A day in the city with Nan & Pop

A visit from Nan & Pop is always filled with lots of fun things to do.. However, this time is the first time that they have been here since I started school. Luckily, Mum said that I could wag school for the day so that we could all go somewhere special together. This time we chose to catch the train into the city and show Nan & Pop the changes made to the old Spencer Street train station and just walk around, window shop, have some lunch and admire the wonderful city of Melbourne.

Please come back again soon Nan & Pop. There is still so much of Melbourne to explore!

Love Amelia

18 months old

yeah, 18 months old today....and look at me. I have chicken pox!! What a great way to celebrate..

my hospital visit

For some months now I have had what the doctors call a "trigger thumb". It means that there was a knot in the tendon in my thumb that was too big to pass back through the tunnel. So when I did a two thumbs up, this is what it looked like..



Yesterday I went to hospital to get my thumb fixed so that I can do a normal two thumbs up like everyone else.. I was kind of getting used to my bent thumb but mum and dad thought it best that it get fixed. So after dropping Amelia at school and Chase with a friend it was time to get ready for hospital. Getting ready for hospital unfortunately meant no eating or drinking for 6 long hours so we decided to head to Toys r us for some shopping. While there I managed to find myself a new friend that seemed more than happy to make the trip to hospital with me.

Upon arriving at hospital I was "checked in" and then finally shown to my wheely bed. I put on my pj's, mum's funny blue shoes and was ready to go. Well as ready as I could get. Mum & Dad told me that I was very very brave!! I think so too. It was kind of scary going into the big room with lots of doctors and nurses waiting for me and the man who wanted to put me to sleep. Before I went to sleep I heard him offer my mum some of the special sleeping gas to take home.. Hopefully Mum declined, I much prefer to go asleep by myself.

Before I knew it I was back out with Mum & Dad but with a funny bandage on my thumb??? Then the nurse gave me some snacks and ice-cream to make me feel better, and because I was so hungry. Then, finally it was time to go home for dinner and more ice-cream. Thanks Aunty Kyla for telling me that I could have 3 ice-creams when my thumb was fixed. I had one vanilla, one strawberry and one chocolate!

feathered friends

Finally after two long years our feathered friends decided to come back for a visit..

I won......

A few weeks ago Mum asked me what my favourite Dora song is.The reason for this was because she was entering me into a competition to win some tickets to the Dora Saves the Snow Princess premier. So, if I'm telling you this then I guess that you know by now that I won!!!!!



The movie was today and since Amelia had her friend (our friend) Jacqui sleeping over I decided to take them both plus my Mum. We arrived in at Melbourne Central very early and very excited. There was face painting, balloons, snow cones, and even special Dora show bags. Dora and Diego also showed up for some cuddles and photos. Then we all enjoyed watching both the Dora and Diego movie while munching on some popcorn - yum!

Thanks Corinella for the tickets.. To all my friends, if you are not already a member join up now. You never know what you could win.....

Fun4Kids

What a great week.. Here is a collection of our favourite pics from our week away in cold, wet and windy Warrnambool. Favourite activities were as follows:

Amelia
1. Craft
2. Dance classes
3. Edible art
4. Vic Performing Arts Dance show
5. Pandora Pink
6. Woodwork
7. the flying fox at the park

Zachary
1. Edible art
2. Ten pin bowling
3. Inside play area
4. Woodwork
5. Dorothy the Dinosaur show
6. the flying fox at the park

Chase
1. Inside play area
2. Baby farm animals
3. Sand pit
4. Dorothy the Dinosaur show
5. the flying fox at the park

Daddy
1. craft activities
2. the coffee stores
3. Team Loko
4. the flying fox at the park

Mummy
1. walking home in the rain storm
2. all of the shows that she couldn't convince us to watch
3. also a fan of the coffee stores

Enjoy!

boys day out

After dropping the girls at school Thomas, Chase and I decided that another boys day was required. So after convincing our mums that this was going to happen we ventured home. Lets see.... what sort of things do boys like doing? First we played with some cars,buses and trains, then it was time to watch some "Bob the Builder", then lunch of course.. have you ever known little boys to not enjoy lunch? After lunch we were off to the park and then the big surprise - aeroplane spotting. Mum drove us out to the viewing spot just past the airport and as it turned out we were there at prime time. Plane after plane after plane.. they just kept coming in over the top of us! It was fantastic! Can't wait to see what mum has in mind for the next boys day out..

Love Zachary

a lazy sunday afternoon

big sisters are so good at giving you cuddles, and keeping you warm, when you are not feeling well..

family pics

Here are my latest drawings of my family! Mum thought that these ones were worth sharing with everyone..

Love Amelia x

A sunny autumn day

What better way to spend a nice sunny autumn day than at the beach!!! Of course, the beach in autumn is only really meant for sand play but Zachary thought otherwise. It didn't take long before he was wet and covered in sand. Luckily, thre were some spare clothes in the car so we were able to stop in at the cafe for some lunch and the park for a play before heading back home again..

Hung out to dry

Last night I wasn't feeling very well so after just looking at my dinner for 10 minutes I decided it was best for me to go to bed. Unfortunately after getting into my new bed I was sick. Unfortunatey my favourite doggy was in bed with me at the time and so today needed a wash and dry. Now he looks and smells like a new dog!!!

Love Zachary x

Light Savers

Thanks Aunty Shannon for our “light savers”.. Mum found them in the cupboard last night and we had soooooooo much fun playing with them.. And look at the great photos that we got.

drawing

Ok, so I have finally found a wall that I am allowed to draw on...

an important milestone

my first "real" bump on the head....

Ouch!!!

Our night out

The day of the ball finally arrived and after a nice quiet afternoon colouring in with Nanny it was finally time to take my hair out of "rags" and reveal my curls. So, with hair ready it was then time to put on my gown, sparkly jacket (thanks to Nanny)dancing slippers and a little bit of lipstick of course.. We arrived at the ball and quickly found my friends and my teacher, Anna, but unfortunately my dancing partner was nowhere to be found?????? then Anna told me the bad news. Amir, my partner had broken his arm and so he wasn't able to dance. I wasn't sure what was going to happen, who I was going to be dancing with. Maybe I was going to dance by myself? But then Anna fixed it all and found a new partner for me, Troy, my kinder and now school friend (a.k.a. the boy that I am going to marry -shhhh don't tell mum & dad), so all was great! Troy and I danced three different dances and inbetween these the other school kids did their dancing. Even mum & dad, nanny & chase and Darren & bec got up for a dance - it was great fun but I must admit that by the end of the night I was very very very tired and couldn't wait to be home in my nice warm bed, as was the case with Zach. Chase, well that's another story....

The Grand Ball

Being at school surely keeps me busy.. so busy that blogging has unfortunately taken a back seat.. While we all have lots of photos and stories still to post I wanted to quickly share with you all the ever important event on my social calender, happening this Saturday - The Grand Ball!! After weeks and weeks of practicing we are all finally ready to put on our ball gowns (the girls that is) and show everyone how well the prep class can waltz. Only 4 more sleeps..

Stacks on

the joy of chocolate.. oops we mean Easter

No matter how hard we tried, the year we were unable to find any chocolate suprises left by Easter Bunny.. So after breakfast we headed outside and in doing so we discovered that he had been playing in our garden. We wasted no time getting our boots on to find the chocolate and then of course taste it.. After a morning tea of chocolate and more chocolate we headed to Nanny's house for a big family easter feast. Because there were so many of us we dined outside on the new deck in the sunshine. After lunch it was time for some games, some outside bush style kid cooking and of course another egg hunt complete with some chocolate style gifts from Nanny and Aunty Shannon. After dinner the plan was to go home but instead we decided that a sleep over at our cousins houe was a better idea. Although it was late when we all finally got to bed we still had some energy to play and talk before sleep. The next morning we all woke up super early and athough we tried really hard to be quiet it wasn't long before the grown ups were awake as well. Poor Uncle Mick didn't look so happy to be awake though and in an attempt to feel better he decided to go for a swim in the pool. What a crazy uncle we have..

Good Friday

Good Friday this year sure was good!!!! With Aunty Shannon and Dan in tow we jumped on the train and decided to head into the Good Friday appeal. After having our faces painted and after winning some running races there were belly dancers to watch and jumping castles waiting to be jumped on. We even got to see the big green oval that the footy players play on while we ate our lunch. The highlight of the day was however when we got home and found some chocolate bunnies sitting on our back door step. Thank you secret easter bunnies (you know who you are.. )

banking

For over five years now I have been collecting coins.. Finally last week I got to take some of these coins to the bank and deposit them straight into my account.. Watching the coins being automatically sorted and conted was kind of cool. Much cooler than the way that Mum told me she used to count and deposit money when she was a little girl. I wonder what I will buy with my money when I'm older...

Love Amelia