Polly Strides Fourth

Oh my word! What a difference a year makes

Now Polly’s a toddler no more

Twelve months of exciting development

And suddenly, here she is, FOUR!

 

What’s new? Well, there’s ‘school’ for a start off

“Not Nursery, Grandad!” she’ll say.

Five mornings, took time to get used to

But soon she would skip all the way

 

Gone are the locks on the cupboards

(Except that one, under the sink!)

And out came the strong personality

“Blue’s for boys! I want that one, that’s pink”

 

For a while you’d think she was the teacher

When trying to read her a book

For whilst Polly would precis from memory

She’d hold it and point and say “Look!”

 

Hair washing is less of a trauma

The shower head gets the job done

And now that those nappies are history (hooray!)

Going swimming is so much more fun.

 

One day, on a whim, Daddy bought her

Her first big girl’s bike, “with small wheels”

But the one with no pedals’ the favourite

She’ll shoot off, whilst we run at her heels

 

Her best friend is called Arabella

They seem to be joined at the hip.

In fact the connection’s so startling

Mummy says they could come from one pip!

 

This year saw the dawn of Despicables,

Scooby Doo and the Minions and more

And play time is dress-up and role play.

‘magination has moved to the fore.

 

She’s got costumes, hair pieces and slippers

And nighties and everything ‘snow’

All featuring Ana and Elsa

And I can’t see her ‘letting them go’

 

Since last year we lost David Bowie

And Mummy was sad, wasn’t she?

So she taught you the words to some old songs

Like the gnome, who would laugh – hee hee hee.

There are signs of a bright little mind there

She’s sharp as a tack. What she’ll do

Is say, “Hmm, let me think about that then”

When asked if she’ll try something new.

 

She’ll help Daddy out in the garden

And it seems that when Mummymust do

All her series of hip and leg stretches

Then Polly will ‘physio’ too.

 

Just occasionally Polly’s so grown up

You might wonder quite who is the boss

“D’ya know? Mummy won’t do what I ask her!”

Well ‘Someone’ was quite at a loss!

 

She’s one of a kind that’s for certain

Keeps us busy and feeling alive

And here’s looking ahead to the next year

Now Polly is marching on FIVE.