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Day 9: Mia adores In The Night Garden. She watches it every morning and gets very excited when all of the different characters appear on the screen. Her face completely changes when that show is on – it is really adorable to watch. For Christmas, Santa got her a few toys and books from In The Night Garden and out of all of them, this book is her favourite. She loves turning the pages and looking at everything in front of her – it’s a feast for her senses page after page. I love watching her read through it!

{As an aside, I have a personal gripe with the Ninky Nonk. So Makka Pakka and the Tombliboos go in the first carriage, the Pontipines and the Wottingers go in the second, and Upsy Daisy and Igglepiggle go in the third. So who on earth goes in the last one??! Bugs me every time… I mean there’s a door there, and a seat inside… so what gives? (oh how stressful my life is… can’t you tell?!) – can anyone help??}

Day 7: Mia has toast for breakfast almost every morning. She’s so fussy with her food now and it’s one of the few things I know she’ll eat (a little of at least). Every morning I cut her toast into triangles, and every morning she eats the soft part and leaves the rest on her tray as soon as she reaches the crust.

You’ll also notice one piece in each hand – another Mia trait. She rarely eats anything without having food in both hands to swap between.

Day 5: Milk before bedtime.

She never used to be a big cow’s milk fan. Hated the stuff in fact – the only way we got it into her was giving her some Weetbix every day. A few months ago we thought we’d try again and now she loves the stuff. Although she doesn’t drink it nearly as much as she used to, she uses it now more as a delaying tactic as she knows the second she finishes it, it’s off to bed she goes.

Day 3: Yes, that’s right. That’s my Little Miss Mia wearing a beanie, a paper party hat, a headband and a big white fluffy scarf outside in Summer. And yes, she’s in her pjs and slippers too. She is all class…

I put the beanie on her as she was rummaging through my prop stash this afternoon. she thought it was pretty hilarious and then kept handing me things to put on her saying ‘more, more more’ (everything is ‘more’ to her right now) – hey, who was I to say no?!

I cannot get this girl back inside whenever we go out during the day. Whether it be a play outside, or a trip to the park, or a ‘quick’ check of the mailbox she absolutely refuses to come back inside until she has had enough. Any sooner, and it’s tantrum city!

On a personal note, I am really excited to be doing this photo-a-day project. It’s made me want to capture all of those glorious little day to day moments like these that we just take for granted as the ordinary. These are the special moments though, the ones that make you smile, cry…. feel. There is nothing ordinary about them. Everything is extraordinary when looking at the world through the eyes of a child.