Bandaid obsession.
7 September 2012
Trying to get the boys to stop running in Toad Hall
Is like asking ten foot waves to crash gently on the shore.
6 September 2012
Even forgetting to put on clothes!
It's fervent playtime
With Thomas, Percy, Belle and Diesel 10.
4 September 2012
Sleeping Beauty
Falls asleep in the 3 minutes from our house to Din's,
And so we place him on pillows in the garden, in the balmy shade.
But Nanny can't bear the thought of tiny ants creeping over him
And so spends the next hour beside him, flicking off each insect
That trespasses on his sweetly snoozing skin.
3 September 2012
Matai has a habit
Of collecting all the toys he loves
And insisting on carrying them all around in his arms,
Dropping them haphazardly,
And scattering more when he bends to pick them up!
Unfortunately today,
On top of all this,
They're Archie's toys!!
1 September 2012
Whiling away the afternoon in the garden at Nanny and Din's;
Playing on the swing and trawling Percy through the dirt,
All the while begging froggies.
31 August 2012
Miro's beloved teacher Sarah gives him her teddy Freddie
To take on all sorts of adventures for the rest of this week.
He starts his time with our family by supervising the big boys' bath
And making sure to avoid any untoward splashes!
30 August 2012
A favourite bathtime pastime:
Throwing Thomas and Percy out of the bath
Then requesting that Mummy pick them up.
(Over and over again).
29 August 2012
Feeding and chasing the birdies at Jubilee Park
Is followed by a patient wait as Aunty Georgie
Patiently - futilely - wipes all dirty fingers and faces
Before mucking them up all over again with lamington cake.
23 August 2012
Being encouraged to eat sweet potato soup
On the liberal enticement that Percy eats it too.
21 August 2012
Lunchtime in the balmy coming of summer...
Tai chasing the magpie family from our crumbs,
And swinging with his brothers on the hammock.
20 August 2012
Displaying his usual fashion sense-
Cars/ Octonauts/ Chuggington layers
Of T-shirts on jumpers, and undies on pants -
Tai relaxes on the hammock that he gets to by climbing the tree...
Scowls at having to share the microphone with Miro...
And cries when the bubbles get too close to his face!
19 August 2012
Clean-Up Day
Is punctuated by
The earnest voice of Gooey singing,
Muffled by biscuit and microphone.
18 August 2012
Miro and Matai
Fighting over who gets to vacuum
While a pair of interested little brothers
Take periodic peeks!
17 August 2012
Matai and Ollie get up to mischief,
Playing in the "garden" (on the balcony!)
And a bit-too-clever Tai blindsides us
By acting all sweet and innocent at the dining table...
We later discover he has eaten all the flowers from off the top of the cupcakes!
16 August 2012
Backyard Bandit
Today removes his pants
And wants to sit on the toilet.
He sits there ten long minutes,
Pulling the toilet paper off, square by square,
And dropping each piece in a scrunch between his legs
Before finally announcing that there is no toilet-going to be had that day.
But pretty proud of himself nonetheless!
15 August 2012
Pasta delight at Norton Street
For a very special impromptu lunch
Followed by coveted ice-cream.
14 August 2012
Making jelly
Matai can't wait for it to set
And squawks when we put his cup in the fridge.
13 August 2012
Matai whiles away his early evening in the bath;
Playing with pirate ships and plunging
His battery-operated Thomas and Percy
In a sacrificial baptism of soap suds.
11 August 2012
Matai increasingly asserts himself over his turf...
To the extent that when Papa is joking around with Miro
And asks if he'd like to eat Matai's feet instead of icecream for dessert,
Matai turns to Miro and says "No! Mine!"
10 August 2012
We see in the early evening making apple tart for dessert,
Only to be thwarted by a total power outage,
Leaving only baths in the dark, and cheese and crackers by torchlight!
9 August 2012
How excited were we,
Just walking down the street
On Nanny's birthday shopping outing,
To see "Miderman" on someone's car top !
8 August 2012
Good times with family:
Tai and Vicky on the doughnut swing
During a brisk winter's sunshine at L'Estrange.
7 August 2012
The boys are getting used to,
And even starting to love,
The new rule of the house...
No playing inside while the sun is shining!
5 August 2012
Papa takes the four boys for a Sunday walk
From Glebe all the way to the Fishmarkets.
Unfortunately he gets stuck with four tired angels on the other side
And they need to be bailed out
By a taxi trip from Mummy!
4 August 2012
Learning about the fresh fish
That died so we could eat it.
Tai touches its tiny teeth
And slides his fingers along its silver scales.
1 August 2012
Playing rockets with Vicky and Miro in the garden
As a distraction for the heated squabbling
Over the Octopod!
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