A birthday well celebrated!

Holly was well and truly spoilt rotten this year. Nanny and Pa and Aunty Pol and Marley have all just left us and gone home. We had a jam packed few days and lots of fun. We miss you all already xx
Taking birthday calls.

Yesterday the four of us piled in the car for a BIG girls day out to see .... MARY POPPINS!!!

It was so much fun, we had a quick bite to eat at the cellar bar, then walked around to Her Majestys Theatre. The show was amazing. The sets were unlike no other, it was a great show (My sister and I have decided we want to star in musicals - despite our complete lack of singing and dancing skills!) Holly loved it - especially when Mary Poppins flew over the audience! She lasted really well until about the last 15 minutes when she got very restless (it was a 3 hour show!).

By the way we are all rugged up and it was slightly cold (freezing according to the Queenslanders) however today it was so hot the air conditioner went on!

Happy Birthday Moo!

Kissing the nearest boy!

A NEW BIKE!!

Holly and her new purple bike! She was amazing, never having had ridden a bike before she jumped on and rode all the way to Knox and back! She did such a good job!

Pa and I were next to her the whole way (apart from me trying to document her entire first ride!)

This is Phar Lap aka Alexander aka Samuel ( he changes names regularly!). We ride past this horse (who lives out the front of the paint shop) every time I ride Holly to kindy on the bike. She has been asking me for ages if she can hope on top and have a ride. I kept telling her, one day when Daddy is with us, maybe! Well, Pa was up to the challenge! She jumped off her bike and sat on the horse!

Birthday Morning

What a beautiful little 4 year old
Holly woke up to a treasure hunt to find her bike! She is still saying it was the best part of her birthday!

trying on a buzzy bee costume! cute!

The Speech!

This gorgeous little girl make the most beautiful speech. Confidently and loudly she thanked everyone for their beautiful gift!

Darling cousins

Decorating her cupcake - there ended up being more decoration than cake!

Some painting on the deck

Construction photo shoot!

We did not tell her to pose like this! she was just lying there and we took some snaps!

A change of scenery ...

Tonight Mamma thought a change of routine would do us all good. And boy, was she right, this was the most fun we have had getting clean in ages (apart from our bath on the deck a few weeks ago!)

I am considering doing this more often, there was less mess, and much easier on my back!

Some random iPhone snaps ...

Holly took this one herself this afternoon, so cute xx
Happy Birthday Dadda!!!
We love you so much and hope you had a super birthday and a nice and relaxed little shindig on sunday. We all think you are AWESOME and love you to pieces xx

Holly and Harry were "knighted" by Loz and Shane on Saturday at Lozzys Uni graduation bbq. They did feel very special being knighted with a rolling pin!

A Little project that I have been working on for the last week or so. It really looks much better in the flesh! You like?

Some random iPhone photos ...

My darling boy, who takes after his big sister and LOVES to dress up!

Harry went very quite the other day - and anyone who has ever had a toddler knows that silence is not always good. However, I went looking for him and found him like this. Under his cot, with a stack of books reading! He stayed like this for about 20 minutes! SO cute. I just love that Harry loves books as much as his big sis did.

Up on the Gold Coast last week, Holly and I shared a bed .... I sent Andrew this photo - bed-hogging must be genetic (she gets it from me not her Dad!)

Holly and Raquel

Since Holly was about 18 months Lizzy and I have often said how alike Holly and Raquel are. Not just in looks, but personality and mannerisms. Such gorgeous girls.

An afternoon at the park

Today seemed like one of those looong days. Don't get me wrong, it was a good day, however when you are asked for what seems like the 100th time "when is Daddy coming home?" its long! Andrew was in Sydney for one night (yes only one night) but to Holly it somehow felt like a week?! She woke up asking when he would be home and didn't stop until he walked in the door at 6pm! So at 3pm, I bundled my treasures into the bike trailer, put the dog on the lead and spent the afternoon at the park.

And by the way, it worked, it took her mind off it for, ummm, a whole 10 minutes!

by the way, Harry did have gastro, and is slowly getting better :)