going forward

I just had my annual review.

My manager is a lovely person and very sensible. She wrote up a review that was in English. But, she also had to tack on a bit written by someone else, intended for everyone in my department. I picked out some of the more resonant phrases from this tacked-on bit:

       evangelize our new strategy

       aggressively expand

       grow your product knowledge

       fully leverage

       we are all tasked with the following key strategic initiatives

       the overall content footprint

       participate in the vision

It's like a poem, isn't it!

Hazel "swims", and she does it "underwater"

Snow in summer

Twirling in Inverloch

Ivy now has a pair of fins, and this is what she does when she wears them:

Ivy's bunny

Ivy loves her bunny, and she puts her to bed at every opportunity. She even squealed "a bed for bunny" when she saw a cardboard box, minutes after I read this blog post.

At the moment we have a dolly pram (thanks Darebin toy library), and Hazel does not get a look-in. The pram has been colonised by Ivy's white bunny and her green bear. Ivy covers them lovingly with sheets, puts snacks in there "for later", and then slowly walks the pram around the house, radiating motherly pride.

A couple of weeks ago:

Hazel: Ivy, what's your white bunny's name?
Ivy: White Bunny.
Hazel: And what is your green bear's name?
Ivy: Green Bear.

Yesterday morning:

Trudi: Ivy, why do you like White Bunny?
Ivy: She is white.
            pause
        She has wiggly funny arms.
            pause
        She is soft.

My tower will be wewy high

Hazel: My tower will be wewy high!
Ivy: My tower will be even higher!
Hazel: My tower will be wewy WEWY high!
Ivy: My tower will be. Will be. Um. Wewy high!

Then, a bit later:

Ivy: Can I knock down your tower please?
Hazel: Certainly!

STOP!

Also, NO! and GO AWAY! and CLOSE YOUR MOUTH!

Hazel has discovered her inner martinet.