Just me and you, kiddo!

And so my days of having one child during the day have begun....

DM, R&P are now all at big school full time and that leaves just me and lil' Aj at home.

Twins at Totstime had a fabulous turn out this morning. A total of 19 families and with that came 3 new ladies.

It's amazing how grown up Aj really is. For a 2 year old, she's so helpful, chatty and loving. As soon as we got home, she'd put her shoes away and was wanting her hands washed to help with lunch.

We had a lovely afternoon of building a house with her Duplo; we decorated the garden with flowers and added rabbits to the garden. We sat playing lovely and then Aj added the little people to the rabbits garden, so that "they eat them". I didn't fancy asking who was eating who, I just smiled and played along.

I picked the girls up from school, and Rubels came out with a big smile to tell me that she hadn't cried or whinged all day, Yay!!

I took DM to her usual singing and Brownies session again, whilst Peach stayed at home to let Aj, R&P face-paint play with paintbrushes his back.

I have noticed that DM's old habit is appearing. We both love to have our friends, we can both sit for hours talking and playing with friends; however, if you put us in a room with lots of our friends or anything more than one on one, we'll happily withdraw and stay in the shadows.

I'm not entirely sure as to how to handle it for DM's sake. It's not for DM's friends to have to keep making a concerted effort to include her, when it's her choice to withdraw. There's no bullying, or intent to spiteful from others, it's just how she is. But as a parent watching her, I feel sad for her. For now, the best I can do is be here for her and keep talking to each other.....