty Bess walked in the door he would proclaim very loudly "My bebby?" and clamber up onto the couch and assume the baby smothering holding postition.

I was a bit wary at first. My boy is very rough and tumble! I invisioned "Bebby" being tossed aside like a ragdoll after the Tobester lost interest (I was giving it all of two seconds) but Beth assured me it would be fine, so onto Tobes lap he was plonked (gently of course).

I think Mathew must have been around 3 weeks old. We were at Granny's. I waited with baited breath for Tobes to start gouging his eyes out, pull his hair or pinch his soft little face. Instead...he tenderly stroke his hair, kissed his forehead and just sat looking at him for near on twenty minutes!

We infact had to pry him from his arms.



This also happened on the next few occasions we spent time with Aunty Bess and Bebby.
Everyone commented on how much he loved him. How cute it was.

Slowly that has been changing. I've noticed the more I hold the Bebby, the more Tobi is clawing at my legs and begging to be cuddled.
If Pa plays games with the Bebby, Tobi jumps infront of them and tries to take over or he chatters and performs silly tricks in the corner (while laughing out loud to make sure Pa knows he is having a dandy time) until he has his Pa's undivided attention once more.

He steals the Bebby's toys. He does not let the Bebby play with his toys. Mathew had his Woody doll today and you would have thought it was Tobes most prized possession (he never plays with it) the way he ripped it off him, complete with death stare.

His head rubs are getting slightly more violent. Soon the eye gouging will come, I'm sure.

I think he thinks the Bebby is an evil species invading our planet and stealing his love, one human at a time.

So today, after about a dozen hissyfits, we managed to get one nice photo of them together, before Tobi tossed him aside and said "ALL DONE!" (Beth caught him don't worry!)

I'm not sure there will be many more cuddles (I'm sure there will be bruises, scrapes and fights over footies) so I had to share this photo before Tobes tries to ship him back off to his home planet in an Australia Post prepaid satchel marked "Return to Sender".

Sunday, February 1, 2009

It's off to school we go..



Taylah started back at school this morning! She was itching to go back! I on the other hand was enjoying the late morning starts, not having to walk to school twice a day, being able to go out and not be back by 3pm! Spending time with the both of them *sigh*

I won't miss the fighting though!

She's in Year 3 this year and is in a class with a fresh new bunch! She was having a few problems with some catty girls last year, the whole.."You're not my friend anymore" crap! I can't remember girls getting bitchy til much further on in primary school! So hopefully the new kids in her class are exactly what she needs!

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