Party Time

So I've finally downloaded photos of the big occasion for you to see - Tad's first birthday (aka Zebe!!)

Just a small occasion really... a couple of other families who we really like came along to assist us in the eating of the cake and have a BBQ in the park.

It was so nice... nice to see the sun... nice to see friends.... SO SO SO nice to have family here for the special occasion and just oh-so-extremely-nice!

The cake (as always) was a joint effort. Hubby 'engineered' it all creating levels and iced the yellow block.  I baked strawberry, vanilla and chocolate 'layers' and iced the rest of the blocks, cut out icing shapes and letters and did the piping (a skill that I have yet to refine!!).  We are so impressed with how it turned out... I actually think that Hubby and I enjoy the challenge of setting a task and seeing it come to fruition.  (You can all eagerly await the 3rd birthday of our little lady in a few weeks to see what we manage to do!!)

It's a pity you all weren't here to taste the cake... one of my finest might I say... a true neopolitan cake flavour.... mmmmm. Pity there is not any left for afternoon tea today.  But family and friends who didn't make it.... know that you were missed!

Number One

I have been instructed by Husband that I need to write a blog... that I have not blogged in a while and that I need to update everyone!!  (I love that him 'instructing' me, gives me a little insight that he indeed likes to read my blog and dare I say he has missed it(????) this past few weeks!).

nyway, I do have a subject matter for todays blog, but get very limited time with the computer now.  We are doing life at the minute in a 2 1/2 bedroom unit.  More than caters for our needs to be fair, but we have had to put our wee Tad into the computer room to 'teach' him better sleeping habits... or maybe we are 'teaching' Noosh... not sure... but for whatever reason they are now separated for everyones 'positive' sleeping experience.  The moments that I would like to sit down and chat with you all via blog space are now the moments when wee Tad is sleeping which in turn means I cannot sit down and tap-tap-tap away at the keys for fear of disrupting him.  It is but a season however!

So the wee boy in question turned 1 on Wednesday! OMG! Where did that time go? How on earth do I have a nearly 3 year old and a 1 year old?? Only yesterday Noosh was born and now we are a family of 4. Oh my!

 We did what all fabulous creative mothers do on their son's birthdays... and went to McDonalds!! Creativity is not a strong suit at the moment! Anyway, the children both got happy meals, Noosh ate her chippies and sauce, had a token nugget and was off on the playground... Tad on the other hand ate his 3 nuggets and his chippies, devoured his sisters remaining nuggets and polished off a few chippies from Mummy... nothing wrong with his appetite!!!

Tad is just delightful. Full, and when I say full I mean FULL(!!) of mischief. He has only been crawling for a handful of weeks and yet he now unwinds all the toilet paper from not only the holders but the roll... trailing toilet paper behind him (just like the Roly dog!!); he is drawn to the x-box (probably because he has boy genes or is his fathers son!!) and could quite happy push the on-off button for hours either on the console or the remote(!); no cupboard and no drawer is safe from his curiosity (I really do worry about his little fingers!!); he torments his sister who he ADORES... but obviously doesn't play all most games by the rules of a nearly 3 year old which causes endless amounts of frustration on the part of Noosh!

He is simply devine though and has embraced his place in our little family with such gung-ho-ness (totally not a word but so appropriate to use right now!) that we would miss anything less.

He is brave... he is boy... he is love... he is uncomplicated... he is tough... he is hungry (all the time)... he is chatty... he is mischevious... he is cheeky... he is monkey... he is happy.

We think he is totally inestimable... totally priceless... and totally irreplaceable.

xxx

He's mobile...

Yip... finally.... Tad has decided to cease 'just' sitting and branch out!! How cheeky is his smile below!!!

Our 11 month old (+ 2 days) has had enough on relying on big sister to bring him toys (which she does so unreliably and only after she has played with the toy).

So on the one hand, I am so proud.... on the other hand, I am thinking, I will never be able to have a shower longer than 10 seconds now.

 Look at them side by side at the same age. (10-11 months)

Our wee princess Noosh was such a dream at this age, having mastered crawling and moving on to walking, she was trustworthy and I could leave her to have a shower for a few minutes (with doors open).

 

(ahhh, so nice looking back at photos of these people.... gosh this feels like yesterday!!!)

Somehow, I don't think our wee Tad is going to be the same. He has months of not moving to catch up on so I believe I will need eyes in the back of my head!!

 

But so proud of my wee boy... and my wee family!

My Mother's Day

I haven't told you about my mother's day have I... a month ago now. Scary how time flies.

I was initially saddened by the news that Mother's Day was on the weekend that I had my whirlwind visit to NZ and wouldn't be with my Noosh for most of the day... little did I know that Hubby had plans.  Not over the top plans (like proposing at the top of the Eiffel Tower - he he) but just enough plans to make this Mumma feel loved and cared for by her little poppets.

Not to mention that nursery also came to the party and showered me with gifts from our little people... I could so get used to this!! Noosh  gave me a cup and photo on something that I can't really work out what it's meant to be.... but it's cute!!  Tad gave me a seedling in a planter complete with his thumb print (which had to be done twice as he liked the squishiness of paint), a calender with a sample of his artwork.

My amazing sister-in-law, brother and niece gifted me a card and scrummy scrummy chocolates in the morning.  I love that you remembered and that you just cherished me.  Felt so so spoilt!! (Sorry don't have a photo of the chocolates... they were devoured!!)

I got met at the airport by my little girl running so fast that we were almost bowled over.  She was carrying a card that her and Daddy had made... they had painted and glued and it was just perfect.

I then got home to unwrap the coffee machine that Hubby had purchased. Simple things... things that I had been coveting... things that Hubby knows that I love and when he can he does like me to have some of the pleasures in life.

 So I consider myself the most spoilt Mumma of two most precious, most gorgeous, most talented little people ever!! (Biased... absolutely!!) So a few random shots of the past few weeks so you can get a feel for their cuteness, their antics, and their delightfulness.

Cleaning my ears Mumma.

It's not always smiles at bathtime, but lots fun tonight!

Loving my little brother.

So, I can pedal my own bike now!! Must be a big girl... look out world!

I can't even wait until bedtime... it's exhausting this baby stuff!

Delicious wee man!

LOVING her hair in a ponytail... sadly it doesn't last long before pulled out!

A little bit of sparing post bath... our little 10kg heavyweight might not have the 'skills' but he sure has the mass!!

Uncertain what the 'wipe' is there for...

Being a little creative.