Happy Birthday Lucas and Natasha

We'd planned to go to Collaroy Beach and have lots of fun activities in the sand.. but it rained. So we had lots of fun and games at home.. The birthday girl is here but where's Lucas?


Pass the parcel and below is our "pinch the nose on steve" game, being short of a donkey and a tail.


It was harder than it sounds

Then it stopped raining for a bit, and thanks to Lisha and Don we had a gorgeous cake (Nanny's carrot cake recipe o'course)


The birthday boy (and the birthday girls belly :o)




No this was not his piece of cake.. sorry Emily.



Catherine the Home wrecker (there was a gutter where Don's hand is). It was only a matter of time, the thing had been held up by string for 5 years.


Natasha acing the limbo

Cake decorator extraordinaire (Don)


Er.. woops

This is the only party game pic with Lucas and Jack in. They nicked off the whole time and played (only one rudie nudie run, which for them, is quite reserved behaviour)

Our Weather Week

It's been a weird one.
First hail then a dust storm. Then hot now cold.

Suzi, Soozie and our peeps

Here's us all at the beach. We had dinner at a little pizzeria nearby that had a grand piano in the shop. The owner/cook was a piano teacher and one of the locals played jazz while we ate our very delicious pizzas.

Sooz and Suz

Joshua and Lucas trying to get a go on Carl's board

Emily

Steve skim boarding. I have a short clip of Soozie falling on her butt but I won't put that one on.. for now :o)

Like Gramps Like Grandson

Rolls - Post - Tak

Rolls Riley
Lucas the postman
Tak! We couldn't help open Riley's now. See how hard he's gripping the magnet :o) Nice on the gums

Cheekier Monkey

This little monkey is cheeky for a few reasons;

• His bottom for one, is the biggest most delicious peach I've ever had the pleasure to squish.
• His eyes sparkle with excitement when he sees something he's not allowed that's been left on the carpet in reach.
• He giggles delightfully at everyone everywhere, especially Lucas who he adores and wants to pat on the head, slobery kiss and nose rubs while they're snuggled up in Lucas' bed waiting for story time.
• He's strong and has ambitions to run and dance before he could crawl. (He had them in the womb the little disco bopper!)
• Now he can crawl forwards (he started crawling backwards on holiday in the sand) he already makes mess and pulls himself up on things (with imminent head bumps).
• His favourite words at the moment are a deep "Daaaa Daaa"
• He sees Lucas on his "new" electric motor bike and is only happy when he can follow on the trike.

Tropical Fruit World (It really does exist).

Tropical Fruit World Train

Lucas found a girlfriend but was more interested in the other birds.

Tropical Fruit World, girlfriends, wildlife, feeding the farm animals, putt putt golf, boat rides, train rides, tractor rides and over 500 varieties of fruit is very tiring. The journey home.

Coolangatta

This is where we stayed.
Swimming pools, water slides, spa, deck chairs and when you got bored of all that
it is just 40 meters to the beach and shops.

Ice Man (Pancake Palace - Coolangatta)

Trip to Coolangatta

Sunrise on the Pacific.

Lucas feeding two hungry calf's at "Tropical Fruit World"

Lucas ans Suzi going down a water slide. Yes Lucas really is in here! In blue.

Went for a walk along the beach and found this great jump rock.

Nothing better than a good jump.

Suzi and Lucas digging in the sand.

Sitting watching the swell.

It's 5.30am and Lucas had been up for almost an hour and would NOT go back to sleep so we went for an early walk. Half way there he says "Tired...bed". Daddy say's "Grrrrrrrrr"

Riley LOVED the sand. Loved to face plant it ALL the time.

"Mmmmmmmm......gritty".

Daddy and Riley at Dusk on Coolangatta.

Coolangatta at Dusk.

"What?.......What?.......I can eat all the butter if I want!!"

Dramarama

What's Fireman Sam going to do next??

Oooh! Scarey bit!Far og baby snak Viking

Lucas applying mascara after he saw me getting ready for church last Sunday. I have a clip of him talking to baby (sitting in the pram next to him) saying,
"baby.. it's me.. (smiles at himself in the mirror).. niiice!"

Meeting with the boss.

Here's Riley in the boss' chair.

You can hear him say "mama" in this one. He's been saying it for weeks but we rarely get it on camera.

I took him to the Dr's for his immunisations a few weeks ago and asked her to check Riley's ears as he kept tipping his head a few times on one side and then the other. In her professional opinion he was trying to play peekaboo. Ears were fine :o)

Green Birdy