Michael

Michael is my miracle, I never knew I wanted. I grew up in a family of girls and went to all girls schools from a young age so was terrified about having a son.

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Thankfully I have my darling son. Michael had the misfortune and privilege of being the fourth child, I say that because he never really go the chance to get into trouble, although he did manage a doosie when he was 6. He had the priviledge of being fourth and having a very confident mother who knew when to say yes and no.

With Michael I was most worried about this boy becoming a man with mainly females around, this I realised was futile when at ten months he picked up a toy car and said, "Brooom, brooom." an action none of the girls had ever done. From the age of 15 months he could point out different makes of cars which really amazed me since I had no idea.

Jaimie

Jaimie has an innate love of life, Jaimie has always been my adventurous child. At the age of two she could cook her own peas (her favourite snack food). At 4 cooked pikelets on her own. Prior to Jaimie turning five she never let me out of her sight, then when she turned five she seemed to look around at the big wide world and I've barely seen her since (hehe). 

When Jaimie decides she wants something there's not alot anyone else can do to dissuade her. A great example is when she first cooked peas.  I was breastfeeding Chloe and Jaimie was hungry, starving even (poor child hadn't been fed for about an hour). I said, " I will get you some peas when I'm finished here." and the reaction was "I want them now." so I said, "You need to wait or make them yourself."Jaimie got out a pot and the peas so I told her what to do and she cooked herself peas.Jaimie is a social butterfly, is great fun to be around, its almost contagious and because of that I do believe she'll do everything she wants in life.