Little climber

Now that Mr 1 is walking everywhere, he’s decided he will also climb on anything he can including turning washing baskets upside down in order to stand on them.

New car

Yesterday our little car broke down on my husband’s way to work. Thankfully it didn’t needed to be towed too far to a mechanic. Unfortunately the engine blew which means it will be cheaper to upgrade to a new car than to order a new engine. It has been a great little car for our family and has taken us on long distance trips. An upgrade will be good with a growing family of two little kids and allowing us more long distance drives to visit family and friends.

During the day my husband looked around at different cars available and set up a test drive for after work. Tonight he arrived home with a new car for our family. It’s beautiful, roomy and we’re enjoying all the extras (automatic windows, cruise control).

Our new car has arrived just in time for Easter.

Sippy cup

This morning Mr 1 sat down next to Miss 3 and drank milk from his new sippy cup. He only needed a little help with getting the right angle for the milk to come out. It was a good way for Mr 1 to start drinking on his own and will help when we drop his lunch time bottle towards the middle of the year. As well as getting him used to cold milk from the fridge as opposed to warmed milk.

Over the last couple of weeks Mr 1 has started helping to pack up his toys by putting them back into their bags or containers. He gets really upset and throw little tantrums whenever any food or milk is finished, so this morning after he had finished his milk, I showed him it was finished and then carried him holding his cup to the sink. I got Mr 1 to put his empty cup into the sink. I did the same with his snack and lunch plates and he didn’t cry after finishing his meals as he completed the process himself.

Such a clever little man.

Girls breakfast

This morning Miss 3 and I had a girls breakfast at Tosca’s (in our own cubicle beside the window).

First on the agenda for Miss 3 was ordering a strawberry milk. With Miss 3′s milk came an Ariel (The little mermaid) colouring in page. She perused the menu and decided the double chocolate muffin seemed the best. I enjoyed a scrambled eggs, bacon and tomato breakfast. The look on Miss 3′s face when her breakfast was brought to her was priceless. On the side of the plate next to a HUGE muffin was cream and icecream. Miss 3 did extremely well getting through almost half of the muffin.

A girls breakfast outing wouldn’t be complete without a little shopping.

Fourth anniversary

One of the great things about my parents visiting is we we’re able to go out for our anniversary while the kids stayed and had fun with their Grandparents. It is always wonderful to be able to go out together on date nights. We don’t live near family so rarely go out without the kids. Whenever we’re given time to we treasure it.

For our fourth anniversary we relaxed at the movies, strolled along the board walk where we stopped and enjoyed the most delicious dessert. We laughed and talked (trying very hard not to mentioned the children) but most of all had the best time in each others company.

Grandparent moments

We have all be enjoying spending time while my parents are here on holidays for a few weeks. It is always nice catching up with family. We have been spoilt by seeing both sides of the family over the Christmas holidays.

We’ve had plenty of fun at the beach building sandcastles and enjoying the beautiful sun and waves. I love sitting back and watching our children interact and have their own special moments with their Grandparents.

Sleeping through

Hooray!

For the first time our little man (10mths) has slept straight through the night. A good 12 hours without stirring or needing us through the night. So proud of our little man. He also went down for his morning sleep without a fuss.

Hello to the new year!

A closer view

Our little man has just turned 10 months and has decided now is the time to climb whatever he can!

He couldn’t get a close enough view of Thomas the Tank Engine so decided to climb up and along the step of the fireplace at Papa and Nanas, around his sister and up onto the coffee table in front of the television.

The other day he climbed the set of stairs to the top floor of Papa and Nana’s house.

Once he had worked out how to climb the stairs he then decided to do it another 2 or 3 times. It’s a good thing there is a gate at the bottom of the stairs so he won’t climb them while we’re not looking!

Twenty-twelve

We’re ready for the fresh blank page of twenty-twelve.

“Today is where your book begins. The rest is still unwritten.”
(Natasha Bedingfield)