Life as it happens

A good day is when you walk out your door and see this - From the front porch, looking left at the mountain: And looking right at the city and river: He so badly wants to get up these steps and into the playroom! Sunday afternoon drive to the wildlife park - it's still fun to feed the kangaroos! Yes, they do actually come this close too... Looks like a cross between a rabbit, a possum and a kangaroo. Did you know there were Albino Kangaroos? Big Kangaroo Edward and Edwina the Emus (know the book?) The big kids letting Nick in on their playtime, a huge privilege... ...but they soon wanted him not to touch their stuff... lucky he loved the makeshift playpen in the corner of the playroom!

Quotes

Yesterday's ripper: "I know the most about Jesus, cause I have 4 Bibles" - D. Today's beauty: "I am old enough now to listen to your talking" - L.

Putting it out there

Okay, so I'm supposed to be the mature one, right? Well, sometimes I just want to be grumpy, like when I plan a project and #1 child decides he doesn't want to do it because I said it has to be done with GLUE because TAPE wouldn't work. Yes, that was the quarrel. He likes TAPE. And I wanted to say, "you WILL do the project I have planned", but instead, I did a more disguised version of immaturity, which sounded basically like this: "Okay, you go find your own project that you can use tape with, cause this is the one that I've planned, and I'll do it with Laura." And as if to spite me (and I think it was), he TAPED lots of things to a piece of paper and seemed genuinely happy with his *project*. So in the spirit of my cousin Shelby, I'm putting it out there, cause I'm not afraid to share the down moments, right?! Right. Hmph.

Mess

I was making the bed and stepped on something on Andrew's side of the bed. Most unusual. Hmmm. My type-A husband left a mess. So odd, I got out the camera just to prove it happened.

Nick - 8 months and crawling

Well, actually crawling, not quite, but he has officially crawled, so maybe he's just cool with that. Random video Photo that every baby must have of him/herself eating with hands. Yuck but fun, and I certainly didn't stage it.

Laura is finally 3

Finally Laura can say she's 3 instead of answering the age question with "I'm two but I'm turning free on my next birsday!" Thanks for joining our family Laura. You're fun, feisty and strong, and we seriously wouldn't have you any other way. Daniel has loved his 'sisser Yora" from the day he met you and beeped your nose, and you and Nick already have a great little bond between you. Happy Birthday Lori-Lori!

Separated at birth... or not!

Daniel has 2 joined toes on each foot - half way up. We debated getting them snipped apart, but decided against it for some reason. He's never seemed to notice it much. I was clipping his toenails yesterday, and he calmly points to them and says, "These two are in love." Really?!! I tried to get him to say why those particular two (I'm sure he thought it was plainly obvious!), but all he had for me was the fact that they were in love. Imagine if we HAD separated them?! Unrequited love!

*Sigh*

My sister just put this on her blog, and I just couldn't stop laughing, so have to share. It's titled: "Are women born this way?"

Bruny fun

It really is worth the effort it takes to get to Bruny Island. In an attempt to enjoy ourselves while Andrew is away (as opposed to doing the daily grind just around home), we headed to Bruny for 3 nights, invited some friends and had a great time. Some fun pics...