Without a doubt, some of the happier moments of 2009 involved The Niece, a beautiful black rose slowly unfurling under Sydney's varied skies. She is an adored and cossetted child and we spoil her a great deal, happily she remains unspoilt.
The Niece is diverted by very many things these days and these are also our introduction into the life of the modern child. The other day I learnt all about the Night Garden, somnolent and brightly coloured. Consequently, the terms Iggle Piggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka have made their way into my life. I am now an old aunt - in fact my interaction with her is far different from that with my cousins when they were babies and I joined in their boisterous games - yet I could't resist teasing her by inverting her toy and calling it the Downsy Daisy. The Niece was very amused which made me think, "here is a child well on her way to recognising the pleasures of twisting language".
The Niece in fact is one of those children who likes books and the written word. Any passing book brings out a shine in her eyes, duly recognised by a bookworm like me. She is also one of those children who absorbs the contents of a book - the other day I was reading her a book on going to school and a thoughtful look fell across her face, no doubt she saw parallels between her own recent schoolgoing and the toddlers in the book.
The Niece is diverted by very many things these days and these are also our introduction into the life of the modern child. The other day I learnt all about the Night Garden, somnolent and brightly coloured. Consequently, the terms Iggle Piggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka have made their way into my life. I am now an old aunt - in fact my interaction with her is far different from that with my cousins when they were babies and I joined in their boisterous games - yet I could't resist teasing her by inverting her toy and calling it the Downsy Daisy. The Niece was very amused which made me think, "here is a child well on her way to recognising the pleasures of twisting language".
The Niece in fact is one of those children who likes books and the written word. Any passing book brings out a shine in her eyes, duly recognised by a bookworm like me. She is also one of those children who absorbs the contents of a book - the other day I was reading her a book on going to school and a thoughtful look fell across her face, no doubt she saw parallels between her own recent schoolgoing and the toddlers in the book.
As the above picture of the infant Niece shows, she had good taste in books from very early on in life. Very bad pun but Trotro is a mighty fine read :-) And that is the last post for a year in which I have impressed myself with my discipline in blogging! A Happy New Year to family and friends who have read all I wrote and encouraged me to persist.
Nice one to end the year! 165 posts pretty spread out through the year means 1 every 2 days. Impressive!!
ReplyDeleteA very Happy 2010 to you and continue the blogging.
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