I've been so bad about putting up new pictures in a timely manner, so here are a bunch from the past month. We've been doing great over here... Kids are growing like crazy and their little personalities are coming out more and more. Brady has been a sponge lately when it comes to learning more and talking like crazy. He LOVES his numbers, letters, words, ANY book he can find and all the new shows on CBeebies (the new BBC kids channel). He's very organised and likes to pick out his clothes as well as dictate what Anna should be doing and when... he's quite the character and is so loving these days. Of course, he's still a monkey and will climb on anything at any time... thank God he's getting big enough that I don't get scared at the littlest thing any more! Anna is a train wreck (as we call her in the sweetest possible way) and is getting very demanding and coming into her own. She'll scream "MOMMY" for the slightest little thing and loves to play with Brady and Morgan (Brady's best friend) until Brady pushes her down. She's growing a lot lately and is now able to stand up to Brady a bit, although he's still got a good 10 lbs. on her... so she usually loses that battle!
Blake and I are doing great... nothing much new to report on our end. Still waiting (and will be waiting for a while) to see what happens next after we move. It's looking more and more like we'll be here 'till June which is great news for us. We've had fabulous weather lately with lots of sun and cooler evenings and Blake's had a lot less stress with work than in the past, so that's been a very welcome change... guess this is what happens when you close down a business as opposed to driving revenue!
So here are some recent photos of the kids from mid-October to mid-November...
Brady playing the keyboards while Anna sings... the next Partridge Family!
Anna Paige in front of our house
Our Halloween party in the park... Kara and baby Tessa as an angel
Halloween party with the American Society of Sydney
(conveniently held at the same play area as our Wednesday playgroup!)
Anna was some sort of fairy/butterfly and Brady was a surfer... but he was too busy playing with Morgan for me to get a picture of him
Anna at 6:15 am on a Sunday morning... realised that she was wearing a black and white sleeper when we woke up to watch the FL/GA game... so I remedied the situation quickly with Brady's old hat and shirt! Seems it worked quite well for the Gators!
As I said, Brady is very organised... wonder where he gets that from??
Here is a train configuration he put together all by himself (I'm serious, I asked to play trains with him and he told me to go sit on the couch and relax!)
Brady HAD to have this hat from the discount store in Crows Nest... he looks a bit like a glittery gangster who wants to watch the Wiggles DVD here... and the blue on his face is left over from him being a surfer from one of our Halloween parties!
Anna eating a cookie at Friday playgroup
I am still trying to encourage Brady to go potty on the potty and not in his nappy. He is NOT interested at all. Out of desperation I bought potties for both of them and Anna is taking to it already. She tugs at her nappy when it's dirty and has even ripped it off to poop in her crib... The other day she did this and when I put her on her potty I realised we were about to get the real deal, so she transitioned to the big one!! Here is our 19 month old potty training, unlike our 3 year old.
Our great friends Lynnette, Cobus and Christian bought Brady a really cool backyard pool for his birthday. Unfortunately they are in Perth for a month and haven't been able to play with it yet! Here are Anna and Morgan enjoying the pool...
More backyard fun... the kids running through the hose while Daddy waters the new grass
Today (Thursday, 13 November) we went to the beach in Greenwich with Kara, Morgan, and Baby Tessa. We had heaps of fun and the kids loved playing in the water!!
Brady borrowed Morgan's CUBS shirt while he "surfed"
Kara got in the water to play with the boys for a bit
Brady "surfing" again
Kara and Tessa on the beach
Brady playing in the water
Kara helping Morgan "surf"
Anna checking in on Tessa sleeping
The boys playing in the water
Anna "posing" on the beach... she was trying to crawl backwards into the water since she was a bit scared of it...
Me overseeing the 3-way battle over the boogie board...
Cheers, everyone!!
