Mommy!!! She is stealing my foot!!

Bizarre comment.

Perfect situation. For a Mommy that is.

Picture the scene: Johannesburg, 2008.

Mommy (relaxed after an unprecedented hot bath with NO - and I mean absolutely NO disturbance for a change) reclining gracefully on her bed like a beached whale.

Princess 1 (who has decided that she wants to be a beautician (after becoming Miss SA) (yeah- go figure - the child is a kugel of note)) is massaging the right foot.

Princess 2 also wants in on the action and is massaging the left foot.

Mommy is making the appropriate sounds of relaxation and gratitude. Combined with funny faces. (You have to make rolled-up eyes and a skew smile if you are demonstrating to a 5-year old in what state of extreme bliss you are). (The brain works in pictures, you see).

Princess 2 then decides the older sibling's foot is getting more attention that hers. Prompt swop. Needless to say, the reaction is IMMEDIATE.

"Mommy!! She is stealing my foot!!"

Ahhh! The bliss, the BLISS!!!!

"Don't worry, sweetie - there are still lots of me left!!"

The Tooth Mouse Came!!

Princess 1 lost her first tooth!!

(Well - I pulled it with a piece of dental floss, but it had the same result in the end, really...)

And she is so chuffed with herself. (I know - scary sight! Thank goodness she brushed her teeth before I took the pic)..

There is some serious oneup(wo)manship with her best friend Teesta, so now the playing fields have been leveled.

And she is nogal tough too! Tried to pull it by herself first but didn't have long enough arms to yank it out!

I must say, the Tooth Mouse has really been pushing up his prices lately.

When I lost my first tooth, I think I received the grand amount of 50c for my tooth.

No such luck for the hapless parents of media savvy kids these days. (Even though they still believe in the Tooth Mouse, Fairies and Father Christmas.)

My daughter got R15 for her first gem.

That's half a McMeal. Or a Sundae with Apple Pie. Or two loaves of bread. Or two cans of Coke.

(Why do I always think in terms of food - that's really sad..)

And one of them was PAPER MONEY!! The excitement.

That I can deal with.

It is the fact that my little bunny is growing up that is hard!!

Whaaaaaaaa-haaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

What is next - boobs, periods & boyfriends?????