India

Andrew and I are headed to India tomorrow - leaving kids with family and friends for 9 days. Never done it before for SO long! So another blog hiatus...

House tour...

Sometimes I think it's crazy that we gave up walking outside to this view:

- to move to a house without a view (but we can see the mountain from our bedrooms, and that's very pretty!). The new house has heaps more space (tho a challenge in itself) and the backyard is brilliant - huge, flat, full of bushes and corners to explore, and even a cubbyhouse! We've so far had such incredible end-of-summer weather too, so we've been living outside and the kids can even ride their bikes here!

I tried to do this video quickly and with minimal shaking, but it's hard... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITf6wOF7FIM

We really do love it here. Come and visit!

Yay!

Nick is at such a fun age. I have taken so much video of him, but [clearly] posted none until now, thus the abundance of NickPosts all of a sudden...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80zpB8cpOF8

Kicking with passion

He would kick a ball all day long. I often get a pat on the leg, look down to find Nick with a ball, pointing and grunting for me to come outside and kick a ball with him. How can I say no?! And he's so serious. I often just can't stop laughing...

(I seem to not be able to upload video, so youtube will have to do) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PDTGQt4CWk

Busted

I was only trying to video Nick talking to himself. But check out the look in his eye when he sees me and knows he's busted... because he knows he probably shouldn't get down with pen in hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpXQtxDwp5g

He may only grunt, and he may be only 17 months old, but you can't tell me he doesn't know stuff!! :)

Bit of fun

Chat chat chat

So after only just moving the kids into one room in the old house, in this house Daniel has his own room and Laura and Nick share, which they decided on their own after Daniel said he was "wishing for separate bedrooms in the new house". I didn't think Laura would agree, but then she is quite happy 'taking care' of Nick. So that's what we did. Soon after we moved in I asked them if they missed sharing a room. Laura seemed to miss it a bit but wasn't worried. Daniel said, "No, I like going to sleep where it's quiet, and I don't have to listen to 'chat, chat, chat'." Yes, that's Laura to a tee. She talks herself to sleep, no surprise there! Just never knew quite how he felt about it till then. Classic.

Moved.

I haven't moved blogs, that would be much easier. No, we've moved house. I want to blog, I really do...

Growing up...

We've recently moved Nick into the room with Daniel and Laura (it's a big room). Seems pretty fun for them. As they were going to bed tonight...

Daniel: "It's hard when Nick cries and we're trying to go to sleep."

Laura: "Yeah, it's hard being a baby. He's growing up slower than we are."

Daniel: "No, we're all growing at the same speed limit."

Oh great.

Backseat conversation overheard:

Friend: "This is your rude finger."
Daniel: "Which one?"
Friend: "This one." (kindly pointing it out)
Daniel: "Really? Why?"
Friend: "It just is."
Daniel: "Oh, I didn't know that. I just call it my middle finger."

Good times!