Growing up

It seems only a few months ago that my girls were playing with dolls houses and cuddly toys and yet those things have since been passed on to friends children to be played with.  It reminds me of "Toy Story" where Andy goes off to college and thinks he is far too old for those sorts of toys and Woody and his friends get packed up into a box to go in the loft.  The only good thing about having girls is that they still have a love for certain cuddly toys.  A-J loves "Me to You" bears and has lots of them adorning her bed and Em loves Hello Kitty.  

Gone are the days of finger painting and braiding hair, these days its painting nails, trying out new make-up techniques, looking at different colours to dye your hair and all that girly stuff. Only last night I was informed in a very relaxed manner that as A-J is about to embark on 6th form that she wants to take more pride in herself and start looking her age.  She has inherited my "youthful" looking gene which she is not too impressed at as being 16 she wants to look like she is actually 18 and yet only looks 12.  I told her that in years to come she will love this Gene being in her makeup but as for now she feels its a curse (oh to be 16 again).  A-J as stated in my previous post LOVES fashion and is getting the hang of building up her key items in her wardrobe.  At the moment she loves the brand Gilly Hicks, one because its my the same company as A&F and hollister but two because over here in the UK Gilly Hicks is still very elite and so she is one of the forst ones to have the clothing.  She is so much like her dad in that manner.  

Em is learning the art of fashion but it has been something to witness as she has a very unique sense of what goes together,  She is getting better at it and that is mainly due to the friends that she has at High school which a relief to see as for while there Old man Le Grice and I thought we were going to have to endure watching our daughter dress in goth style clothing.  Em has the "LeGs" gene from her dad and is already TOWERING over me (yes its true, i have to sit her down in order to tell her off these days).  And even though she is a giant when standing next to me or A-J she still loves to wear high heels.  No matter what size heel I wear these days I still look vertically challenged when standing with my family.

So if you are reading this and you have a baby girl or girl aged 5 and under and you think that this day for you so far into the future that it really isn't worth thinking about.......do not kid yourself.......children grow up very fast, I am still convinced that somewhere between the ages of 5 and 12 we mums somehow get put into a living coma where we are not actually able to witness our daughters drowing up before our eyes until the spell is broken.  So please enjoy the arts and craft session you have and the afternoons of baking cupcakes and sweet treats with your little girls because they soon become memories that you will be day dreaming of.