Ordinary Moments - growth as time speeds right by

It's ordinary that children grow
They do it all the time,

From "there" to "here" they go
The wall chart I see him climb!

One minute it's a scooter
Next it's a balance bike!

Then back to the scooter
But it's a grown up one to like!

The days of Chugginton are over
It's Skylander all the way

I see my toddler is long gone
A grown up boy in his place today

So growth I guess is normal
As time passes slowly by

If only it was slow for real
I take photos to capture it, I try!

I wish I could hit a pause button
A way of staying right "here"

To linger in a moment, me your Mother
And you my darling son dear!

Joining in with The Ordinary Moments:

 

P.S. We were originally given the Chuggington Scooter by Jenny at Treading on Lego. The new Skylander one, I actually bought him for Xmas 2012, but as it is only a 2 wheeler he was too wobbly on it. It resided in the cupboard till now, as last Summer he moved onto his balance bike, but now that his best friend has a scooter he wants one again but soon realised his is now too babyish, so he had a moan until Mummy magicked a scooter out of the cupboard "just like that!" - you should have seen his little delighted face, especially as his friend was waiting for him outside.

When Ordinary is Redefined by a Threenager

It's week 9 of the {Ordinary Moments} over at Mummy Daddy Me.

It was hard deciding what to include this week, but here I go.

 

So it is ORDINARY at the moment for Aaron to go over, or under things.  Anything but what you should do. What he himself used to do.  Sitting in or on a ride, he did at 2 years of age.  But at 3 years of age he does anything but.

Now ORDINARY is being DIFFERENT.

I'll show you what I mean:

So the other day we went to Kiddicare for the afternoon, and we had dinner there.  On the way home we popped into Morrisons as I needed a few bits.  While I was paying, Aaron went into one of those trolley park lockers.  Yow know the ones where you put your shopping while you go to the instore cafe (which you can see just behind).  Can you see his feet above? Far left?  I would have thought he'd get claustrophobic but no! Not my Aaron.

A close up of said feet:

He was in there for ages, playing with the chain in there.  He didn't come out till he was good and ready!

Then yesterday we spent the day in Ikea.  He DID I promise you, eat, and he DID I promise you play (for two hours) in the domed play area, with other children, in the restaurant.  But when he wasn't doing all of that, he was doing this:

(I'll give you a few seconds to work it out!)

I actually need to write a whole post about our day in Ikea because we did so so much there.

At a recent trip to the Zoo (Paradise Wildlife Park, our favourite) he insisted on climbing ON the rides instead of IN them (above).

Where once, even as recently as February this year, he would have sat IN it!

So, all of this, is becoming increasingly ordinary for us, as my threenager gets more and more intrepid. God help me!

Liska xx

{The Ordinary Moments} Versus a Cheesey Smile

One of my FAVOURITE linkies is the one Mummy Daddy Me runs, called the #OrdinaryMoments.

Like with my own linky I have been adrift at keeping up to date due to our trip to Ireland followed by my flu.

Anyhow here I am today playing catch up!

One of the reasons none of my photos are ordinary is because I say SMILE just before I take them, and I am not happy till he does.

Anyhow, I thought I would demonstrate, with a few Ordinary Moments that I accidentally captured recently, BEFORE I said smile.

I think they show real life a bit more true to life, minus the cheese! :-)

What do you think?

I think when I am in my rocking chair, certainly with the second pair of photos, it is the photo on the LEFT that I will want to look back on as it better represents my boy's personality.

So I think I will hit SNAP instead of saying SMILE a little more often #LessonLearnt.

Liska xxx