Warm weather - finally!!! Well actually it's too hot today. We're never happy!!!
It's been an exciting week as Oliver and Emily welcomed their new cousin, James, into the world (Mikayla's little brother). He was born in the early hours of Memorial Day so we went to see him later that day. He is, of course, gorgeous, and Oliver was very excited to go and choose a gift for him - he chose a bear blankie so James could have a special bear just like him. Aaaah!! Grandma Colleen has been visiting since last Wednesday and is on her way back home now so the kids got to spend some time with her over the weekend.
My good friend Niki is also here at the moment for work but she stayed with us on Friday night and brought the kids some great pressies as usual. Oliver got cars so he was over the moon :) Emily got some very pretty clothes. In fact, she has been spoiled for new clothes over the past week and is pretty much wearing something new each day!! Seriously, there is way too much cute stuff out there for girls and it's hard to resist :)
Emily is a walking machine now and pretty much walks everywhere at home and she's getting pretty fast too. When we are out and about she's a little more cautious, however. I put her down when we went to pick Oliver up from school today and she opted to crawl rather than walk! I bought her first pair of proper shoes yesterday so she is all set to walk outside now.
Oliver is doing great, especially with potty training which has come on in leaps and bounds over the past week. He is getting close to being able to have that big present we've been talking about for months (he asks about it every time he performs!). School is also going well - the teachers were telling me this morning how they were using stilts today and Oliver said he was getting frustrated. They thought that was pretty funny!! Tonight is the last swimming lesson of the spring session and next week Oliver will be moving up to the next class. He is doing really well and Emily has also started enjoying herself a lot more over the past 3 weeks. Next session I will be taking her in the mornings when Oliver is in school.
Yummy ice cream treat at Old Chicago. The trouble is that Oliver now expects one of these every time we eat out......
Hi everyone!
Daddy and Oliver hanging out by the fire
Oliver eating smores - he didn't really like them all together but preferred to eat the individual components!!
Roasting a marshmallow
This is about as far as my hair styling goes!! And then we lost the clip anyway :(
Me having hugs with baby James :)
So content!
We went to Chipotle to eat after visiting James. Emily adored the black beans!!!
Someone's been drinking too much grape juice!!!
This is how Emily holds a telephone! She'll babble quite happily to whoever is on the other end.
One of Emily's fantastic facial expressions!
Oliver sharing a boat with his sister - love!!
Emily trying out a new hat that my friend Deb made for her. There is a gorgeous matching cardi to go with it :)
Trying out some new cute leggings :)
Oliver now insists on having a "flag cart" when we go grocery shopping. He LOVES helping and filling his cart up. He just needs to work on turning it because it's toppled over a couple of times!
Emily hanging out with Nico at a play date yesterday. Emily had just handed Nico the cup - I'm not even sure it was his but she was trying to help :)
Emily had loads of fun in the pool yesterday!
The kids cooling off in the hot weather
Emily taking a break - the heat made her sleepy :)
New shoes!! Great for taking off all the time :)
