Me and the boys

Jimmy and I were looking through some photos last week and we realised there are no photos of me with the boys......I tend to be the photographer in our house which means I don't get to be in any photos (which I spose isn't such a bad thing). Jimmy's been making a big effort to take some candid shots of me with the boys - we took this one yesterday and although it looks REALLY set up, I promise it wasn't - we were getting ready to head into Civic to read books at Borders, the boys were lying on the bed and Jimmy suggested I get on with them and he take a photo.....and he's done a good job! We all look happy :)

22 February 2009

Party in the Park

On Saturday, Aaron and Paula next door looked after Jett while Jimmy and I (and Ollie) went out for brunch at Fruitylicious (Aaron and Paula gave me a voucher for there for my birthday) - it was yummooo and very relaxing! While we were there Aaron and Paula took Jett (and their 3 girls) to Forde for the 'Party in the Park'....Jett has his face painted as one of the cats (Narjee), he jumped on the jumping castle, fed tonnes of farm animals, ate sausages and drank coke (for the first time ever!) and had his first pony ride ever!!

7 February 2009

Adventure Man

What can I say?? Jett is a dare devil - he has no fear ( or no sense at this age)! He loves jumping in the pool off the diving blocks, he asks me to push him higher and higher on the swing and on Monday, I came outside to find him scaling the fence! I was horrified and went to help him get down - he assured me he was fine, that he could get down by himself and that right now, he was busy watching the cats over the next door neighbours fence - ARGH! I was a little bit amused so I came inside to get my camera and after I took the photo (below) he started inching along the fence to the corner, behind the tree. There was a pot behind the tree which he used as a step - he must have missed his footing on the way down because he came down heavily on his hip and took a heap of skin off (I should have gotten a photo of it!). The poor kid was in so much pain - he recovered pretty quickly but I felt terrible - next time I'll trust my instincts and get him down ASAP!

11 February 2009

Backyard fun

We've just came out of the WORST heat wave....without airconditioning, we were really struggling! We ended up buying a portable airconditioner which took the edge off things (and helped with my irritability). It was hard keeping Jett inside, out of the 40 degree heat but on Sunday morning we set up a little waterslide for him which he loved....check this out....

8 February 2009

Swinging at the park

We often go for walks in the morning to one of the many parks around Amaroo - it helps Jett burn some of his endless energy, Ollie can get some fresh air and I can keep the cabin fever at bay! Jett doesn't sit in the pram anymore - he likes to run or just walk by my side holding my hand.

At the park he looooves the swings and he asks me to push him really high! He also takes Ollie down the slippery dip (with me holding onto him). Here are some photos of the boys on the swing......

4 February 2009

Starting Solids

Ollie started solidas this week - how exciting! We did start him at 5 1/2 months with some rice cereal - we only tried once and then he got a cold so we put it off for a few more days and now he's eating rice cereal in the morning and pumpkin at night.....we might try him on apple this week! There is nothing more satisfying than steaming and then blending up your own vegies to make baby food (mash)! I had heaps of fun making yummy dinners for Jett and freezing them and I can't wait to do the same for Ollie.

It took him probably 3 days to learn to swallow the cereal but now he seems to love it! Below is a photo of him trying rice cereal for the first time.....in hindsight, I realise why he wasn't that into it to start with - look at how much cereal I had on the spoon?? How quickly we forget!

11 February 2009