Today Matotea decided that she wanted to wear my bikini to the beach, a rather prudish move, as she normally prefers to be completely nude. And as soon as we got back from the beach she happily stripped off! This new-found self-awareness marks a new milestone in her journey from toddler to little girl. Over the past couple of weeks we've started using the potty, and though we haven't quite graduated to underwear yet, we're well on the way there. She's so wonderfully earnest, she puts her little heart and soul into everything she does, and sometimes it turns bad on her, but mostly she revels in the joys of new discovery from learning how to spin a top or some new balancing pose (the latest was a sort of downward facing dog with one leg extended). She's also very kind and compassionate - she always wants to share her food, with us or with the dog or cat, she's always ready with a kiss and a cuddle if Mummy's hurt herself. Last night she was convinced that her toy whale had hurt itself and we had to have several rounds of first aid, before we could happily take whale to bed!
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