Missing them!

It's been a few weeks now since my parents have gone, and I miss them! No Mom and Dad, it didn't take me this long to miss you... just looking at pictures tonight and missing you again. 

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The beautiful view at the farm stay we spent three nights at.

Riding the ski lift up the mountain.

Hey Dad, don't miss the view!

The view down. It doesn't like a huge drop from my feet but it was!

 "Thanks, but I'll stay up here and wave at you!"

 Riding down. No snow, but it was still a beautiful sight.

A relaxing day by the lake. 

...and another foot shot. I think I have some attachment to feeling relaxed 

by taking a picture of myself relaxing. Perhaps I need to see someone about that...

A walk on the beach at one of our favourite places.  

M & D, thank you for coming all the way down here, for taking your vacation time to cross that ocean, and for putting up with swollen feet and jetlag to come here and do daily life with us. Love you.

Colours

So sometimes 2-year olds have their colours down pat. Nick, not so much. Sometimes I think so, sometimes no...

D and L have been playing "Bingo" in the car, where you call out 'Bingo!' for every yellow car. So now Nick is calling the colour yellow 'bingo'.

Bring into play his sense of humour, and it'll be awhile till I know if he gets his colours!

Mum: What's that colour Nick?
Nick: Red
M: Yup, and this one?
N: ...umm... Apple Crumble?
M: Really?!!
N: no, orange!

Yay, a normally developing 2 year old. :)

New Zealand

We had a lovely week with 4 adults. Saw lots of the landscape, rode a ski lift to the top of a mountain for a yum hot chocolate and a gorgeous view, took a 2 hour trek to see a waterfall, and generally just enjoyed ourselves. And on one particular day I actually totally and completely forgot about having any kids!

Reality bites

Brushing my hair this morning...

Sarah: When I look in the mirror, I really do still see a bit of blonde left, but in pictures it's all brown. What is the deal?!!
Andrew: Well when I look in the mirror I still see a lot of hair...
Sarah: So what's the issue here?
Andrew: Probably something like residual self image. 
HA! *Sigh*
Actual conversation. 

School!!

Daniel started Grade 1 yesterday. He's so happy with his new classroom and new male teacher. He said to me, "I don't know why I was worried mum, I knew everyone! Next time I won't have to worry about it."

One very excited girl virtually ran from the car to her classroom, saying, "I can't wait mum, I can't wait, this is my first time!" Two full school days this year in Kinder (the preschool year in the U.S.). I swear she grew up overnight in preparation. She just looked so much bigger this morning.

I grabbed a quick shot of her when i picked her up in the afternoon. 

Just as happy at the end of the day as when I dropped her off!

Can't wait

Can I just say I am so excited to see my parents in 30 days. 

The kids, well they're not so happy that we are first meeting 

Grandma and Grandpa in NZ without them, but we're thrilled about it! :)

But I just can't wait to have them in my house, to spend time with them, to see the kids playing with them...

London Bus

School holiday fun on the double decker bus around town, otherwise known in our house as the London Bus. Fun!

No way!!

Okay, this is either unfair product representation, or raspberry yoghurt is not what I thought it was! I promise this was not in my fridge (yoghurt wouldn't last that long in mine!), but I won't embarrass the person who's fridge it was in... hehe :)

Oh yeah

Daniel: Mum, if you had your own Legos I'd totally play Legos with you.

Cute thinking, well, kind of...

L: Mum, are you close to dying?

M: No, I don't think so, why?
L: Because you are so much bigger than us, I thought you might be close to dying.
M: I don't really know how long I'll live, but I really hope I'm here lots more years.
L: Why?...oh, because you need to be here to take care of us when we're little!

Yes Laura, unfortunately the game you like to play with me: "I'm-17-living-by-myself-with-my-sister-and-taking-care-of-myself-without-my-mum-but-that's-okay-because-I'm-old-enough-to" is not yet real life...

Gotta love her spunk.