The last time..

Did you know, the last time we had a photo taken, just me and you, Riley had just been born.

They weren't great photos.. but they were real.

I miss you sweetheart.

When you get back we'll take some more. Till then take it easy.

When they're asleep

 

 I don't know what it is (I thought it was the 3 weeks of rain and being stuck indoors) but my boys just go insane and shred the house! Today for example, after hearing Steve leave for work and Lucas up playing with trains (Riley was with me as he'd woken up at 5), I heard a faint yell and darted out of bed to find Lucas out the front in his jimmy jams calling to Daddy (who wasn't) in the car that he'd done a smelly poo - echoing down the street. 

Then after sneaking 2 bananas and an orange, having breakfast, crackers and a milo bar (where the heck did that come from?!) he says he's hungry.. Then after play group he refuses to go to bed, throws lemons (that we picked yesterday) all over the garden, mostly at the house to try and hit the birds and then after a big lunch tells me he's hungry.

Riley has a bad cold and the poor thing just wants to be cuddled 24/7 and yells and screams if I have to put him down for 1min to cut up something for dinner. 

Then later he pretends to be a naughty cat, bites Riley on the finger so hard the mark was purple! I gave him a drink later,asked him to try and not spill it.. I see liquid all over the floor and no it's not drink, it's wee - grrrr!!! THEN he tries to clutch the curtains in his room and slide down like a pole "DON'T DO THAT!" I warn... ok shout. Two minutes later.. crash.
Way past the eye twitch, past the aching jaw from gritted teeth. Riley thankfully dropped to sleep before I could even get him to the cott and Lucas....well, I couldn't help cuddle him up and stroke his hair while I sang him to sleep. What a sweet lovable boy. Yes he's asleep as I'm saying that. We agreed we'd try harder tomorrow. xx

Beary happy

 If you look very closely you can see a bear in that tree. Riley's raking up the leaves and has no idea he's in danger!!

(Lucas has a very warm and fluffy jumper that he thinks makes him into a bear)

It's ok because Riley can fend for himself

Captured and skinned, here's our bear looking very proud of the little pumpkins we grew in the garden

A kiddy pool overflowing with Lemons from the tree.. Some could have done with another week or two but the tree stripping frenzy couldn't be stopped! Kay and Steve did a great job and now we have the task of juicing, zesting, making and baking.

Air Ambulance

Boulder bay and Stockton

I wanted to ride the camels with Lucas but I knew he'd be scared after two minutes.. or bored.

Fingal Bay

They slept well that night.

Winter Family Holiday

We popped up to Port Stephens for a week and had an exhausting, wonderful, fun and relaxing time. Well needed!

We had visitors every morning as we ate breakfast... we probably weren't allowed to bring them all onto the balcony! This is what Steve looked like most of the time.

 Sleepy head Riley probably thought he was still dreaming. He'd only just woken up.

 Lucas got close to them the first day but then was a bit freaked out with their scratchy claws. He spent each time indoors hiding on the couch with a spatula.

Spiderman Lucas

We went to the pre-school up the road for their market day the other week. Lucas had his face painted for the first time ever - he chose spiderman.


When he looked in the mirror for the first time you could almost hear his thoughts, "I really AM Spiderman!!"


We enjoyed having Spidey around for the day - Lucas later told us that it was actually HIM! 

My boys.. ok our boys

LOVE 'EM!!

Riley potato head

Yoghu-brow

We Are Family

Yesterday we had the absolute pleasure of seeing Uncle Steve and Auntie Margaret (Dad's brother as you can tell right!?)
My kids must have sensed the connection as they took to them straight away, Lucas even ran out of the front door to give Uncle Steve a hug -ahh!

Margaret knew just the right responses to Lucas' "look at dis! (crunching down a chip/crisp enthusiastically)", "come dis way".. and all the other demands. Uncle Steve knew exactly the right games to play and had them grinning the whole time.

These two are destined to be Grandparents! (You listening Steve and Nat?) haha.

I felt absolutely sick that we only saw them for such a short time. They need to move over permanently and bring all the clan with them! Miss you already!!!

15 is the magic number

FINALLY (just when I was imagining having to get him dentures to start school. I found an old picture of me as a young toddler , totally gummy and toothless so I stopped worrying so much.)

Riley cuts his first teeth at 15 months old.
The first through was his right front tooth, then is bottom left, then bottom right and top left at the same time.
Now he's cutting the front side teeth and they're giving him (and us!) a bit of trouble.

We're also making an effort to call him by his name more often instead of "the baby". It was slightly embarrassing when I was calling to him in the park the other day and all he would answer to was "boo baa" :o) haha

Daddy at work - F3 Night MVA

Accident last night on the F3 - despite the carnage nothing too serious.
It was a big turn out of Emergency Services
3 Fire Trucks - 2 Fire Rescue Trucks - 4 Police Cars - 2 Ambulance Trucks - 1 Ambulance Supervisor and 1 Ambulance Commander.

Photos taken with camera phone at night which is why photos poor quality.

Fire Trucks at Play Group

Last Week while at Play Group two local Fire Engines and a Rescue Truck stopped outside.

We all had to say hello and the Firemen were nice enough to let the boys see the trucks.