On the move

A little while ago now I decided it was time to go exploring. I started by moving myself around on my tummy but decided that was too hard and that using my hands and knees instead would get me places a lot quicker. There are so many places to explore at home but I especially like wandering outside onto the deck and into Amelia and Zachary's bedroom to see what toys they have left out for me to play with.

party season

Some say that December is the silly season.. For us it's the party season!! On Friday we headed to the traffic school for Alex's 5th birthday. There were lots of roads for us to ride around on, trams, trains and even traffic lights. Unfortunately while we were there my bike broke!!! For no reason at all the front wheel bent and broke. Luckily for me there were some cool Harley like trikes there that I was able to ride very very fast on..




The following day was Emily's 5th cooking party. After putting on our aprons and hats we all mixed, rolled and flattened out our dough to make gingerbread ladies. Then after a birthday feast it was time to decorate some cup cakes before gathering together all of our treats and heading home. Cooking parties are fun, I'm already working on mum to see if she will let me have my next party there???

going to the drive in

Do you like going to the drive in??? Would you like to come to our drive in?? It's at our house so you can come anytime you like.....

school

Can you believe that my time at kinder is nearly finished?? it's nearly concert day so that means that it's nearly christmas then holidays and then school!!!! Over the last few weeks I (along with about 6 other kinder friends) have spent the morning at our new school, in the class room with our teachers and all of the other prep children. I even met my buddy (her name is Yasmin) and she helped me to draw some pictures and told me a bit about all of the fun stuff that we get to do at school.. Next year when I am at school Yasmin will be my buddy every day and is going to help me find my way around the school yard and even play with me at recess and lunch time. I can't wait!!!!! In preparation of going to school I have be practising getting dressed in the morning, packing my bag (with all of my school clothes), walking to school (currently the kitchen) and hanging my bag up before going outside to play! Mum says that my school uniform will be worn out before it's even time to start school.

kinder fun

while Amelia has been busy with school orientations I had my very own orientation day at kinder last week. Dad was home from work for the day so after packing my bag Dad and I walked to kinder to meet all of the other boys and girls in "blue" group. Upon arriving at kinder I was so excited that I quickly hung my bag up on Amelia's hook and ran into the kinder room to start playing.. I was only there for an hour but I managed to fit in so many things - play doh, drawing, pasting and playing trains. Wow, I thought that dropping Amelia at kinder was fun ! Just wait until I get to stay there for a whole session by myself......

me and my cousin

My daddy went to a place called Canberra so we all decided to take a trip to Nanny's house. While there we spent lots of time catching up with cousins - Asha, Eloise and Bella. While the big kids were busy playing, eating (and sometimes fighting) Asha and I were busy rolling, crawling and playing on the floor. It's great having a cousin to play with who is the same age as me.. Hopefully I see her again real soon.

my friend Milla

Some of you know my friend Milla or may have heard me talking about her.. Well Milla also recently turned 5 and celebrated with a dance party. There were some big ballet girls that came to Milla's house to teach us a new dance and to help us do lots of other fun things. I especially liked the limbo and showing our special dance to all of the mums and dads. While I was busy dancing my little brother Zach was busy exploring the party food table. He found lots of yummy things there to munch on. i think his favourite (and mine) were the mini yo-yo's..




A couple of weeks later there was also a very special occasion - Milla sleeping over at my house. We kicked my littliest brother, Chase, out of his room into mine and Milla and I slept on the red couch / bed. Because I had stayed up a little later than usual I had a little sleep in in the morning so Milla and Zach got to play together for a while. Event though it was a little chilly outside apparently they crept outside for a jump on the trampoline and to make a house for the little snail that they found on the deck. Later in the day we took Milla to a school fete where we met up with her mum. Another special person was at the fete and Milla and I decided that we would like to have our photo taken with him.. Can you guess who it was??

Big kid swings

With all of the sunny weather that we have been getting there have been lots of visits to the park. Now that I'm a big boy I get to have a swing in the big kids swing. I haven't been brave enough as yet to try the slide.. maybe it's because of all the crazy kids that I see on there???

Thomas' party

Amongst all of the parties that Amelia has been going to I had one for my friend Thomas. He turned 3 and to celebrate we had a car party!!! We all got our own cars to race, a pistol cup after the race and some car cake to eat.. Parties are fun fun fun.. I wonder how many sleeps left until mine?

my wheels

Look at how much my brother and sister love me...



my pram was in desperate need of a clean so Zachary and Amelia volunteered to wash it for me.. Afterwards they then let me have a drive of their big red car!!

Catching up

Everytime that we sit down to blog these days it seems like we are needing to go way back in time and remember what we have been doing. There just doesn't seem like there is enough time to fit in everything and then when we do think that there is time the internet decides not to work??? I'm sure that a lot of people can relate to what we are saying and so will forgive us for being a little behind. So, where to start??

Here are a few random but favourite pics


The new wheels (thanks Aunty Shannon)


First sleep over / slumber party for Jayda's 5th birthday. Last one to sleep (10.30pm) one of the first awake (5.30am)


Brotherly love


In an attempt to get away and relax (and of course visit our friends Damien and Laura) we travelled to Bendigo for the weekend. Luckily for us it was a nice hot weekend and given the the caravan park we stayed in had a pool we had to try it out! Also working to our advantage was the fact that it was children's week and Bendigo was having a festival with all of our favourites - face painting, hair spraying, a Max & Milly show, train rides and heaps more.

look what I can do!

turning 5

Turning 5 is so much fun especially when it involves a gymnastics party!! One and a half hours in the gym to play games and have free time. Let's see, what was my favourite thing?? well there was the birthday girl bungy swing (which i loved!!), jumping into the foam bricks, the big bouncy trampolines, the rings, the beam and of course the big birthday feast. But the fun didn't stop there.. After a quick ride back to our house Bella, Eloise, Asha, Aunty Kyla and Nanny all stayed to help me open my presents. We even found time to play with some of them before it was time for them to leave.. Thanks everyone for coming to celebrate my party, i hope that you had as much fun as I did.

Kisses, Amelia

a big weekend

What a weekend I have had.. First there was my last ballet class on Saturday. Being the last class before holidays mums and dads as well as friends are able to watch. So off we all went to ballet so that I could show everyone my moves. Then on Sunday it was finally time to go to the Dora show. Dora and her friends lost their treasure and needed to go on an adventure to find it. Of course they ended up finding it and they even let Swiper celebrate with them.

Sharing

Mum keeps telling Zachary that his swing is getting a little small for him and that maybe we should start calling it my swing.. I don't think that Zach is completely sold on that idea yet but he doesn't seem to mind sharing his swing with me and even giving me a little push now and again..

Love Chase

Daddy's weekend

When we got home from Eloise's party it was time to catch up with Dad and see what he had been doing while we were away.. So up the ladder into the roof we climbed where I was brave enough to stand on one of the new timbers that Daddy had put in. I can't wait until it is becomes a proper floor that I can walk on without having to worry about the possibility of ending up in the bathroom!! Then the next day was of course Father's Day. After a big breakfast and some presents we decided to go for a swim. Then it was time to decorate the ginger bread house that Yasar and Em gave to us a little while back. no guesses as to who ate the most frosting!!!

Happy birthday to Eloise

While the big kids were in the party room eating party food for Eloise's birthday I was hanging with my cousin, Asha, chewing on plain old rusks.. While the big kids were runnning around, climbing and jumping Asha and I were in our pushers watching. Mum says that it won't be long before I am running around as well! I hope that Asha decides to have a fun bugs birthday party one day.

Love Chase x

Look how much we have grown

Every now and then we like to look back at some old photos and see how much we have grown.. These photos show just how much we have grown as we happended to be in the same spots as before.. There's Zach in the swing at the nic nak park, aged 9 months and then again at 2 and a half.. then there's amelia in the rocker at Nanny's aged 22 months and again at 5 (well nearly 5). Chase has grown too but we think that we deserved his very own post to try and catch up with us a little..

Cuddling cousins

We are a little behind in our blogging and because we only have time to blog a little now and then (in between the craziness of day-to-day living) our stories are probably a little jumbled up.. A little while ago was Nanny and Poppy's birthdays. Poppy's birthday number was 60 so we decided to have a special birthday lunch, followed by cake, of course! Birthdays are also a great time to catch up and run wild with our cousins. And as an extra special treat Aunty Shannon was also down for a short holiday from Darwin.

Hope you had a great day Nanny & Poppy!

I'm famous

Look who is famous!!! Last week I had my name printed in the newspaper.. Why?? Well I entered a little colouring competition and won! I received a parcel in the mail with so many cool things packed inside.. Not only were there 4 tickets to the Dora the Explorer Pirate Adventure show but a Dora CD, Dora doll, t-shirt and wand. I couldn’t believe that I won and that I am going to see the Dora show. i am just a wee little bit excited. .

Amelia