It's potty time!

I'm sure when Lola grows up and reads some of the things we have written here she will not thank me for sharing this! But, as very proud parents, we have to tell the world that Lola had her first No.2 on the toilet on April 8th! And as there was nearly 48 hours since her last No.2 it was a doozy! There were tears in the eyes of both Lola and Sofia (she was helping Lola) as the task was completed. Another milestone reached. High 5's all round!

Songs and nursery rhymes

Lola loves books, songs and nursery rhymes. She has mix of English and Swedish favorites. Some current favorites include:

• Pop goes the weasel
• Krokodilen i bilen
• Three blind mice
• Lille katt
• En elefant balanserade
• The wheels on the bus
• The tickle monster
• Goodnight moon

Our little munchkin turns 2!

Our little munckins has turned 2! Her Granddad, Grandma and auntie Alice came over from merry England to help us celebrate. Suffice to say Lola was spoit rotten over her birthday. Her presents included:

• Loads of new clothes
• A tricycle
• A scooter
• A tent
• Books
• A table and chair set
• And lots lots more

As Lola turned 2 she measures a mighty 89 cm!

Kisses

Recently I taught Lola 2 new ways of kissing:

1. The Eskimo kiss (rubbing noses)
2. The Butterfly kiss (fluttering eyelashes)

She pefers the butterfly kiss. If I'm lucky I get three types of kiss before her bedtime!

Lola's love of food

We're very lucky that Lola will eat pretty much anything! There isn't much that she won't eat which makes it very easy for us parents. Her current favourite foods include: Tomato (Lola says: Mart), Toast (Toost), Yoghurt (Yoghurt!) and Pasta (spaghetti in particular).

She also loves drinking tea. Earl Grey is her particular favourite and she will always ask for a slurp of her Daddy's before it's all gone. I do remind her to blow it first of course.

She's not so good at sharing her food though. I always give her some of my toast but she never gives me any of hers. Bah!

Mahnamahna

We try not to let Lola watch too much TV but there are occasions when we just have to let her. This helps to bring peace to our flat! Some of her favourite programmes include; In the Night Garden, Dora the Explorer and Camberwick Green.

Lola's favourite characters are Igglepiggle (Lola says: "Piggle, Piggle") from In the Night Garden and Windy Miller (Lola says: "Mahnamahna" - It sounds like the Muppets song!) from Camberwick Green.

Other notable favourites are Timmy Time, Me Too!, 64 Zoo Lane, Postman Pat and Tikabilla! We also really like the numer rap on cbeebies. Now we're in Sweden we like everything on Bolibompa.

Swinglish

Lola can say lot's of words now in both English and Swedish - in her own special way of course! This is commonly called 'Swinglish'. Her vocabulary includes the words: No, Please, Tack, Moon, Stars, Heart, Pear, Cat, Dog, Ekorra, Cow, Lion, Spoon and Dodecahedron.