I remembered something that I had intended to report previously re my last posting. Nothing over extraordinary only that the last couple of occasions that Bethany has been to nursery they have started to integrate her into the older section for children over 2. So far they have taken her over for an hour at a time to get her used to what will be her new surroundings in a couple of months and when they first told us it was one of those realization moments that she is no longer a baby. She is of course still very young and you hear people constantly comment about how they grow up so fast but dismiss this as fanciful as time grinds it inexorable way forward. There is the perception that as you grow older you have more time to reflect back on than when you were younger so that childhood memory when you were 10 seems like yesterday when you were 15 and also when 35 but the 20 year gap makes the reflection feel almost like time has somehow contracted. Anyway she does seem to be growing up quickly but again children tend to have quite a rapid rate of growth as my arms can testify when she gets tired of walking and wants carrying.
This she did this afternoon after subtly indicating that she wanted to go out by putting her wellies on, pointing at her coat and standing by the front door. After waiting for the rain to ease off I took her out believing some fresh air and a run in the park was what she was after. We managed to walk around the corner before she started to cry, wanting to picked up which I complied with thinking it for the best by the road side and thought to put her back down in the park. Once in the park she did not want putting down and pointed back at the gates to leave. Our short lived excursion was over with only a small detour to the shop for some wine and a magazine for Bethany before we went back home.
Speaking of which - time for a top up: Later.
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