Team french manicure

Pamper party? Visit to the nail salon? Girly hen night antics? You couldn't be further from the truth. Football....

Playing football is a daily activity in our household, hourly even. So this afternoon when myself and G embarked on a football game whereby one of our teams would be crowned champion, I couldn't have been more surprised at the team name choices.
'Mummy, I'm team french manicure and you're team tropix.' G gleefully announced.  Our non-girly, jogger wearing,  trainer loving, hairstyle hating, 'it's a grey t shirt day' chanting,  football mad daughter was naming teams after nail varnish colours. The irony!

Family fun
We've had a superb week with Daddy.
Fruit picking, a trip to the farm park,  lots of dog walking, a visit to London Zoo and Auntie L, all rounded off with birthday celebrations for Daddy and the other 2 twiglets, made for a tiring but amazing week. Don't go back to work Daddy!

Normal routine resumed in T-3 weeks
A visual timetable has been the way forward for helping G during this summer holiday time of routine turmoil. Each day we've been besieged with millions (as G would say) of questions about what we are due to be doing in the coming days. Several normal activities have ceased for the summer, and the rest of changed days (AGHHH!). She's gone from knowing the days of the week to being in a complete and utter pickle, and we needed a rescue remedy. Fast.
So the visual timetable was devised- a week by week overview with pictures and keywords/letters outlining our main activities, and I must admit it really is helping. She knows to refer to it if she's confused, which is fantastic.  The only downside is when plans change, which inevitably they do!
I see this being the way forward when she starts school too. Mental note made.

Turner Syndrome meet
Last Sunday we were lucky enough to meet with our local TS friendship group (local in the sense that it encompasses our county and 2 neighbouring ones). Yet another fantastic time had by all, and whilst our group is still in its infancy-4 families with TS daughters and 1 adult- the experience of meeting up is invaluable.  Next stop conference!

Milk trial
The time has come again to trial the dreaded dairy. Milk to be precise.  This week will mainly be spent breaking biscuits containing milk powder (but not gluten!), into minute pieces and feeding G the crumbs. Then I'll turn detective and piece together the subtle but potentially telling clues. Best dig out the pooper scooper!

Next stop-eye appointment in 2 weeks time. Every time she consults the visual timetable I hear 'Mummy will I get to wear glasses like you?'. Maybe G, maybe.