Cuddles with Dad

On April 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Cooler weather is wonderful for cuddling!

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Watching over you

On April 27, 2012 - Uncategorized
Not only is Spice an awesome pillow, but he'll also keep a watch over you while you're sleeping.

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Good morning!

On April 26, 2012 - Uncategorized

Grace walks into our room this morning, "Good morning mommy!" Pause, "Good morning baby brother!"

Rest time

On April 25, 2012 - Uncategorized

Since Grace has stopped sleeping in the day we have introduced a rest time – 45 minutes of quiet time in her bedroom. She can read and play with her toys, but she has to be quiet and stay in her room. Rests have been kind of iffy for a long time now – Grace would only be quiet for a short while, she moaned lots about going to rest, and was just generally difficult around the rests.

Now suddenly the rests have been going better. After lunch today Grace cruises off to her room, closes the curtains and then closes her door. After a minute or two we decided to go and investigate to find Grace lying in bed and holding monkey. She looked at us and said, "Rest time, set timer" with a big smile on her face. Okay, let's embrace it, even if we're expecting her to decide that rest time is over in a few minutes. 45 minutes of silence later and rest time was done. Well done Grace.

Guess what?

On April 24, 2012 - Uncategorized
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Grace is excited to be a big sister.

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School visit

On April 23, 2012 - Uncategorized

We went on our first school visit today, to Montessori @ Home. It was just to see the facilities and to chat with the teachers so all the children had already left when we were there. Grace took a short while and then settled down to exploring some of the toys and equipment that they had, and in the end we spent quite a bit of time playing on the jungle gym outside while Donné chatted to the principle.

They have lovely equipment, a good approach and seem to be really warm. We will most likely send Grace there for her preschool years and I think she is really going to enjoy it lots.

Unfortunately the poor little girl has come down with a fever and snotty nose, so she is feeling a bit muck. She spent most of the afternoon lying on the couch watching Dora, looking pretty sad and sick. Hopefully she'll be feeling a bit better tomorrow.

Debriefing

On April 22, 2012 - Uncategorized
Chilling out at camp

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Most memorable moment: "Pain in the rain" – a song by JB and DD (we had a bit of rain last night, but all managed to stay dry).

On the way to look for more piggies

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The farm we camped on is a free range pig farm, so the pigs cruise around rooting about in the ground with their noses. Very sweet piggies.

Our tent, which held up well in the rain and wind – thanks Em & Jay!

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We had a good time meeting new people and Grace seemed to enjoy the camping. Fortunately for us she slept well every night.

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The campers

On April 21, 2012 - Uncategorized

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Long walks in the ergo, walks to the dam with a little splash, lots of food, swinging, playing with the pigs, eating ice cream cones with melted chocolate and marshmallows – that’s what camps are made of.

Camping!

On April 20, 2012 - Uncategorized

Today is our first camping day as a family, and other than a bit of stress through the getting going part we’re doing well. After finally eating something Grace was a star and went straight to sleep, absolutely knackered from the day. Tomorrow we’ll actually take some photos…

Coming home

On April 18, 2012 - Uncategorized

It is nice to come home to my family. When I have been out for a day and I come home, Grace is usually hanging on the gate excitedly calling, “Daddy, daddy!” before I have even gotten out of the car. I love coming home to my little girl and my wife – I am blessed to have them.