Same blog different excuse

Yes I've been a bit tardy again. Moving right along...

The weekend before last we went over to Sam & Alan's place to check out their lovely new swimming pool. The weather has been just perfect for swimming and since the pool was about the temperature of a nice bath, we got Evie Peevey in for her first swim too.

I utterly adore this photo of Ollie & Audrey. So much so that I think I might frame it for Ollie to keep in his room.

But after a big day and no sleep, Miss Audrey took herself off to bed early, leaving the two lovely little boys to have a bit of bro time. We bought ourselves some more time after dinner to play grown ups by packing the two little dudes off to watch a movie in Sam & Al's bed which conveniently opens onto the back deck. Not sure how much they actually watched though as it seems like they spent the whole time tickling each other and generally having a good time.

Miss Evie has a whole raft of new tricks this fortnight. One is sucking her thumb. Not the best thing in the world if it continues long term but pretty cute for now.

The boys continue to rock out at swimming each Saturday morning. It is hands down Ollie's favourite time of the week because he gets Nick all to himself. This is because they are such great mates. How do I know this? Because every day Ollie tells me at least fifteen times that "Daddy and I are great mates". And I love to hear it every single time.

And check out this little bookworm. We went to the indoor play centre the other week with a friend and instead of climbing all over the play structures and sliding down the slides etc. I found this cute little boy sitting in front of the jumping castle reading one of the books they have there. He just really loves his books.

Since blogger only lets me publish five photos at a time and since I've starved you all lately I'll continue this in another blog...

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