"want Dora stuff" & another milestone reached

& suddenly Gaby appears to understand what Santa is all about!

Gaby: Mummy want to sit on Santa's knee
Mummy: Santa isn't here for a couple of months Gab
Gaby: Oh - tomorrow?
Mummy: No Gab, not tomorrow
Gaby: Oh. I want to sit on Santas knee
Mummy: Yes Gab. What are you going to ask him for [usually this results in 'a lollipop']
Gaby: I going to ask Santa for Dora stuff!!!!! Santa is going to bring me Dora toys!!!!

... so apparently Gaby now understands that Santa brings toys... this is most likely the beginning of a very long couple of months before Christmas!!!!!!! It is pretty cute that she now understands the big deal about presents, but it's probably a bad thing for me - especially on our trips to the mall! Usually she asks if she can have a lollipop, or an ice-cream - but I am thinking that pretty soon she's going to be seeing toys & asking for new toys! My babe is growing up!

Yesterday I enrolled Gaby at Kindergarten - another milestone! I have always wanted her to go to Kindergarten - because I went, because Terri went - because everyone I know went... but I always had the preschool dilemma - she LOVES her current preschool, all the teachers & the kids - and I was worried it might be hard on her, leaving preschool & starting at kindy, but it seems that I'm able to have her enrolled in BOTH preschool & kindy! She will be going to Kindy Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, 12.30-3.00, and will be going to preschool Wednesday, 11-5. Once she turns 3 we get our 20 hours free ECE, so it won't cost me a cent! She starts Kindy on October 12th - which coincidentally, was my due date with her! While we were there yesterday, enrolling, the head teacher invited Gaby to play with the playdough, and she seemed to fit in very easily with the kids who were also playing with playdough - and at one point they took her outside to play on the playground, so I don't think adjustment is going to be a big deal! If it turns out that Gaby really enjoys Kindy, I will probably take her out of preschool - once she is 4 she will be at Kindy for 3-4 hours a day, so there isn't really much point keeping her in preschool. This is the link to the Kindy website:
http://www.kidsfirst.org.nz/

Can't believe my babe is going to be a KINDY KID soon! Makes me feel old - because *I* remember when *I* was a Kindy Kid!