Wings

Mum gave the girls some fairy costumes - there are two fooffy tulle skirts and two singlets with tulle wings on the back.

If the girls' bedroom door is shut, Hazel hammers on it and howls SKIRTS SKIRTS WINGS SKIRTS! She likes to wear one on her head and one like a skirt, plus a set of wings.  This makes her look like Cyndi Lauper. Yesterday Hazel wore her wings to the library.

Ivy is not so keen on the skirt, but she likes the wings.

At the moment we are having a Sleep Issue. They've had colds for a couple of weeks, and it's hard to go to sleep when you are all snotty and stuffed up. Now that they are mostly better, Hazel is holding on to her new habit of howling at bedtime. She neeeeeds a mummy to hold her hand while she drops off. Last night I decided that she is well enough now for me to play hard-ball again. Nasty Mummy rides back into town.

So tonight there will be no hand-holding. There will be brief visits to tell her that it's all OK and it's sleep-time. There will be no talking and no patting. The poor little girl will re-learn how to drop off to sleep on her own, and I hope Ivy will sleep through the whole debacle.