Oliver in the preschool room

Yesterday Oliver moved to the preschool room in school. He was quite sad when I left him but apparently he perked up quickly and had a great time. The first thing he told me was that he sat on the toilet and did a pee - I'm going to have to verify that story tomorrow as he never does that at home ;) I also took him to the doctor for his three year check last week and he is doing just fine. I think he is 3ft 3ins tall and weighs just over 38lbs. He is on the 95th line for weight and 90th for height. The weight statistic surprised me as he isn't the greatest eater.

Over the weekend we started giving Emily some food. She is pretty good at sitting up now and has been grabbing at my plate recently. She always wants to be sociable at dinner time as well so she is happy to be up in the highchair sitting with us. We are doing Baby Led Weaning with Emily which basically means skipping all the purees and going straight to finger foods. So far she is loving it. She has tried peaches, strawberries, cucumber, red pepper, mushrooms, onion, toast and pasta. Peaches have been her favourite I think but unfortunately she has got a nasty nappy rash which may or may not be caused by them. It could just be the addition of food in general but I am leaving the peaches out for a couple of days to see. She was not a happy bunny yesterday :(

Over the weekend we looked after Mikayla for the day and the kids had a blast together. Running round like crazy things as always. You'll love the video when Mikayla is so intent on holding hands but Oliver really doesn't want to!! He eventually let go and poor Mikayla was distraught :( I think the sound on the puzzle video isn't very good as I managed to cover the speaker up. And Emily just loves Scoop - she is getting a good hand washing from her!!

Oliver has now finished the Baby classes at swimming and starts in Littles next Tuesday evening. And Emily starts going this Saturday morning. I am excited to take her and really hope she enjoys it :)


Love :)

One of Oliver's favourite books

Breakfast time!

Oliver playing on the hay bales at the orchard

Oliver with his friend Caitlin

Emily at the orchards

Oliver had fun trying to squeeze himself under the smaller tyres!

Cow ride!!

Yummy toes :)

Oliver playing cars

Emily and Mummy after bath time

All wrapped up!

Lady in Red :)

Caught red handed with Oliver's toy!

Oliver at the playground - he likes to go there on his bike after dinner in the evenings

Aw - Daddy and Emily

Oliver and Mikayla playing

Emily doing a nice job of sitting

Walking to the playground

It was a tad chilly!!

Daddy entertaining an exhausted Oliver and Mikayla

Emily's first taste of food - red pepper!

Just a few pictures and videos

Hi all! Just a quick entry as I seem to have a few videos and pictures to share. Grandpa Ray, Grandma Sandy, Jennifer and Mikayla came over on Sunday afternoon to celebrate Oliver's birthday so of course there was more fun and presents!! As you will see the Stomp Rocket created lots of fun for adults and kids alike :) And I must say that Grandma Colleen's gift of Hot Wheels Tub Racers has made bath time great again - no more mummy or daddy getting in with Oliver - yay!!

Emily is getting stronger and stronger and has actually been able to sit up on her own a few times. We tried putting her in the highchair at dinner time the other day. She was fine sitting there but still wasn't very impressed - she is always crabby at that time anyway!!! She has started the high pitched squealing which I believe Oliver did around 8 months - I remember because of a certain plane trip to the US we took at that time!!

Now it is time to make the most of the weather before it all starts going downhill and getting chilly!!

Oliver playing with his new parking garage - he loves it way more than his facial expression shows!

Play time in the nest

The artist at work on his new chalkboard

Emily chilling at a play date

She should have been napping......

This is the look we get most mornings when we get Emily up!! She is, however, laying the wrong way round - her legs should be where her head is.

Sitting up

In the highchair for the first time

Sitting up part 2

Mikayla reading Oliver's new Cars book

Setting up the Stomp Rocket!

Oliver is 3!!!

Wow, our little man turned 3 today. Soon he'll be a toddler no more - woohoo!!! Ha, just kidding. Each age comes with its challenges I'm sure. Anyway, we've had a fantastic day. The weather wasn't great this morning so we headed to the Eagle's Nest indoor playground with Matt and Mikayla. The kids ran around like crazy things. Then we headed to Applebee's for lunch - the staff there sang a very loud and interesting birthday song to Oliver! Then it was home for nap time and the weather cheered up this afternoon so we got the swimming pool out and then had a BBQ. Of course there was plenty of present opening and playing in amongst all of that so we are now taking a well earned rest!!

On Wednesday Oliver had his birthday party here at home. 14 of his friends came over to celebrate which was lots of fun. And on Sunday we are having a family afternoon so the birthday celebrations are being spread out over many days - lucky kid!

And if this wasn't enough, Oliver is moving rooms at school at the beginning of September. He will officially be a preschooler and no longer a toddler. Eeek!!!

Well, I'm not going to ramble too much tonight. I just wanted to get some pics posted for you all to see.

Awwww, how he's grown :)

Emily checking out a yoghurt pot

Emily at the park earlier this week

Oliver preparing a meal

Cars birthday cake :)

Vincent and Oliver had great fun racing cars on the train table

Emily checking out her toys

Oliver's new tractor from Bryce was popular (Bryce, Oliver and Koen)

Iris and Sullivan

Birthday party fun! (Rowen, Bryce, Iris and Emily)

Oliver and Daddy sharing a birthday breakfast

Oliver and Mikayla at Applebees

Too bad Oliver isn't looking at the camera :)

Reading a new book with Daddy

Yummy - wooden sandwich!!




Aaah, pizza fun - and silly mummy!!