A late afternoon stroll to Daddy's office
In the glowing afternoon sun...
29 August 2010
Matai and Daddy catch up on the news
At a leisurely Sunday bruncheon
In the sunny courtyard at Glebe.
28 August 2010
Matai helps Daddy fix the kitchen
Until an accident (falling down!)
Forces him into early retirement!
Later, between copious yoghurt and avocado,
Matai watches the ritual kitchen shuffle
While celebrating Din's birthday BBQ.
25 August 2010
Nanny's arms are some of the ones he likes best
(Though nearly all are taken with gratitude!)
22 August 2010
A day of coffee cuddles, chewing on a giant life-vest,
And yoga positions in the Basin.
21 August 2010
The good thing about sitting forward facing in the car
Is that Miro can hold your hand when you cry.
The bad thing about it is that
Miro holding your hand can also make you cry!
18 August 2010
Today, Goo has his first orange
Where he makes laborious love to the pulp
And cries meaningfully when it falls to his lap or the floor.
Later, he has his first carrot puree
And loves it as much as it hoped he would!
17 August 2010
Matai giggles as Mummy tries to remove
The hundreds of bits of wood from his pants
After he tumbles face-first into chipbark.
The only solution: to take them off.
They make interesting viewing!
16 August 2010
The only way to clean up in the evenings
Or any time through the day
Is to attach Matai on someone's body
Where, if you're jerky enough, he'll fall asleep...
13 August 2010
Matai has finally understood
That eating requires an open mouth
And attacks Nanny's yoghurt like a piranha.
11 August 2010
Matai finds being put down insulting
But manages to co-operate if Mummy doesn't stray too far...
10 August 2010
Life has become a melange of
Shared bowls, spoons,
Top and purees
Lovingly pilfered by Miro at every turn...
9 August 2010
On Nanny's birthday, Nanny asks
"Is Matai sitting up yet? Isn't it about time he was?"
And so on a lark, we sit him in the highchair
Where he kicks and smiles as though he'd been doing it forever
To our great surprise!
8 August 2010
First chocolate icecream
In the sunshine at Pyrmont Park.
Matai is so excited by the taste sensation
That he leaps into it and grabs it with both hands,
Squeezing icecream through his fingers;
Clutching it with a vice-like grip.
7 August 2010
Now that he's become Mister Separation Anxiety
Mummy gets to wondering whether she should be picking him up more, or less
When his crying quickly escalates to hysteria
And reads that bubbies should Definitely be picked up when they cry through fear.
On freshly noticing A Day In The Life of Matai
It suddenly becomes apparent
That fear is at every turn
When it consists of a big brother who likes to:
Poke, kiss, lean on, pat roughly, and ram with his toy pram or tricycle...
Poor Matai !
6 August 2010
A cruisy walk through Surry Hills
For baked potatoes and sourdough baguettes
Sees Matai break into smiles
Whenever Aunty Gen kisses him.
5 August 2010
Matai tries bread, loves tomatoes,
And chats earnestly with Uncle Leelee
From the table or top of the fridge
4 August 2010
At the airport, waiting for the aeroplane
Matai finds some time for last minute Nanna cuddles
3 August 2010
After earlier separation anxieties (of Titanic proportions!)
Goo finds solace in Aunty Sloane's delicious chewy fingers.
31 August 2010
A chilly walk in Melbourne to Great-Gran's birthday do
Sees Matai quiet in wonder at taking the tram across the city.
Later, at Gen's 21st birthday party, dressed like a fluffy teddy bear,
He enjoys multiple cuddles and grins nipple at Mummy,
Wiggling in everybody's arms until finally falling asleep
To the thudding bass of a James Brown tribute band.
30 July 2010
After a restless plane trip to Melbourne
Matai wakes up again back at Nanna's place
And uses the time to chew Sophie till she squeaks !
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