So far and yet so very near

LOOK Mama! I just found this parcel in our post-box!!!

Pleeeeeeeasse can we open it RIGHT NOW???!!!

Oh my! This is so much fun!!! Hurry up Mama!

Oh my goodness ... Mama, it looks like there are things in there .. what do you think? Can I take them out?

Shall we take a closer look Mama? It looks reeeeeaaaaaaaly interesting!

OOHHHHHHHH!!!!
What's this?????

He looks like .... a friend!!!

I like him!!! Can I keep him Mama???

He tastes nice!

And he smells like ... hmmm. a kind of amberish hue to him ....

Thank you Gracie for lending me such a lovely snuggly friend!

Look Mama, there's a lovely letter from Emma!!!!

HERSHEYS HERSHEYS HERSHEYS!!!!!!

A snowman who speaks perfect English!

I thought snowmen could only speak French!

I LIKE him!!!

In fact, I like him a lot

William and Nathan ... he may have been destined for you ... but I am OBSESSED with this snowman and I'm not letting him out of my mits ....

click on this picture and see for yourselves:

Abigail opens Ambers parcel 12 2008

'Oh, thats ok. I got a soccer letter from a cool dood called Noah.

Say it myself, I am pretty impressed by this sketch of a pitch!"

Look at that Mama!

Noah THANK YOU! I love your letter!



The Bernard Bunch would like to thank the Baker Bunch profusely and furiously

For being so kind and generous and loving

Mama would have taken shots of me sporting the groovy gear you sent me - particulary the Princess top which I am proudly wearing today ...

but her camera batteries ran out right here....

sigh ....

Mama has strict instructions to blast away with her camera as soon as the batteries have recharged so that you can see for yourself just how incredibly lovely I look in the beautiful clothes you sent me!!!

Thank you so much Amber and Gracie and Emma and Noah!

The Bernard Bunch is truly, truly grateful

and so very touched!

We love you!

Bad is so groovy!

How incredibly groovy! My blog has been given a a BAD award, which is a GOOD award, and certainly an award to be very proud of! Me and Mama LOVE BAD!!!! Especially when it is GOOD.



Please go visit the lovely lady who gave my blog this award ... Princess Abigail is truly grateful, Mother Angst! We love your blog too ... and Mama knows all your experiences so well ... as you say so wisely, "you gotta wonder" !!!! http://amothersangst.blogspot.com/



Before I announce who this award will go to, here are the award-reception conditions :


1. Pass it on to 5 other bad mommy bloggers. Bad is the new good, didn’t you know? And please try to avoid noticing that Mama overstepped the "5" limit and hopes this doesn't disqualify us!

2. Link back to the award creator.

3. Tell the recipients of your award just why you’re rewarding their badness!

So, here are the blogs Mama and I want to award with a "bad mommy bloggers" - to avoid any impression of preference, the list is given in reverse alphabetical order :


http://www.samsmom-heathers.blogspot.com/
Samantha is the prettiest, loveliest, most addictive little girl .... we are totally smitten with her, and also by her bold brave Mama who fights for her needs and rights and comfort like Xena the Warrior. Go Girl Go, you are a BRILLIANT Mama! Boy are we smitten with the two of you!

http://les-soeurettes-mimi.skyrock.com/
Pauline is my big sister, in an adoptive sense. She is my Nanny's daughter - very much an annoying teenager according to Mama (eyes rolled to ceiling) but Mama says that if she proves to us all that she can sort her own life out, Mama might make her one of my tutors when she is older. I love Pauline to bits and pieces and spend ALL my time with her during the week. We are inseperable. Just take a look at Pauline's brilliant blog all about me to get a feel of our love and admiration for each other! Ok I know she's not a Mama so technically she can't receive this award ... but she has a kind of maternal role in my life so I decided to give it to her anyway.

http://pasda.blogspot.com/
Johanna Evangeline in Sweden is a soul sister who despite our age and geographical distances has so much in common with me! Her Mama is very groovy and 'rock 'n' roll' and I know Mama has taken a shine to her. Johanna recently had an operation on her skull, and she came out of it as brave as a knight ... she is a cool chick if ever there was one, and so is her Mama!

http://gavins-voice.blogspot.com/
Gavin is 'class'. He is a cool dood and he is so INCREDIBLY brave! You wouldn't believe the number of life-obstacles he has overcome! His Mama and mine have clicked and understand a lot of things together, despite the ocean which separates them. Go meet Gavin quick, cos he is worth it 1000-fold!

http://bakerbunch-life.blogspot.com/
Amber
Amber Amber Amber ... our dearest Amber ... Amber is a Bionic, Supersonic, Magical, PERFECT Mama! We have been following her blog for a little over a year now, and EACH post has us both GOBSMACKED every time!!! There is, and always will be, a very special place for Amber in Mama's heart... and it has nothing to do with the fact that she wears nail-dangles now!!!!


http://abbyscraft.blogspot.com/
Abigail Aha, Abigail my namesake! Abigail intrigues Mama because although she opens her heart and life to the world on her blog, she still somehow remains mysterious ... she seems to have no secrets, yet she is still tricky to fathom. Mama LOVES that! Abigail is funny - I wonder sometimes if she realises how funny she is. And she is SUCH a talented seamstress, so creative in everything she does. But most of all, Abigail is a GREAT Mama! Mandorally is out of this world thanks to all her Mama's warm and affectionate nurturing!!!

OK folks - now go off and zap this award to deservingly BAD MAMA'S!!!! Cos BAD is GOOD!!

Cinderella is nothing on me today!!




A new foot-piece for my shoes!

I don’t know what they are called in English, but here in France we call them ‘prothèses’.

I had to have them tailor made for me here in Lyon. It took a long time!

But now, the way I walk has changed!

Its a really hard 'coque' (French word - don't know the English one) which fits inside my shoe

and picks up the sole of my foot. My physiotherapist says I'm a bit flat-footed, and that this is typical of children's with Jacobsens Syndrome.

Huh! I'd say its a Princess Syndrome, more like!!

Mama says I’m not all bent over like a little old lady now! And that instead I stand up straight when I walk ... so she says she may not have to send me to finishing school after all!

The whole process for tailoring these things to my feet has made me feel just like Cinderella

All that's missing now is my coach and horses ... oh, and some ugly sisters ...

Instead of ugly sisters though, I have some ugly bacteria which have taken up residence in my body. I've had terrible ear-ache for the past two days, and haven't slepped a moment for the past 48 hours because of it. It really hurts a lot. My only way to overcome the pain is to roll myself into a little ball on the floor ....

Mama says I'm being very brave and that before long the anti-biotics will take effect ... in the meantime I'm boiling hot with temperature and I'm feeling a bit under the weather - not my usual cheerful self at all!!

Send out all your positive vibes to make me better folks! I think Mama would fancy a night of sleep sometime soon too!!!