you'll always be my baby girl

with a slightly improved photo...

Its not a very good photo (in relation to the light & set up of the shot) but its the only one I took that shows how proud she was yesterday to be marching down to kindy for her first day. I was apprehensive...

how would she go around soo many new children (my girl is not always the most sociable)

would she keep all her clothes on when she went to toilet (she has a tendancy to come back from the toilet needing help to redress)

does she remember that I will come back for her (does she know that I am counting down the minutes until I can walk back to pick her up)

will anyone understand her when she finally comes out of her shell (or will the other children look at her like she is strange and walk away)

will she want to go back next week and the week after and the week after (for the next 6 *yes 6* school terms)

as it turns out she didnt miss me or need me to be there to shield her from the world but I am on guard and prepared to put my protective arm around her should she so need it at ANY time.

He's just a litle bit proud of himself...

& so are we!!

Xander is well & truely sitting by himself now & he loves it. Olivia also loves it because she now thinks he is capable of playing 'row-row-row your boat' & I let her do 1 round but then have to put a stop to it because he is not that steady yet. But it is soooo nice to see them "playing" together.

The only thing that Xander loves as much as sitting right now is trying to crawl. He gets up on his knees & hands but cant quite hold it long enough to figure out what to do next. I love watching him try.

Also, I just wanted to share this photo because Neil & I love it so much that we make Olivia show everyone that enters our home. She painted it while we were camping at Edithburgh just after new years & it lives on her bedside table.




But we just adont know what to call him, if you ask Olivia every dog is Jetty....

tampeen

Today Olivia & I were playing on the trampoline & I had a housewife moment where I was thinking of all the things I could be doing while Xander was sleeping, so I told Olivia that I had to go do other stuff. She did not like this idea at all (& she was playing so nicely with me) so I promised that when Poppy came over tonight we could eat dinner on the trampoline, she decided that this was a great deal & let me hop off.

When dinner was ready this evening I asked both the girl to take their clothes off cause we were having pasta & it can get messy, especially when you dont have a table to eat off of (& quite frankly what child doesnt like to get naked). As we were walking out Poppy kept saying over & over again "tampeen, tampeen, tampeen". I think it was a hit!!!


In other news, Xander is finally big enough to go in the Jolly Jumper, I have been waiting for this because I remember how much Olivia LOVED it & Xander did not dissapoint. It must feel so effortless and free to be up on your feet after being at foot height for 5 & a half months. Oh the joy!!

I also have to say that my little man is an absolute trooper. Every time I change something on him he laps it up & takes it completely in his stride without skipping a beat. This last week has seen him start solids & he sooo looks forward to whatever is served up to him, infact if I dare to take a break to feed myself he gets quite impatient. I also stopped wrapping him for sleeps in the last week & you wouldnt even know that anything has changed, he goes to sleep just as easily as he always has & sleeps for just as long.