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A little slice of life


You might be forgiven for thinking that nothing has been going on around here.  But you would be wrong.  We've been having lots of fun and games, and thankfully the camera has been a pretty regular companion so you guys can have a peek into life lately too.

This little guy is enjoying school.  It seems to have switched on his brain even more, and even though they are only learning how to write individual numbers and letters he is coming home and reading the little books I'm getting him from the library and randomly telling me things like "four fives are twenty". Clever clogs.


This girl is cracking me up on a daily basis.  She is chatty and loud like her brother (give me strength) and she thinks dressing up and pushing her trolley filled with little toys around is just the greatest thing. She misses her brother when he is at school and I often find her having a little cry about "my big boy" and asking if we can go and get him when it isn't even lunchtime.




Eve, like her brother, is quite the little artist.  It is amazing to see her drawing coming along even quicker thanks to watching Ollie at work.  Already she is including arms and legs and hands and feet.  Our favourite morning activity is to knock out a few drawings before breakfast.  Ollie even whipped up a comic book of about 12 pages the other day before I'd even finished my first cup of tea!



We haven't had too many visitors lately but we were lucky enough to have Grandpa Peter come around the other day. He had some fabulous pressies for the little guys, but none as awesome as a remote control helicopter!!! Unfortunately the weather has been hideous lately so no missions flown yet, but Ollie stares at it longingly and we can't wait to fly it super soon.




Last weekend we were lucky enough to head down to Nanna Carmel's beach house.  The four of us had the loveliest weekend just pottering around on the beach and collecting the most amazing shells we have ever come across.  The kids splashed around and built sandcastles and generally had one of those weekends that fabulous childhood memories are made off.  It was just what a frazzled little family really needed to do after a hectic three months of new jobs, new schools and new challenges.


The kids also made some friends down at the beach house.  These little guys were so tame they were eating bread off the kid's hands.



Saturday was fun day around here yesterday and the kids had a great time launching themselves off the day bed onto the mattress.  Sometimes its nice to let them have a bit of fun!



And for those of you who can watch movies, I'll add a little movie I made recently in a post soon.

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