Little Swedish girl

Bronte in her Christmas outfit from Sweden - thanks NGX!

A touch of red

Away from the platinum blonde at birth and heading towards a lovely strawberry blonde.

Nearly, but not quite

The feet can stay on the pedals all the way around, but the power isn't quite there yet for forward motion

Beans!

Another day, another bean from the garden

Problem and solution

Problem




Solution



Photos taken within about a minute of each other

The joy of gloop

cornflour + water + pink food colouring = gloop: a sheer-thickening fluid.

First cold of the year

Delivered straight onto her mother, and coinciding with the return to childcare.

Clean feet

20 months: It is all about ME!

Self recognition has been the key theme of the month, with "me" and "Bronte" important new words. Big jumps all around in development, except in the development of jumps... Bronte has started linking words together asking for "more me" each night (= videos of her on the iphone). Bronte continues to help out in the garden - and loves eating the beans.

Pi and B

Jumping

Bronte continues to practice her jumping. If you listen carefully, you can hear her counting herself in.

The latest word

Is Zeta!

Reflections

Fantastic morning at Kirra beach. Bronte getting braver every time.

Tennis anyone?

On a mission

The driveway at Zeta's was no problem for Bronte and her pram and teddy. After walking up the driveway, she then proceeded to the roasting shed.

A very special word

pity about the camera work

Manly

A lovely evening in manly for granma + grandad's 40th wedding anniversary. It is also where Bronte linked her first two words together "bye bye boats'

Words of 2009

bird, ball, mumma (+ variations), dadda, nanna, granma, granda, yes, no, more, uh oh, purple, beach, wave, cato (cacco), coco, there, bath, pool, oh no, Jess, Grace, up, hello, bye bye, night night, whee, wow, me, beep beep, gone, choo choo, brrr, ni (in), open, that, car, fluff, star, book, shhh, sit, seat, shake, in there, open, pretty, bubba, wee, two, five, knock knock, nose, eye, tea, toes, cup of tea, cup, shoes, clock, knee, spade, boat, boo, cool, hat, go, stop, apple, achoo, tree, Meg (!)

Styling toddler

Keeping oh so cool at Southbank