La reinsertion de Pauline, ma soeur de coeur

Merci Pauline pour ton beau cadeau que tu m'as offert pour mes deux ans. C'est un des plus beaux pyjamas que j'ai jamais eu, et je suis d'autant plus contente que ce soit toi qui me l'aies offert. A Bientot pour de nouvelles aventures, maintenant que toi et Maman vous vous causez a nouveau. Pfff, les femmes alors, je te jure, ca se bagarre pour un oui et pour un non, c'est fou!

Et merci Christine, ma nou-nou adoree, pour la superbe poupee que tu m'as offert a l'occasion de mes deux ans... et desolee de l'avoir decapitee sous tes yeux, c'est vraiment pas des manieres de petite fille bien eleveee ca. "MAMAN, c'est quoi ce travail, et les manieres alors, quand c'est que tu me les apprends, hein?????"

Je vous embrasse a toutes les deux, je vous adore ...

Ogres and donkeys

Ahhhhh .... the Bernard Bunch ....

what a cute family we are .... don't you think?

I'm the rather gorgeous one with the pink bow

the other two are much smellier than me

(peeeeuw weee)

Ogre baby number 1

That's the hairy one on the left there

Ogre baby number 1 doesn't go to school anymore

it has declared going-to-school strike

Papa Shrek and Princess Mama Fiona are very, very upset.

Emphasis on the 'very'

Ogre baby number 2

Was almost eaten by this ogre ... eeeeuw!

But baby ogre 2 decided to have a tantrum instead

then another one

then another one

then another one

and one more 'just in case'

very entertaining stuff

all round really

Ogre baby number 3

Do we really need introducing, folks? come on!!

(arms folded, foot tapping)

Princess Mama Fiona

is on the warpath I will confess that Princess Mama Fiona was totally foxed by the "Baby ogre 1 refusing to go to school" episode. Especially since NOTHING could shake it out of it. I don't think I've ever heard so many English language expletives (nor have I ever seen her shed so many tears) but boy, this was it. Baby ogre 1 had finally reached threshold tolerance where Princess Mama Fiona was concerned. They had one of those 'Big Meaningful Talks', locked away in baby ogre 1's bedroom. I don't know why they locked themselves away, cos she was talking so loudly I think even people in Paris probably got the gist of it all. For the record, Paris is about 300 km from where we live.

Princess Mama Fiona told baby ogre 1 that it had a lot of growing up to do. It is feeling quite lost as a result. Its so much more fun to be a baby ogre than a Shrek .... does it really have to grow up, Princess Mama Fiona? I do like it just the way it is, but I guess we all have to grow up one day, and the time has come for baby ogre 1. It's been putting off the growing up process for so long now that the reality of the situation is making it feel lost, up a creek without a paddle .... poor things, tis all part of life's rich tapestry .... will I have to go through this too, one day, Princess Mama Fiona?

Dear, dear Old Papa Shrek

Even Papa Shrek is tempted to eat baby ogres 1 and 2 alive at the moment

Thank god for Papa Shrek though, that's what I say.

He does a tremendous job of calming Princess Mama Fiona down (well, a bit) and getting baby ogre 1 to do its homework... which is a very difficult task when all it wants to be doing is play in its own little world, read books, talk to Electrode (an ogre-pig) and of course, play with Princess Abigail

Thank you Papa Shrek for being so patient, for putting up with the Shrekish nonsense of the Bernard Bunch! You are truly a star!!! (ps: Princess Mama Fiona told me she loves you lots and lots and lots ...)

PS: coming to your screens soon : pix of my 2nd birthday!!!!! and a Right Royal Visit by Sianie and Chris ... stay tuned folks for more scintillantingly interesting stuff ...

Pink Glasses, Au Revoir and Lala

So, as I was saying a couple of chapters back ... the doctors have been delving various liquids and lights into the depths of my eyes and at last have come up with a very sophisticated, complex medical diagnostic

I am short sighted

Apparently, this is something very common in gorgeous little princesses like me who have lost a tincy wincy bit of their 11th chromosome ... it also explains why bright sunlight bothers me so much - my gorgeous little eyes are super duper fragile, all cos of a miserable piece of chromosome which decided to part ways with us all at my conception. What a nuisance eh??

I do not, as yet, have any glasses photos to share with my blogging friends and fellow princesses - suffice it to say that my mama used her usual sense of discretion in purchasing a pair of very princessy pink glasses. We have to get my glasses tailor-made for me because the doctor - the cheek of the man I tell you!! - says I have a funny shaped head, not enough bone between the eyes to prop the glasses on, and that I have one ear higher than the other. I was too much of a princess to tell him he had a big nose and bad breath. He was ever so nice though and with Big Bill's blessing managed to coerce Mama into getting me the top of the range pair - which will have to be changed again in three months - oh what fun!

Mama has been on holiday at home with me and my brothers for the past ten days, and - how lame can you get?? - these are the only photos she took. Nine miserable pix! I must confess though, I am irresistibly gorgeous in each and every one of them though - tis no wonder everyone is so dotty about me really!!! I do sympathise, truly I do!!!

Nathan and I do some TRANSFORMER stuff on the kitchen floor

- don't know what that means, but I do know that you have to shout VERY LOUDLY

Oh - and one big step ahead for me this holiday ! I said my first words EVER!!!!!

No, those first words were not the more classic 'Mama' or 'Papa' or 'William' or 'Nathan' or 'No' ..... obviously greatly inspired by my new Teletubbies DVD that Mama sneakily opened ahead of my birthday (tut tut tut!!) I can now say

'Au Revoir'

which sounds a bit like 'Ravwahr'

and I wave, ok, wiggle, my little hand at the same time

(erm - when Nathan lets me, that is)
And I can also say "Lala"

(a word I apply liberally to everything and everyone)

- oops - sorry - bumped into the camera there - must hurry up and get those specs eh? -

Now it was wonderful being on hols with the boys and being able to spend lots of time together, but they do forget how small and delicate I am sometimes

- not that I am timid about letting them know they are getting on my nerves -

Now to conclude, Mama has asked me to publish this photo from last summer with gorgeous Princess Charlotte, just cos she loves the photo and cos Charlotte's Mama sent it to her today on Facebook. Charlotte, Stef et Xavier vous nous manquez trop!!! A tres tres bientot j'espere!!!

Ravwahr!!!!!!