After Dinner

Iggy is amazing us with his incredible appetite!

He gets sooo hungry in the mornings, it's quite a drama.
If he is made to wait to long for his 2 weetbixs or bowl of porridge the whole house knows about it!

We can also tell how hungry Iggy is by the inflated or deflated size of his tummy. Here he is after dinner tonight. I think the sheer size of it might be affecting his dancing skills!

I also found this footage of a young Banjo around the same age as Iggy, very similar little munchcans.

End of a Term

Well we finally got to the end of the first term, and to be honest it has felt like quite an achievement.

When i look at where we were on the very first day of the term it feels like we have accomplished quite a lot.

The first day was hard for me on many levels, mainly the social side. The good friends that i had met through the school and kinder in Brunswick were absent, and there seem liked such a long road ahead to make those strong connections again from scratch.

But i am happy to say that i have small handful of friends, and i am meeting more and more most days.

The kids have done really well and Hero seems to be more vibrant about school which is a relief.

Today on their last day they had to dress-up as what they wanted to be when they were older. Hero went as a professional Surfer! We made her a board out of plywood and she got to decorate it which she most enjoyed.

She has earn't a holiday. She had a term report that any parent would be most proud of, and most exciting of all,  her beautiful smile is back!

Banjo had a great term at kinder too. He was so excited to show me his home made butter that they made  with cream and a single marble at kinder last week! (Although) he refused to eat any himself)

He has had numerous play dates over the past weeks, and just tonight, we took him to Aus Kick registration at one of the most beautiful Footy ovals i have seen. It was a stunning evening, and the kids had a ball with their new footy's. His enthusiasm was a joy to watch, it will be interesting to see how he will go when the evenings get a bit darker and colder.

They had an Easter Parade on their last day of kinder and they all looked so cute sitting listening to there teacher and wearing their Easter Bonnets at pickup time, He is Banjo with his.

Frustrations

It has been a bit of a fustrating week. I thought i would update my operating system which was getting quite ancient apparently! And in the process my computer threw a tantrum!

I have been on the phone to help people for over a week! What has made this whole process drag on and on is that i don't have many opportunities to sit down at a computer and listen to instructions and concentrate, which is what is needed to fix the problem. Yesterday i had to erase my entire HD, which was very scary.

All my major application has been wiped and so now i have to find the original software in a box, stored away in Shamrock St ( no idea when i might get a chance to do that! )

So this is going to affect my photo's for a while, apologies.

We had a lovely day in Melbourne today, we went down just for the day to see Mum who cooked us a beautiful Sunday lunch. And since Hero has been missing her friends she had an old friend come and play, which she loved.

We all went to the park and i loved watching Banjo with Iggy, he often forgets that Iggy is so little and not the same age as him, but generally, he is fantastic to his little brother. No one can make Iggy laugh quite like Banjo.

Computer Problems!

Hi guys,

 I am having major dramas with my main computer, which has taken me a lot longer to fix then thought. So sorry for the absence, I will be back shortly.

This is us at the Falls Creek last year, the kids are quite looking forward to going back.

Comparisons are funny things.

Lately Jem and i have been noticing, not necessarily the changers, but the character observations of the kids since we have been here at Barwon Heads.

Banjo's confidence, in a social sense, has really increased. He has become quite known around the traps and feels confident to meet new people on his own now, without me having to make the initial introduction. He has a best buddy and lots of friends of all ages and sex.

The freedom to ride his bike in middle of the road and know his way around town, surf the local waves and skate at the skate park with regular faces has shown to be a really positive experience for him.

Hero is happy, but there is a spark that is missing in her that i remember seeing every single time i took her to school in Brunswick. Her incredible social luminance has dulled a little here and we are hoping that it is transitional. Jem said once Hero could make friends in a black cave. Which is so true. Doesn't matter what age they are Hero will befriend them and find out all about them.

I didn't post a photo of Hero on her first day of her new school because i thought when i went to pick her up at the end of the day i would get a photo of her with all her new friends, but it wasn't quite like that in reality.

I can't help but wonder if we didn't have the comparison, would i have perceived this observation?

Change can be very educational!

Hero and her prep Teacher Ms Orania

Style and Talent

This weeks new post is dedicated to 2 of the most stylish and talented people i know.

My dear friend Lizzy and her amazing fiance Steve have entered a very exciting new business enterprise. It is called Tale. They have very courageously imported beautiful unique piece of furniture from all over the world for us to buy!

The Pop-Up-Shop opened this weekend and it looks amazing! Lizzy has done the most incredible job of pulling all these individual piece's together to create a stunning space to visit. Definitely worth a visit.

The next is my mother!

She made Banjo the most amazing jacket and matching cap last week, which has been a big hit with the little style guru himself.

It is easy to take for granted that when your Mum makes an item of clothing it is always made from the most incredible fabrics, finished like Valentino's head seamstress, Antonietta de Angelis, and styled like Grace Coddington!

I have been incredibly spoilt, and now it;' my kids turn.

Thanks Mum. xoxox

From Beach to Beach

We have just come back from Byron Bay.
We try to go most years but with Iggy being due in early Feb last year and the move to Barwon Heads this year we haven't been for a while.

We stay at the same place each time called the Happy Shack, which is a bit more then a shack but not a luxury villa either! We have fun there and it works well for our family. It has an amazing veranda with french doors off the kitchen, living and bedroom. The veranda has not 1 but 2 large couches for chilling out and reading (when possible!) It is in a great spot out of the main drag but close enough to it to ride your bike collect some fish & chips for dinner.

Visiting Byron this time felt quite different, and that was because we are now living by the beach. It was different when we were based in Brunswick. We found Byron a bit manic compared to our sleepy Barwon Heads, and beaches are quite comparable too. But what you can't compare is the water! It was divine! The most perfect temperature, the most perfect colour  and clarity. I could have stayed in the sea all day if it was possible, and Hero and Banjo almost did!