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Happy Mother's day


My fourth Mother's day has rolled around and it is definitely my best one yet as I now have two fabulous little people to share it with.  Nick totally smashed it out of the ballpark this year after incurring the teary wrath of a pregnant lady last year when he took my "oh I don't need anything" comment seriously!!  So to avoid any further meltdowns he and the kiddos made a huge fuss of me, kicking off the day before with a great new cookbook I'd be lusting after.  Then on the day itself I had to stay in bed until a VERY excited Ollie came down with the most super awesome handmade card I have ever seen.  Cue cups of tea and lots more little presents (dressing gown, baking stuff and some yummy things), a trip down to the markets to watch Ollie on the jumping castle and hanging out with Nick's family in the afternoon.  All up a very lovely day.  I'm very lucky.


We've actually all been a bit under the weather here of late.  We can't seem to kick a yucko cold that we have all had and Ollie, Evie and I have actually not left the house since Sunday in an effort to rid ourselves of it.  Cabin fever is definitely starting to creep in and we are all going a little loopy at each other.  Ol seems to be much improved but a poor tired Evie has spent most of today sucking her thumb, something she normally only does when she is super tired.  She has also lay down on the rug a couple of times to have a nap.  Very cute but not really how we do things around here.  Poor little thing.  I'm hoping she is able to get a better sleep tonight, and in turn so will I!


We had a visit from Grandpa Peter last week and he just happened to bring Ollie the most impressive bubble blower I have ever seen.  Ol was totally taken with it and the two of them had a great time blanketing our neighbourhood with millions of tiny little bubbles.  The novelty hasn't worn off the bubble blower either, with Ol asking me every day a number of times if he can use it.


Miss Evie's independence continues to grow as her speed increases.  Her crawling style is still a little unorthodox but it serves its purpose as she pulls herself around the floors getting into all kinds of mischief.  Her favourite trick is to head straight for the power points or power cords although this afternoon she did discover how to open the bottom kitchen drawer open - right onto her little head.  I am often calling out "Evie, Evie" to which she stops, looks at me over her little shoulder and busts out the cutest, cheekiest grin - before continuing on her path of naughtiness.




And finally, a HUGE congratulations to Aunty Alicia and Uncle Guy who got engaged last week.  We are thrilled to pieces and can't wait for their wedding - especially Ollie who is a bit wedding obsessed and even sat through our wedding video the other day (at his request).


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