Charlotte's First Swim

Today we spent the afternoon at my mum and dad's place having a swim with our friends Darcy, Piper and Lachlan. Charlotte got in the pool for the first time and absolutely loved it. She got so excited as she watched the kids swim and was itching to get into the pool. My mum wouldn't let go of her swim-ring as she was afraid that Charlotte was going to launch herself out of it and into the water. We all had a great, exhausting, day.

Who's That?

Today we're spending the day with the Nortons. Angela took us all to the Ipswich Art Gallery which always has fantastic diplays for the kids. This one was like a Dr Seuss book. Ella got a bit frightened and had to stop pressing buttons because every time she did something would make a noise or lights would flash. Charlotte loved it. There were plenty of things she could crawl around and see and explore at her height. The kids had a great day. Now I'm sitting on the patio having a beer.

The First Of Many

We kissed Bill bye bye today as he heads off to Sydney for a birthday party and then to Melbourne for work. We'll be Bill-less for about 6 weeks, so I am going to endeavour to post a picture each day of something we did that day so that Bill knows what we're up to and that we love and miss him. That's about 42 new posts. Wish me luck.

Happy Fathers Day

Dads rock! We all went to the beach, got wet and sandy, then ate fish and chips. Even this amount of activity can be exhausting for some of us. Happy Fathers Day to all those dads out there.

Peek-a-boo

Charlotte is now 10 months old. This is a picture of her playing peek-a-boo with me around the corner of the kitchen cabinets. She's such a cute little sucky-face baby!

Swimming in Winter

My Mum and Dad went camping at the beach a couple of weekends ago. They took Ella and Alex along for a sleep over in the caravan. The camp ground has a fantastic kids pool and play area and it was such a lovely, warm weekend that the kids went swimming every day they were there. I went down with Charlotte after a few days to pick up the other two and give Nanna and Grandad a well-deserved break.

Move Over Annie Oakley

My little cowgirl.

Clever Charlotte

Charlotte is nearly 10 months old now. She can clap, thows her hands in the air for 'hooray', says 'da da da' and just yesterday she started saying 'ma ma ma'. Of course, we all think she's so so clever and so so gorgeous.

Cowboy Craziness

Our good friend Lachlan turned 6 this month. Lachlan always has the BEST parties and this year it was cowboys. Alex looked great. There were haybales to play on, a cowboy boot pinata, throw the hoop on the cactus games and, of course, pass the parcel. Everyone had a great day.

Pumpin' Iron

Ella playing at Playgroup. They have lots of dress-up stuff there and she picked this one out of the pile, brought it to me and wanted to wear it. The boys were a bit envious. She was pretty happy to be the centre of attention for a few minutes.