My Worst Fears....

have been confirmed. Annabel wants to do ballet!!! We borrowed an Angelina Ballerina DVD off our friend Bee and sine then Annabel prances, twirls and spins her way round the house. Last night I asked her if she wanted to go to dancing and she said yes..."I want to do ballet." Georgia is not so keen and she wants to just go and watch. I think we will look at some sort of movement/dance class (sigh..). Maybe this one..

Some Random Photos

Bath Time Fun....

mmm sweet baby curls after the bath

Our poor blog has been neglected. We seem to have had our fair share of winter lurgies over the last few weeks. The girls are back to school tomorrow so we will probably pick something else up. Sigh...you gotta love Canberra Winters. So here are some random pics of the kids...

1930's Wife...How do you rate?

Sorry our blog has been a little neglected. The kids have been sick and so things have been quiet. But I promise some more photos tomorrow. We have been baking and I have some great recipes to share too.

I just took this quiz. Too funny. I am an average 1930's wife with a score of 45. Take the test..how do you rate?

45 As a 1930s wife, I am Average Take the test!

Last Day of Term and Dress Ups

Yesterday was the last day of term for two whole weeks...yep those lovely teachers are on holidays. Ack it makes for a long two weeks in our house. When I told the girls that the teachers were having holidays..Annabel responded " Not another holiday but they just had a holiday!" (Sorry Mum we know you teachers work hard and totally deserve every holiday you get). So as it was the last day of term the girls were allowed to dress up. Georgia decided the night before that she wanted to go as Spiderman. (Ah shit@!! I wasn't quite sure how I was going to pull that one off). Anyway with a bit of convincing and encouraging she went as a Dr and Annabel went as a fairy princess with her wand in a pink handbag (Thanks Aunty Pete). The photos say it all...

Another funny story.....Georgia loves announcing to the whole world that she has done a fluff. We often get a wafty smell and then hear Georgia pipe up.."I've just fluffed". On Wednesday night Georgia told us that she had fluffed at school. Michael told her that if she fluffs at school then she must do it quietly. We asked her what Nea (her teacher) said about her fluffs? And before she could respond Annabel piped up that all the kids had laughed about Georgia's fluffs and apparently Nea said , "No more fluffies at school". (Too funny..we were in stitches once again)

We Have An Artist in the House

I think Archie has inherited the artistic gene. He has the discovered the magna doodle and its keeping him busy for hours.... Some photos of our budding artist:

His Two Little Teeth

Doesn't he look cute with his two new teeth and his spiky hair....??

How Sweet is he???

Thought I would update the blog with some photos of our gorgeous man and his recent stats (yep totally unorganised this time and I haven't even got him a baby book, so I need to record it somewhere)
And I need to show off his one little curl at the back of his head. Hopefully he will take after his Dad and have curls as a baby...oh so sweet!


Weight: 8.5kg

Length: 72cm - he is a bit of a shorty

First tooth - Monday 9th June 2008 , followed by his 2nd one two days later

Crawling - commando style at 6.5 months. Crawling properly at 9.5 months

Sitting - 8 months - he was slow to sit up as he was too busy scooting around on his tummy

Pulling himself to standing up - 8 months

Stepping around furniture - 9.5 months

Walking - probably not far away!!!

First slept through the night: Gosh can't remember but he is doing pretty well at the moment. Most nights he sleeps from 8pm to 4am, sometimes even 7am if we are lucky

First words: Dadda - 5.5 months

Favourite food: loves everything apart from green vegies but especially baked vegies, pasta, custard and toast with Vegemite & Heinz fruit gels

Loves: His big sisters, pulling the dogs tail, remote controls and pressing the buttons on the dvd player

Funny Things Nearly 4 Year Olds Say....

I just wanted to record some of the hilarious things that the girls are coming out with.....

G: "Mum I have done a fluff in my mouth"
Me: Trying not to laugh hysterically while driving the car and working out that she actually means a burp.

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Annabel is fascinated with weddings at the moment and getting married. She loves looking at our wedding photos and thinks that our wedding day was a special day that Mum got to dress up and be a princess (awww.. sweet!). There has been a lot of talk about weddings as my friend Carla is getting married this weekend.

A: "Mum when I get married can I wear a curtain on my head."

Me: Laughing and realising that she actually means a veil

A: "Mum when I get married will you take me?"

Me: "Of course I will. Daddy and I will walk you down the aisle."

A: "Can I have a wine?"

Me: Laughing.."Yep you can have as many as you like!"

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This following conversation is happening every time we are out. Every time I hear the word girls..I start to feel myself going red!

After waiting nearly 45 minutes yesterday to see the Dr yesterday and entertaining the girls with books and completing every puzzle in the Dr's surgery the receptionist says....

"What wonderful girls you are being. So very well behaved."

A: "We are not girls. I am a mermaid and Georgia is a fish leaf." (We have no idea what a fish leaf is but apparently they blow bubbles).

Receptionist: "I knew that. You are being a great mermaid and fish leaf." Looking at me she asks if they are twins??...and before I can respond

G: "We are not twins. Twins are yuck." (This is where I explain to the girls that twins are special.

Receptionist: "And how old are you?"

A: "I am 3 and Georgia is 4 and my mum is 30"

And the funny thing is that I don't think the receptionist actually believed I was 30..she thought I was older. I must be looking tired and old!!

The First Day of Winter.....

This morning we rugged the kids up, met up with some friends, grabbed some coffees and headed to the fort park, down on the lake.

A fun morning was had by all. The weather in Canberra has been beautiful but today was bleak!

Autumn was great - fine weather, the leaves turning beautiful colours and sunny days..but today we knew winter was well and truly here!

On the slide

The boys playing - not so nicely! Archie is just staning his ground after Neddy sat on him.

Finally - a decent family shot

The girls - just hanging around

My Mothers Day...

My Mothers Day.......

Michael really out did himself this year. Rather than give me a pressie for Mothers Day he booked a surprise lunch for us at Berrima. What a beautiful place. And as another surprise he had organised for Aunty Peta to meet us there. We had a nice morning eating pink cupcakes in the bakery, meeting some of the locals, checking out the shops especially the lolly shop and browsing the markets. This was topped off by a nice lunch at one of the local pubs. It was a big day but thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

Meeting the locals - the pig and the Alpacas

Long time...

Well its been a month since the last post. The girls have started back at school and life is insanely busy once again. In the last week we have had Nanny stay. We all really enjoyed it and the girls loved showing her their school. Nanny also got to see the Queen of Wobblies (Annabel) in action with some major meltdowns taking place over the week. Although it was Georgia's turn the week before..we have to share the wobblies around.
So what have we been up to...

Archie has learnt to pull himself up onto his feet. Nothing is safe. Not even the fridge!

Lots of shopping for winter clothes and boots. The best way to entertain two nearly 4 year olds at the shops is to let them dance in the front window and wave at the passerbys!

And a rare photo of the three of them together in the bath!

Just Because

...the kids are cute. I had to post these

Morning Snuggles

And this one is for you Jane as I know you loved the last video. I just can't work out how to rotate it. So turn your head to the side..our clever little man who has learnt to pull himself up and watch his big sisters in the shower

A Lot Has Happened....

Since my last post....

The Easter Bunny Hopped By......

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Our little man learnt to swim in the bath (he scoots along on his belly)

The girls got a pretend guitar (just like the wiggles)

And I celebrated turning 30 (along with Peta) in Sydney with family & close friends. (It was so much fun)

Matching Pinnies

I had to post these photos. Firstly I just love the bowl haircuts. And the pinnies that Peta and I are wearing in the photo (made by Nanna Shirley) are from the same pattern that Mum has made up for the girls.

Gotta love it when a vintage pattern is used for 2 generations!


I love these photos of the Georgia and Annabel. I think I have really captured their cheeky personalities. The girls wore the pinnies to school today and we had lots of nice comments from other parents and teachers. Its just nice to be able dress the girls in something that isn't pink and blue.

He is on the Go!

Archie is now camando crawling and in the last 24 hours he has worked dout how to get up on his kness and is rocking back and forward. I don't think it will be long till he is crawling properly. He just loves being with his big sisters and yesterday I found him under the dining table while they ate breaky!

He is now 6.5 months and we had his 6 month check up today. Some vital stats 7.56kg and length 67cm. Our little baby is growing up!

No much to report on the girls. They are enjoying school (actually they love it and so do I). I will attempt to get a photo of all three of them this weekend.

Our Baby Shrek

Just had to share this super cute photo of our Boy! The girls decided he needed to be "dressed up"! I am sure that it is only the beginning of things to come. Yesterday Archie mastered the art of waving bye bye. So cute and so clever!

Mmm Food

Archie has really settled into solids well. He loves his food. I just find the whole preperation of solids very tedious. And I try to cook everything fresh as the girls didn't tolerate tinned food. So I am back to stewing fruit and veges and freezing them into ice cube trays. Although tonight he had the same as us - roast vegies but mashed. They went down a treat! I have been reading this website Here
Its really interesting. We are not following it to a tee but I like the thought of having a bub that is happy to feed himself. We are already doing finger foods - soft fruit and cooked veges in chip size. Its going well but the downsize is that its really messy and he gets a bit frustrated if he can't have the food right away!

Happy Valentines Day

Well not much happening in this household for V Day but the girls and I did manage some baking for Michael. I have finally mastered his all time favourite Lemon Meringue Tarts thanks to Bec over here . Thanks they were just so easy. This one will definitely be going into the recipe book.

Care Flight Bears

Today we had a flying visit from a special friend who I lived with in Townsville. Willi was an amazing support for me and I will always be grateful for the love and friendship she provided me with when I first moved to Townsville. And not to mention I discovered a wonderful friend in her daughter Cassia (waves to Cass if you are reading this!). It has been 3 years since I have seen Willi and she hadn't met the girls just seen lots of photos.

Willi blew in to town in her usual whirlwind / crazy style and brought with her 8 beautiful CareFlight Bears that she has been collecting for the girls since they were born. For those that don't know the girls story they were born 29 weeks prem in Sydney and at just 6 days old they were flown back to Canberra by the wonderful CareFlight Team. So as you could imagine the girls were incredibly taken with Willi or Lilli (as Georgia calls her) and her bears. Such a touching gesture from a beautiful person.

I also have to share this artwork. This is the gallery that Willi is managing in Katoomba. The artwork is amazing and I can't wait to visit and see it in real life. Here

So if you are in Katoomba it would be worth a visit. I would love to put some of this art on my birthday wishlist but its a little out of our price range at the moment. I might have to just be happy with some of her prints!

Back to School

The girls returned to their 3 year old playschool today. We tried really hard to get a nice photo of the girls but Georgia did not want to participate. (She can be a stubborn minx). She had a few tears as Michael left her and the teachers said she didn't want to participate for the first 10 minutes or so until she realised that she was missing out!

Annabel also did her first painting. She is so proud of it and its taken pride of place on the fridge. Last year she didn't do any painting as she was worried about getting her hands dirty. (Not too sure which side she gets that from - maybe the English!).