Super baby!

New addition - Baby Arwen

Andrew and Amanda met their little girl last week. She's the first dark haired baby so far. Aaaaah! What a cute Amandrew baby :o) Here she is not looking totally happy about being out.

Don't they both look soooo happy!!!?!?!

Other happy bodies below. Arwen will have lots of fun with these boys when she's a wee bit older.

Slugs and Snails...and dirt

That's what boys are made of.

Jan 2010 - cheeky monkey No.2

 

  

 

Front Yard Cricket

Aaaages ago.. the old Croatian bloke next door and neighbours from the other side played some front yard cricket.

The kids are in our yard most days playing cricket which is fine. . sometimes, other times I tell them to skat as the kids are trying to get to bed :o)

Lucas was excellent at bowling and batting.

  

  

 

Ex-spud-dition!

Ok so here are the pics I didn't put on my garden blog. You've gotta check it out as the spuds were so much fun for the kids (and me) to dig up!

The munch bunch

 

 

Addie and her strawberry cream (vic sponge) cake :o)

Everyone had a go at spreading the cream and plopping on the strawberries.

Mmmmm! Organic wholegrain flour!

Lucas slept well that night

Running up the wall.

A place called The Fish Ponds, very near where we live. A great place to see the wildlife when your not jumping off the various rocks in the Billabongs. Allways fun. Above is a video of the Wall Jump. You have to run along it sideways as far as you can.

Plop into the water.

Daddy days

Here's Steve and Lucas enjoying uncle Andrew's ute (and radio). Lucas reported all the fires along the way - to fireman Sam ofcourse, on the other end of the radio.

Steve took Lucas and our neighbour Luke down to the "fish ponds" the other day for a bush walk and nature discovery tour. Lucas was really well behaved being fully engaged the whole time.

    

TODAY IS THE DAY!

TODAY is the day that Riley took his first steps! 12.5 months old.

He played with Uncle Andrew on the rocking chair and then wanted to come over to me on the floor.. pitter patter! What a gorgeous chunky monkey he is! He's very pleased with himself.

He's been able to climb up a couple of the bunk bed wrungs, climb onto the rocking chair, over the furniture onto Daddy's lap, climb up onto Lucas' bed... with the odd fall off and last second catch. He's so active he hasn't needed to walk. But he's finally there.

Lucas is also very excited and loves calling him over and watching him walk. Here's Lucas doing his "Burn Notice" impression. You can't see but under those sunnies he's trying to wink by closing both eyes.

Fanks Farmor and Gramps

Here's the requested pics. We took video but I can't seem to find it... I'll keep looking.

And ofcourse.. the box :o)

Happy Christmas Eve..

Here's Lucas having the BEST time ever with our friend from Church - Kevin. What a cool bloke for taking Lucas for his first buzz around the street!

 

Our little Christmas tree. The big one had to stay in the garage this year. Neither Steve or I could face pick up and re-decorating a pulled over tree... Which those of you with little toddler/baby boys know is inevitable!

At least this one they could play with and re-decorate as often as they liked. It has knitted angels and santas on that mum made YEARS ago when we first came to Australia. Perfect for little fingers :o)

Yes, Christmas Eve was happy as it was the first time in almost a month that Dad was well enough to have visitors or go out of the house. It was WONDERFUL to see them. Shame I was grumpy all day from lack of sleep trying to catch up on Christmas prep.

December delights

Lucas on his $5 bike (what a bargain!!) tearing up the neighbours driveway. He's so good, got it really quickly.

Cicadas.. urgh! Lucas and Steve poked them for ages to make them rattle and chirp like a fuzzy car alarm - so flippin' loud! They had fun. Black Prince and Brown Baker (actual names)

Happy Birthday Riley! 1 year old on the 11th December and super strong, a climbing expert, and an ever ready bunny.
Here's Lucas thinking the dog is his, Riley with a dastardly plan to claim it back when Lucas is asleep.

Mewwy Chwisthgnuss!

Great timing..

What is it with money!? Just when you think you're on track thinking you'll be able to splurge a bit on holiday, christmas, whatever.. the fridge breaks, the car needs a service and something fixing, who knows where the money goes.. there's just more urgent things that must be paid!

So in this grand style, the camera is busted and we can't take any festive pictures... sorry!

So you'll have to imagine the glittery dove that Lucas made at Pre-school, the hand painted gift paper on the present he brought home for us to open on Christmas day, the great progress Riley is making with his little walker trolley (finally interested!), his ability to climb onto the rocking chair, over onto the armchair and onto Daddy's lap unassisted. His other climbing adventures just make me shake my head (what am I in for!?!).
The gingerbread houses we're making, the special gingerbread gifts Lucas gave to his best buddies (Jack and Addy), the morning, afternoon and after dinner family gathering on the trampolene, swimming etc etc etc


We'll try and borrow one!

Early Christmas treat

Here's Lucas feeling rather satisfied at his portion of fish and chips (Daddy's) and started carving away at it instantly. Terrial beach.

Sweet Cheeks

Here's one set..
..and the other set of sweet cheeks :o) He's stepping his leg up and down trying to get into the bath. Don't you just want to pinch that huge juicy butt?!

Ah! The joys of a private blog :o)

Hot hot hot

It's been flippin' HOT!
So we popped off to the beach while Andy, Amanda and Willem were visiting.
This one is Amanda showing Lucas some seaweed.
Lucas and Willem discussing who's board it is
Oooh! What a little cutie! Riley's crazy about the beach (or any place with "dirt" and water)

Uncle Andyroo

Plus Lucas managed to break the fridge door clean off the hinges! Too much raw spinach for that kid :o) He pulled some fruit out of the bottom draw and couldn't close it. He remember the "push the door hard" instruction and unfortunately it resulted in a broken door that's been jammed shut ever since!

Off to find a new one with a warranty. Urgh! There goes holiday money... oh well :o)


HAD to stick this picture on here. They're the Sister Missionaries (not really sisters) from our ward (local church meeting house). They called us reminding that we had a them down for a dinner appointment, Steve asked them what they eat and they said "oh anything" so we gave them baby food complete with bottles and bibs. Ok not really but it was a good photo opp. :o)