Goodbye 3...Hello 4!!!

The girls turned 4 today. Wow I am not entirely sure where the last 4 years have gone?? They have grown up so quick. They started life early and have turned into two very special little girls. They have a bond that only twins can have, which includes an amazing sense of love and devotion for one another. We love you to bits. You make us laugh so much with your quirky little English ways (HP brown sauce and cheese sandwiches) and northern accents. Happy Birthday sweet girls. We hope the next 12 months are as fun and as happy as the last XOXO.

We met our mothers group at The Botanical Gardens and spent hours floating sticks down the stream and chasing fairies through the rain forests. Here are some photos of our special morning;

Funny Things Nearly 4 Year Olds Say.....

The girls are coming out with some funny things at the moment. And they are loving the word WHY?... Why do we need clothes?, Why do we need shoes? Why do we have grass??...the questions are endless





The other day we were walking home from the park and Annabel and I were having a conversation about her hair. We have been having some real hair battles and I have threatened to cut it short if she doesn't let me brush it.

Annabel: (tipping her chin towards the sky and shaking her hair) Mum my hair is very long now


Mum: Yes it is and that is why we need to take special care of it


Annabel: But I don't want hair down to my bum as I will wee on it.


Mum: Laughing...well we can't have that!!





We were in Target the other day and I decided I was going to treat my self to some nice underwear. The girls were helping me pick out some bras. I picked up one and I hear this little voice;


Georgia: Mum you have chicken boobs (she meant chicken fillets that I wore under a dress to a wedding recently)


Mum: Going bright red and trying to provide her with a whispered yes and hoping that we would move on quickly..


Georgia: But Mum you have chicken boobs (louder this time)..don't you?


Mum: Yes I do


Georgia: But Mum you have chicken boobs (Louder again)


By this stage I couldn't hightail it out of the lingerie section fast enough as women around me were cracking up at my nearly 4 year old giving away my chicken fillet secret.

Happy 1st Birthday Archie

From this.......

Opening pressies......

Scoffing Birthday cake....

Playing with new toys.....what better way to spend your 1st Birthday!

Our baby boy..(also known as Big Boy) turned 1 today. Its hard to believe that you have been with us for 12 months. You kept us waiting and entered this world 8 days late. Unfortunately you didn't stay a little baby for long and were soon on the move, chasing your big sisters. We love you dearly with your beautiful big blue eyes that melt our hearts, your cheeky grin, your loving nature with your endless snuggles and big open mouth kisses and infectious little chuckle that we hear when the three of you are into mischief. You are a happy boy who goes with the flow and is doted on by your family, particularly your big sisters. We are so glad you chose us.

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SWEET MAN xo

This has become our new best friend...

We need shares in baby panadol at the moment. The little man has two middle ear infections, a sore throat and he also threw us into mild panic last night with a purple rash, which was thankfully due to his high temp. We were lucky that one of the dads of the kids on Michael's football team (that is a bit long winded) is a Doctor and he offered to open his surgery and look at Archie rather than waiting hours in emergency. What service!!!

We did do some cooking today (well I did..the girls are coughing too much to be any where need food) and I have to share this recipe. I had seen this recipe around blog land (I just can't remember which blog) and thought it was the perfect thing for afternoon tea on a cold winters day. It went down a treat and got the thumbs up from the 3 little monkeys.

Bostun Bun Recipe

1 cup of warm mashed potato

1 cup of mixed fruit / sultanas (we chopped up some apricots and also added choc chips)

3/4 cup castor sugar

2 cups SR flour

1 tspn mixed spice

few drops of vanilla essence

Heat oven to 200 deg Celsius and grease ring tin or round cake tin

Combine potato and sugar. Add all remaining ingredients and mix well. Bake for 35-45 mins or when cooked. Allow to cool in the tin and then ice with vanilla icing and sprinkle with coconut. (As you can see in the photo..I was too impatient to allow it to cool before I iced..whoops a bad chef. You wouldn't know that I did a semester as a chef as part of my Hotel Management degree)

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!