Daycare days

As we get to the business end of this pregnancy, both Alice and I are enjoying the days that she goes to daycare more and more.  Our Wednesdays are a special time together, but suffice to say that by 7pm we are pretty much exhausted with one another and I especially look forward to a little rest while she goes off to nursery for Thursday and Friday.

Alice had a massive gain in confidence about a month ago and has stopped hiding her face when people in shops talk to her and will now - thankfully - say "Hello"back when greeted by the various "tradespeople" in her life.  (Eg, "Hello postman", "Please lady, I have a marshmallow with my Cino?", "My not shy anymore" [while performing a sort of tapdance] to the familiar checkout lady in Woolworths.  This has coincided with Alice being mostly happy to go to daycare, as opposed to the lying on the floor tantrums which were a feature of dropoffs before and after our holiday.  One theory could be that since she's started sleeping in, there's no time for food before we leave home in the mornings, so she's literally starving on arrival, but I prefer to think of it as a confidence boost/settling in.

One recent Dolphins daily report would seem to substantiate this, with the whole group parading around the outside area to the song, "We're following the leader".  Apparently "Alice was keen to be the leader" and insisted on, "I'll take everyone to work".  I can't seem to extract the photo, (but have sent it to those who have powerpoint!) of Alice leading everyone a merry dance around the grassy knoll.  When I arrived to pick her up, they seemed to have arrived at work, as they were all digging and hammering - and spitting.  Not in an impression of a builders yard, but more in an effort to "whistle" while they were at it. 

She's gone off Dora a bit, which is a blessed relief (I had visions of having to do all feeds to the tune of "We did it", "I'm the Map" etc, so I'm off to buy some Disney films for her.  Snow White will obviously be top of the list.