Summer Days

We have had some gorgeous weather here this week. The sun has been shining and we have made the most of our sun-drenched deck and yard.

Harry can now get out of the house, down the stairs and up and down on the trampoline all by himself.

A sunny Freeman-Cooper day in the park

Dress ups with Ivy Doll.

Holly and I had a big conversation last week about why some people speak different languages. She was asking about her cousin speaking in Vietnamese and other people speaking other languages. Yesterday she said something to me and I didn't hear her, the conversation then went like this ...
Mum: Pardon Holly?
Holly: (said something again)
Mum: Sorry Holly I didn't catch that again?
Holly: (in a fed up voice) I AM speaking Australian Mum!

Thank you very much!

Chesterfield Farm

This afternoon we wandered down to Chesterfield Farm, for two reasons. One: today is the last day of sunshine for what looks like an eternity, and two: Holly is obsessed with these bunnies!

She must have sat with them for two hours. She picked them up, swapped them, put them down, named them, cuddled them, tried to put them down her top .... she just adores them.

Don't be surprised if one day a post pops up about our new pet... Thumper!

Ha ha, this photo just makes me laugh, its our little piggy, sitting quite comfortably with this drift of little piggies!

Harry was really funny, he sat and tried to steal the pellets out of the food tray, he was actually elbowing them away!

Harry and the Llama
Someone accidently left out these gorgeous little chicks, Holly and I were tempted to pop one in our pockets and take it home.

Harry and the lamb .... oh and we just had a very tasty rack of lamb for dinner ... too much information?

I was SO close to taking one of these little babes home .... seriously!

she had a joey in her pouch and all.

Let us in Dad!!! How cute are these matching pj's! I just love them and have been dying for Harry to grow into his.
Harry now eats all his meals at the bench like a big kid, he loves it, and actually eats so much better.

These two little monkeys are looking a bit sheepish, they are watching the glazier replace the window that Harry's head went through! It sounds a lot worse than it was, he smashed the window and came out completely unscathed, jumped up, laughed and walked off!

A party in the park

Our boys ... a long afternoon in the park for Gingers 1st birthday.

Morning Funny

We had to laugh this morning ...
At about 7.30 this morning Holly called out from her bedroom - MUUUM ... MUUUUUM.
We called back to her to come into our room. She stopped calling out, but didn't come in.
This is totally not like her, she never stays in bed in the morning and loves to jump in with us. About 5 minutes later she came running in. I asked her, "Why were you calling out?" she replied "I was waiting for you to bring me breakfast in bed!" laughing I said, "what made you think I was bringing you breaky in bed honey?" "I stopped calling you cause I remembered it was just a dream!" Funny little monkey xx

A day at the park

We had a lovely day today, with two nice long park visits.
Harry discovered he loves sand.

These two monkeys have the funniest fascination with cleaning their teeth! Its so funny, if Harry disappears, you can almost put money on it that he is in the bathroom brushing his teeth!

Testing out the Hammock swing we bought in Bali.

Give him a ladder and he will climb!

If it is less than two foot tall, Harry will climb it! Our house has turned into a gigantic climbing fun park as far as Harry Pie is concerned. He is into EVERYTHING!!! We are seeing a MASSIVE difference in boys vs girls. Holly was always quite content to sit and play and troddle around following me. Child locks were optional we and didn't need to move too much stuff. However, we now have child locks on everything, all stools and tiny seating have been removed, and all bathroom doors must be closed. I caught him sitting on the table on the deck last week. Nice.

The sun has finally come out!

soaking up the much missed rays.

NUDIE RIDE!

Happy 4th Birthday Ame!!!

Decorating the birthday cupcakes.

This was such a great idea as a party game, and it kept the kids entertainted for quite a while.