Thursday, August 7, 2008
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What happened to July?
All of a sudden we are well into August!
And what did we get up to in July?
We went to Werribee Zoo for a Trivia Trail day. The kids had a sheet of paper with photos of animals and when they spotted them they marked them off. At the end they got a prize each. Josh chose a crocodile cup, and Sam got a platypus cup.
The adults trivia was a bit trickier and had us counting the number of water fountains (Josh loved that! He has always had a strange facination for the water fountains at Melbourne Zoo). We also had to find the headline of an African newspaper in one of the huts (a strange co-incidence was it was actually from the day Josh was born!). It was a fun, but very cold day.
And what did we get up to in July?
We went to Werribee Zoo for a Trivia Trail day. The kids had a sheet of paper with photos of animals and when they spotted them they marked them off. At the end they got a prize each. Josh chose a crocodile cup, and Sam got a platypus cup.
The adults trivia was a bit trickier and had us counting the number of water fountains (Josh loved that! He has always had a strange facination for the water fountains at Melbourne Zoo). We also had to find the headline of an African newspaper in one of the huts (a strange co-incidence was it was actually from the day Josh was born!). It was a fun, but very cold day.
We also went to Sovereign Hill and got to frolick in the snow. The boys had a ball. I loved the tube slide. And as an added surprise, at certain times they had a 'snow fall' in the main street (actually made from soap suds). Josh was facinated with the big mining machines. We had a go at the bowling. And right on closing time we headed down to the creek to look for gold. I found the tiniest spek, and Kel found a bigger piece hidden in a rock.
Monday, June 30, 2008
When I grow up
Last night we read a book called "When I grow up" by Colin McNaughton.
It was a good book. It had funny things to look for in the pictures, and
a nice rhyme to it. It wasn't too wordy (always a good thing when we are very close to bed time). And it prompts some nice discussion afterwards...
I asked Josh what he would like to be when he grows up. He said that he wants to be in a band and play guitar in a rock and roll band!
He already has his first electric guitar! We might have to take it with us tomorrow night when we go to Scott's place for dinner - they can jam together!!!
When I looked up the website for this book I saw that this is the same author who wrote "We're Off to Look for Aliens" ( a very clever book within a book concept) and the hilarious "Potty Poo-Poo Wee-Wee" (a great toilet training book!).
Ten o'clock
When I am home from work, Kel gets to sleep in. But when it hits 10:00am that is when we rush into the bedroom to wake him up... because it's Milo time! Every morning at 10am we sit down and Kel has his coffee and me and the boys have a Milo, or Quick. Lately when I have been at work I haven't had time to scratch myself, let alone make myself a Milo, so I really enjoy
it when I am at home... plus it never tastes as nice when I make it myself!
On Monday I was getting ready for work, and the boys woke up, so I got their breakfast ready, and then had my breakfast and then I was running late for work. Sam was still eating his cereal in the highchair, so I told Josh to go and wake Dad. At about 8:30am I got a phone call from Kel asking why I hadn't woken him up. Turns out that Sam had been sitting in the highchair for an hour and a half in front of the tv! It was only toward the end that he started yelling out, as if to say "Oi! Get me out of this chair!". Kel had assumed that I was sick and stayed home from work. When he got up he was very surprised to see just Josh and Sam in the kitchen. He asked Josh "Where's Mum?". He replied "Just at work". When Kel asked him why he didn't wake him up he replied "Coz it's not ten o'clock yet".
it when I am at home... plus it never tastes as nice when I make it myself!
On Monday I was getting ready for work, and the boys woke up, so I got their breakfast ready, and then had my breakfast and then I was running late for work. Sam was still eating his cereal in the highchair, so I told Josh to go and wake Dad. At about 8:30am I got a phone call from Kel asking why I hadn't woken him up. Turns out that Sam had been sitting in the highchair for an hour and a half in front of the tv! It was only toward the end that he started yelling out, as if to say "Oi! Get me out of this chair!". Kel had assumed that I was sick and stayed home from work. When he got up he was very surprised to see just Josh and Sam in the kitchen. He asked Josh "Where's Mum?". He replied "Just at work". When Kel asked him why he didn't wake him up he replied "Coz it's not ten o'clock yet".
The Escape Artist
[this is one of those old posts that have been sitting on my laptop for ages...)
Kel and Mark were over last night for our regular Tuesday night dinner. I put the boys to bed and we were in the lounge room deciding who was going to drive to Macca's for dessert. Then along walks Sam. "Who got him out of his cot?" It turned out that nobody had. So I put him back into his cot (which had the side up) and watched through a crack in the door. Straight
away he flipped one leg over the railing, then the other. He held on to the side and dropped gently down onto the floor! I could hardly believe it. His brother had tried to escape when he was younger... using a slightly different approach. Here is the result. Needless to say we quickly did what I had been meaning to do for ages now, and lowered the base of the cot.
Sam was having a ball jumping on the mattress and running around while we got busy with the Alan keys! He wasn't very happy when we put him back to bed... and going by the way he was lying in the bed, when we checked on him later, it looked like he kept trying to get out until he fell into an exhausted heap!
Kel and Mark were over last night for our regular Tuesday night dinner. I put the boys to bed and we were in the lounge room deciding who was going to drive to Macca's for dessert. Then along walks Sam. "Who got him out of his cot?" It turned out that nobody had. So I put him back into his cot (which had the side up) and watched through a crack in the door. Straight
away he flipped one leg over the railing, then the other. He held on to the side and dropped gently down onto the floor! I could hardly believe it. His brother had tried to escape when he was younger... using a slightly different approach. Here is the result. Needless to say we quickly did what I had been meaning to do for ages now, and lowered the base of the cot.
Sam was having a ball jumping on the mattress and running around while we got busy with the Alan keys! He wasn't very happy when we put him back to bed... and going by the way he was lying in the bed, when we checked on him later, it looked like he kept trying to get out until he fell into an exhausted heap!
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