25 October 2012

On exploring the front garden after dropping Miro at preschool,

Matai smells one of Nanny's beautiful roses, and on removing his little nose,

The petals tumble to the ground.

"Oh no," says Matai, his face all screwed up in irritation.

"Now we'll have to buy another one!"

Later on in the afternoon,

Tai surprises everyone by being really good at catching a ball

As he plays with Uncle Daney, Papa, Miro and Mummy

In the hazy setting dayscape.

24 October 2012

The pyjamas that Miro and Tai picked:

Miderman and Transformers.

("They've got such bad taste in clothes" mutters Papa)

23 October 2012

What Matai's face does

When Mummy says 

I Wuf You.

22 October 2012

Sinbinned for not helping Miro tidy up;

Tai promptly falls asleep on the floor.

21 October 2012

Matai walks the first half of our bush walk,

Striding along with a stick, exploring and finding treasure.

But on the rainy way home, he just wants to be carried

And Papa stumbles upon this novel solution!

20 October 2012

Chocolate cupcake tower,

Already partially deconstructed.

19 October 2012

Playdate picnic with Ollie.

Tai, with his preference for big boys,

Spends most of the time playing by himself,

Leaving Ollie to wander the playground looking for friends...

18 October 2012

Matai is still not convinced about the babies

And whenever they approach him, can be heard throughout the house,

Screaming NO GO AWAY BABIES! or DON'T TOUCH ME!

Luckily the babies don't seem to mind just yet,

And breezily continue their Babyzilla activities

Of knocking down whatever train tracks have just been assembled,

Or groping for whatever Thomas toy Matai is holding.

17 October 2012

Sam-Sam raw chocolate cake!

In which Mummy tries to get Matai

To stop hyperventilating, and repeating himself, ad finitum,

In excitement at all the blending.

16 October 2012

Attack of the M. Boys!

15 October 2012

Matai is so frightened of the water

And contents himself with loitering outside the pool,

Telling us the water is too 'told'.

14 October 2012

Huge hugs for Poppa Pauly

On arriving at Uncle Jeffrey's birthday party...

And afterwards, being astonishingly well-behaved!

13 October 2012

Giggle O'Clock!

With Uncle Leelee in the kitchen.

12 October 2012

Rainy day dropoff

For Miro at preschool.

Tai asks for a hat

Cos his head is 'told'.

11 October 2012

Matai is such an enthusiastic shopper today,

With his mouth going at a mile a minute

Explaining everything he wants to look at,

And everything "I hafta ask Santa Claus".

When we stop for lunch, all he wants is a "tup of tea",

Along with cakes and biscuits, of course!

10 October 2012

Ever since Matai had his hair cut

And Mummy couldn't stop saying how handsome he looked,

"Handsome" is Matai's favourite word.

When he's playing with his trains, he tells us which one is the "handsomest" one,

And when Mummy says he is handsome today, he smiles, so cute in his happiness.

9 October 2012

Nape.

8 October 2012

On a day where we lose the car keys

The only thing to do is to go exploring in the front garden;

Discovering magical walking stick wands and wandering

Through the long jungley grass.

7 October 2012

The boys spend the morning with Papa at the park,

Getting up to all sorts of fun!

6 October 2012

Saturday morning breakfast time!

5 October 2012

The peaceful remains

Of Second Breakfast.

4 October 2012

Matai draws his first little creatures

(After ambushing us one evening last week with texta circles

All over the mattress, lounge, coffee table, wall and door...!)

He tells us they are Dinosaur Rex

And keeps pointing out which one is "handsomest"!

3 October 2012

Dancing around the kitchen at dinnertime.

2 October 2012

Drawing and colouring in together;

Eating apples in the sun.

1 October 2012

Bikey gang!

30 September 2012

Matai in awe at the pirate ship

When Papa takes the boys to an exciting expo.

29 September 2012

Tai cries tears when the little possum Jeff,

Subject of a whole morning operation to extract him from our fireplace,

Escapes back home to his treehouse.

Later, we feel better

When zooming around on rollerblades;

Running beside a speedy Mummy!

28 September 2012

Fully sick tats.