Grockelina has begun to help me with the housework. "Squa maw!" on the stairs are retrieved (squashed moths) and I am ordered to "tidy up! mess!" of my own, not her creation. Her mess is different - it has order and structure. She has started lining things up. It is the beginning of the end. All my placemats and coasters are in a heap on the kitchen floor. She no longer cries when I leave her with mum or lindsay. Instead she cries when I go to collect her. "Leah stay here! Stay A Lil! Stay Gra!"

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