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!

Random info

The Simpsons are having their 20th anniversary. No way, I remember when the Simpsons arrived on TV. Oh that's right, I'm nearly 34. The math: subtract 20 years and you still have a double digit number. Kinda depressing.

Finally

Daniel DID in fact go to school today, just in case you thought I might be intentionally sabotaging his first year of school. He was up and completely dressed before I was even out of bed (which according to a previous post, apparently isn't too difficult!).

Start-of-school-quote (Daniel to Laura): "You won't see me really much. I have a lot of years to go!"

... meanwhile Nick is loving acting like a big kid at the kids table, and Laura is looking after him, making sure his paper is attached to the table with AMPLE amounts of tape...

...and more of Nick wanting to be a big kid - he loved wearing Daniel's school shirt around the house. Funny kid.

No picture yet

Don't have a first-day-of-school photo yet. We've all been sick. Now Daniel's missed the first 3 days of school!! Bummer.

Forever in history...

My conversation with a fellow school mum this morning:

Friend : "Wanna do something after school today?" 

Me: "But school starts tomorrow." 

Friend: "No, it started an hour ago!" 

Me: "No, seriously?!"

Yep, it's written in the history books that I missed Daniel's first day of school. Totally thought school started tomorrow. Oh well, one last day with this boy who is growing up in front of my eyes. We're going out to lunch. The heck with school! He won't care that his first day wasn't everyone else's, or that his first-day-of-school-photo wasn't really the first day of school. This is how memories are made, people.

Laura

I know I'm so biased but I do think my girl is beautiful.

and spunky.

and courageous.

 

One day kids, one day...

The kids always ask when we can get a pet... one day I say... well Nick can't talk, but he's certainly doing his part to persuade! He's had a lot of fear around animals, but when this dog could play ball, well that was enough for Nick! This kid loves anything to do with a ball, and can kick one like he's been practicing in his sleep!

* this is not our dog by the way, forgot to say that...

Photo Albums 2

Should be doing plenty other things.

But photos are so addictive.

Our poor kids and their over-documented lives.

But anyway, I was just enjoying comparing each kid at 1 year old.
And despite all their differences, it seems there's one *big* similarity, yeah?!!

Brave

This boy who used to be so wary in the water jumped off a boat into pretty cold water, without hesitation. It must have been fun to be him, listening to 6 adults cheering him
as he came up to the surface!