The weeks just fly by around here at the moment. I think having Nick around the house all the time is helping the weeks blur past, with no weekends to mark the end or the beginning. But in between those blurry days there are some lovely little moments happening.
Ol went up a level at swimming. This was no great surprise, I think I might have even foreshadowed it to you the other week. But it was still super awesome when it did happen. And especially as I was the one watching him swim that day. I just couldn't believe that the tiny little baby I took to those swimming lessons four years ago has now become this boy who swims freestyle stroke. How did that happen? The next level sees him adding proper swimming breathing to his arms and his kicking. It seems terribly tricky to do it all at once but he is getting the hang of it and I can see that in no time he will be swimming whole lengths of the pool.
While we are talking about what a big boy he is, we even went up to our local school the other day and put his name down for prep next year. That is wonderful/terrifying/mind boggling all at once. I can't imagine what it will be like to have him away from me five days a week. Part of me thinks that is superb! Especially as we have just given up the day sleep around here and the days are VERY long. But suddenly he will be at school and I will only have him two days a week. Except for the school holidays. Alright, I'm sure we will all be fine.
Last week saw us having Ol's first extra-curricular kindy activity - the pyjama disco. We had been super excited as a family in the lead up to it, having extra Dower family dance offs to teach him some dodgy moves to bust out. He was crazy excited when it came around and was literally squealing and jumping with glee when we turned up to see the flashing lights.
I got roped into face painting so Ol got to be my first victim. I think he made a pretty gorgeous little tiger.
All the dance moves we had worked on with Ol were pretty much wasted as it turned out that the boys just wanted to run around chasing each other. The girls were more keen on dancing except when Ol came along. Then they just wanted to tickle him. He didn't seem to mind though.
Someone who did want to dance was Miss Eve. Once she saw those disco lights and heard the music she could not be dragged from the floor. Her dance style was mainly just spinning around and it was amazing that she didn't fall over with dizziness. She just kept on going. We think this one might be a little rave bunny in the future.
Meet Woofy. Nick bought Eve this $5 teddy dog and Eve has well and truly taken it under her wing. He has to sleep in her cot along with her two woobies, and sometimes panda. I think we will run out of room in her cot soon!
The ipad has become a constant source of friction between these two lately. They both have apps that they like to play with and neither of them is willing to let the other one have a go. It is starting to drive me bonkers. Especially when you've got Eve shrieking out "ipad miiiiiiiiiiine!". Give me strength.
But then other times she is just so darn cute that all the wakeful nights (and there are many lately) are forgotten. Nick has taught her "sad face" lately which she has really taken on board. She uses it to garner attention and it certainly does the trick. This photo doesn't even do it justice, sometimes she really gets the puppy dog eyes going on.
And final bit of cuteness, here she is rocking her new winter coat that Nick bought her. It is beyond gorgeous and when it is teamed with her trademark pigtails, she is pretty much irresistible.
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