Cousin Lijey starting school....

Jett and Ollie's big cousin, Elijah, started Primary School/Kindergarten/Prep yesterday up in Queensland - this photo was too cute not to share! Elijah turned 5 in November - he's about 18 months older than Jett and Jett just adores him. I can't believe this'll be Jett in 2 years - how exciting :)

I spoke to Anney just before she took him off to school and I had tears in my eyes - Anney has been a full time, stay at home Mum for over 10 years and now she's packed her littlest off to school - what an achievement - Congratulations Anney!

28 January 2010

Mr Independant

Yesterday was Australia Day and to celebrate, I took the boys into Commonwealth Park (while Jimmy worked). It was super hot in there but it was really well set up for kids.....there was a free brekky with a sausage sizzle and yummy fruit and the Gecko Gang were also there providing free fun stuff for the kids.

Jett got right into the free stuff (that's my boy!) - he went on this giant inflatable worm type thing....the kids ran through it and then came out the end via a big slide - I thought Jett might be a bit worried about going inside it with all the other kids running and screaming but I'm slowly realising that Jett is now one of the big kids that DOES the running and screaming - it's great to see our little man becoming such a confident, big kid.

He also went on one of those giant slides - I had Ollie in the pram so I couldn't really go on it with him. I told Jett if he wanted to go down the slide, he'd need to do it by himself......I couldn't believe it but that was absolutely no problem for him. We bought his tickets, I told him he'd need to collect a hessian sack to sit on and then give the man his ticket. I was waiting for his nerves to kick in but no, the brave little thing walked all the way up the stairs, he carefully laid his hessian sack down on the slide, climbed on and then he was off - down the slide all by himself! I was so proud of him - he went down 3 times and not once did he hesitate - the brave little thing!

Here's a few pics from a proud Mum

26 January 2010

Fun around the house

Below are a few recent photos of the boys and I having some fun at home.....we get out and about quite a bit but when we are at home, we do have a lot of fun!

Jett just looooves helping me cook, especially when I do baking (slice, biscuits, cakes etc) - as soon as he hears me start getting the bowl and measuring cups out, he's straight into the kitchen, then he drags his little chair across the floor to the bench to help me. He tips ingredients into bowls, mixes and stirs and does plenty of taste-testing. On Saturday, Jett's little friend Lucca was coming over so I had not 1 little helpers but 2 little boys by my side, helping me make some biscuits - look at those gorgeous little monkeys!!

There's also a photo of the boys enjoying ice creams together - the joys of summer! Ice cream's a special treat in our house and when they get it, they reeeally enjoy it - Jett gets extremely excited.

The 3rd photo is one of my favourites of the boys sitting at their little table together - Ollie's just getting into drawing with crayons and I can't tell you how my heart just leapt when they both sat there together and drew - it made me feel such contentment to see them sitting, working side by side.

January 2010

New Years Trip to Ulladulla

After Christmas we joined Fi, Scotty and Abbey and The Peeks (Karen, James, Alex and Luke) in Ulladulla for a luxury week for New Years. We booked this massive house for the 3 families and it was just gorgeous - it was right on the ocean and had views as far as the eye could see.

Jett and Alex played beautifully 95% of the time which gave us a great holiday and Jett and Ollie both developed a great love for the beach (sand and sea included). Every day we went to the beach for a few hours and it was just so much fun - the boys dug little swimming pools in the sand and had a ball jumping in and out of the water....and dodging waves. At night, Jett and Alex would run off and play together while dinner was being prepared and we'd just hear the occasional giggle or scream (sometimes through happiness and other times through frustration with the other) - it was great - built in entertainment :)

We had the best time and it's definitely made us want to do more quick trips to the coast with the boys - what a healthy way for little boys to live - sunshine, beach and fresh air :)

Here are some pics of our little men having fun.....

Christmas.....came and went!

It's January already and I still haven't posted any photos from Christmas! That really proves how quickly time is travelling with our 2 busy little boys. Our family had such a brilliant, happy Christmas - I was sad that my sister Anney wasn't in Canberra (my first Christmas without her) but it really was an exciting time. Jimmy and I are both Christmas people - we love it - and we get super excited from 1 December.

For Christmas Jett got his coveted ambulance and Santa also brought him a toy fire station (which is part of the same set as the ambulance) and he was so happy! Ollie got a super cute boat-shaped sand pit and his first set of match-box cars.....they both got tonnes of others toys that I'm too embarassed to list (they were both spoilt)!

I took both the boys to church on Christmas Day - Jimmy intended to ride while we were at church but it was too wet. Then in the afternoon we went to Mum and Dad's for our family Christmas dinner - it was loud and happy and full of excited little kids which is just how Christmas should be :)

Here's a couple of photos of the boys on Christmas Day - I didn't take very many photos on Christmas Day......I was too busy video-taping all the action.

15 January 2010