bang bang bang

I forgot that mum took some footage of us playing with the new toy from Nanny..It's not great footage; for some reason mum had the camera up the wrong way ?? But, Mum said that posting this footage on the blog will make everyone understand why it is ok for the toy to stay at Nannys house.

Love Amelia x

so this is christmas

After waiting patiently for soooo very long and after all of our visitors had gone home it was finally time to put the santa key out as well as the milk and cookies. In fact we were both soooo excited that we couldn't sleep and spent most of the night tucked up in bed with mum and dad!

When we woke on Monday morning the door to our back room was closed. We thought that Santa must have closed it so that he didn't wake us.. When we finally convinced mum and dad that it was time to get up and open the door we found lots of things inside and outside of our santa sacks. Then there were also all of the presents that had been sitting under the christmas tree waiting to be opened. Thank you to everyone for our presents; we love them all!!!

After a quick breakfast and packing all of the new toys into the car we headed to Ballarat and arrived just in time for a very yummy lunch at Nannys. After lunch it was of course time to swap presents and everyone was surprised how quickly we got through the pile! Just when we thought that all the presents were finished Nanny pulled out another BIG one and told us that it was a present for us as well as Bella & Eloise to stay at her house. Once the present was opened both mum and dad said that the present could definitely stay at Nanny's.. Let's say that it was a very musical christmas!!!!

p.s. yes it was almost snowing in Ballarat !!!

Go karting!!!!!!

What a week I have had... I have been so very busy that I even forgot to blog! Last Thursday mum picked up my Aunty Shannon up from the airport very very early. After I woke up (in mum's bed) I found Aunty Shannon in MY BED! After spending 2 days with us we then drove Aunty Shannon back to Ballarat. While there we had lunch with Nanny and Poppy and then went to see Aunty Mick, Bella & Eloise. Since we all hadn't seen Aunty Shannon for so long Bella decided to show her how she can drive the go kart. It was so much fun driving around with Bella that I then decided to have a drive. Aunty Mick and Bella helped me with the steering but Aunty Mick did say that I was good on the accelerator. Mum looked a bit nervous while I was driving but I think that after watching how responsible Bella and I both were she will let me have another go next time.

After saying goodbye to everyone we headed home and weren't home for very long before some more visitors arrived - Nan & Pop. Nan & Pop stayed for only one night as they also had to visit Uncle Steve and then Aunty Samm before going home. It was good to see Nan & Pop again, I hope that they come back again really soon.

Then on Monday, my Nanny and Aunty Shannon came back to my house because Mum, Dad and Aunty Shannon went to a concert - someone called Robbie ?? Anyway, it meant that Nanny looked after Zachie and me.. Mum & Dad went out again on Tuesday night for Dad's work christmas dinner. This night Zachie and I had 3 babysitters - Nanny, Aunty Shannon and Dan!!! Christmas sure is fun!

Amelia

p.s. take a look at my driving.. It was FUN!
p.s.s. that's aunty mick's bottom that you can see on your screen... he he

It's hot

It's hot, I can't sleep, my gums hurt, I'm thristy and I'm tired.. This is what I would tell my mummy if I could say all of these words. However, when I do get to sleep I only have 4 more sleeps until Christmas. I'm not exactly sure what christmas is yet or what it means but Amelia seems to be pretty exicted so I guess that I will be too.

Love Zach x

christmas in the city

Today my daddy stayed home from work. Because we were all home mum had a brillant idea. Let's all go into the city and have a look at the special christmas displays at Myer and David Jones. Unfortunately for us half of Melbourne had the same idea as mum and there were way too many people lining up to see Santa so after a look at the decorations and toys, a little shopping and a cino we headed to "the burbs". Here I was able to get within touching distance of Santa without lining up (yes I actually talked to him without screaming and discovered that he is a nice person...) and he even gave me some special stickers to bring home. I like Santa.

Amelia x

the christmas spirit

After a really HOT weekend (outside temp 40 degrees, inside temp 30 degrees)we decided to head to Coburg Lake on Sunday night to listen to some christmas carols. There were lots of people there but we somehow managed to secure a little piece of grass for our blanket quite close to the stage where we could sing, dance and eat biscuits and donuts.. I didn't see Santa at the carols but I did see the next best thing - Dorothy the Dinosaur!!! Happy Christmas everyone.

Amelia x

peek-a-boo

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas!

On Saturday we had a very important task to do.. Shop for a christmas tree and some decorations AND once we got home the even more important task of putting the tree together and the decorations on.. We both had sooooo much fun decorating the tree. We even found our Santa bags and have put them out under the tree already.. We wonder if there will be anything in there when we wake up tomorrow??

Amelia & Zach x

happy birthday emily

Yes, another birthday party, this time for my friend, Emily. I didn't think that we were going to make it to Emily's party because our car had a flat tyre but luckily my daddy came home early to fix it and so off we went. Everyone had heaps of fun playing at Emily's house, eating ice-cream cake (as well as cupcakes!!) and driving the cars while Emily's daddy pushed.

I wonder whose birthday party will be next ??

Amelia

Daddy's new project

The last few weekends I have been helping my daddy build his new deck in our back yard. There has been lots of digging, cutting, nailing and some painting. The best bit of the deck is that once it is finished I will have a great big new stage that I will be able to dance on. Last weekend Dad was so happy with my help that he put a temporary platform on the deck for me to practice my dancing on.. It was even more fun a couple of days later when it rained and there was water on my platform.

Amelia

mini daddy???

Whenever I see people that I haven't seen in a little while they always tell me how much I look like my daddy.. What do you think?

Zach

goodbye greg

Goodbye Greg Wiggle.. We will miss you!

Love Amelia & Zachary x

my drawing of Elodi

Earlier this week mum and I wrapped up a little present for my cousin Elodi for her happy birthday. Mum told me that I could draw a picture for Elodi on her card so away I went and drew a picture of Elodi. Mum was so impressed with my drawing that she took a photo and said that I should "blog it". So, here it is...

my first swim

After a chilly stay in Ballarat we returned home and somehow convinced mummy and daddy to blow up the pool. Because there is not a lot of water around at the moment mummy only put a tiny bit of water in the pool but it was enough for Amelia and I to splash in. I really liked my first big swim, but I do hope that Santa brings me my own swimmers because I don't think that these pink ones bring out the colour in my eyes.

where did the water go???

While we were in Ballarat we seemed to be driving in circles... Well, one big circle! While Zach slept Mum decided to drive around Lake Wendouree, a lake that she claimed to have jogged around many times when she was younger! Mum also stopped to take some photos of the lake to show Daddy; except it dodn't look much like a lake to me..

0.5 degrees in Ballarat

Last week we decided to take a trip to Ballarat to see Nanny & Poppy and Aunty Kyla, Bella & Eloise. We also stopped in to see little Abby and her mum Bec and Jackie and her new baby, Oscar. It was soooooo much fun catching up with everybody, even if it was only 0.5 degrees at times which meant that we had to spend most of our time inside. After we said goodbye to Abby and Bec we got caught in a really big hailstorm. It was so loud that we couldn't even hear The Wiggles music playing in the car or mum talking to us. Then, while out at Bella and Eloise's it hailed again and then it snowed!!! Uncle Mick (oops I mean Aunty Mick) was out in the snow so we decided that we should go out as well and help to collect the snow to help build Aunty Mick's snowman. We only got a little bit done before another big hailstorm so we needed to hide in near the pond until it stopped. Luckily we had packed enough clothes to stay for a few days and so when the weather was better we played outside, "did coffee" and also a spot of shopping.

Look what I can do..

Mum says "no words are required".. So I guess that's it - good night all.

Kinder

Today I learnt a new word "orientation"... It means that you get to go somewhere to see what the place is like and whether the people and activities at the place are fun or not. And the verdict is that KINDER IS FUN!!! Although I was only there for one hour and that mum and Zach were with me I still think that kinder is fun and that I will have lots of fun when I get to go by myself. There is so much to do at kinder; today (just for practice) I played with the play doh, did some pasting and played in the pretend kitchen and then before I knew it it was time to go home. But before I left I did manage to test out the playground.. It's good!

Love Amelia (the kinder kid (almost))

my new doll

Hi, do you like my new doll? Amelia x

look at what mum made me..

Now hanging above my cot and adding some colour to my room. Mum says that they "look good from a distance" but I LOVE them when I am looking at them close up or from far away.. Thanks Mum - Zach x