cuteness 101

Not to stand in too stark a contrast to her sister's appalling behaviour on the weekend ... but my god is my 2 year old Sunday just killing me with the cute.

Girl's Gone Child said today that:

'One of the greatest gifts of parenthood is the act of routinely falling harder and even more in love with one's children.'

She also said:

'If this comes off as saccharine and totally annoying, I don't care.'

Me neither.

Sunday has suddenly started talking. Only a year or so after her sister did. But she's started and, as predicted, is straight into it in a big way. Sentences, thoughts, assertions, feelings - I'm in that golden age of wanting to write everything down, all the time. The thought of forgetting any of these adorable utterances is heart-breaking.

She cups my face, draws me close and beams, 'My Molly.'

She endlessly unpacks and repacks her Dad's toolbox while whispering, 'Spannah. Dwiver. Daddy.'

She's finally naming her big sister - just as we were wondering whether Sunday saw herself and her sister as one person, therefore not needing a separate indicator, 3 days ago she started calling her by name.

Cuteness 101 - how to win the whole family over in just a few weeks.