The main attraction of the party was Mr Onion the magician who kept the kids entertained with his magic tricks.
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| Waiting for Mr Onion |
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| The cake was very impressive and made by one of the other guest's mum who is a pastry chef |
Saturday, 15 October 2011
London's 4th birthday party
Another 4th birthday party .... this time it was London's. It was held at the Eltham North Adventure Playground and the rain stayed away. The invitation said come dressed as your favourite character, so Eloise went as Snow White.
The main attraction of the party was Mr Onion the magician who kept the kids entertained with his magic tricks.
The main attraction of the party was Mr Onion the magician who kept the kids entertained with his magic tricks.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Abbey at 18 months
Abbey at nearly 18 months can only be best described as a handful !! She is very quick and into everything. She loves nothing better than rummaging through drawers. As soon as the pantry or fridge or freezer door is opened, she is in like Flynn. One of her favourite things to do is to take onions out of the pantry or oranges out of the fruit bowl and roll them around.
At 18 months she still only has four teeth, 2 at the bottom and 2 at the top. But that does not stop her from biting into small hard objects like almonds. Even though mummy worries that it might be a choking hazard, Abbey refuses to give it up because she has to have what her big sister is having.
She is forever trying to keep up with her big sister. And she never walks but runs.
Abbey at 16 months had mastered a number of words including mumma, daddad, jeh jeh (big sister), poh poh, din din (gung gung), ball, baby, mah (horse), cho cho (pig), hippopo (hippo), sock, poo poo and has perfected the art of saying 'no' which can be yelled at the top of her lungs or accompanied by the waving of her arms like the robots in Lost in Space ! She could also tell us that she has done a poo by pointing to her nappy and saying 'poo poo'. However, more often than not, there would not actually be any poo poo and she just smiles as she knows that she has tricked you and made you look !
At 18 months, she has also added more words to her vocabulary including "more", "cheese stick", "chicken" (her favourite food); "nana (banana)" "sleep", "night night", "sit". Her ability to imitate has really developed and she does seem to know what is going on around her. On 4 October 2011, she put together her first two words when she heard Daddy going into the bathroom by saying "Dad Dad wee wee" and then this was followed by "Dad Dad Poo Poo" when after 5 minutes daddy still had not come out of the bathroom !
Abbey has a shocking temper and may be due to her not being able to sound out some words to communicate her needs. So quite often she will point and grunt at things at get extremely upset if you don't understand what she wants. When she wants something she will clap her hands together as if to say 'quick quick'. And if she does not get what she wants she will throw a tantrum or hit her own head.
She has also taken to hitting, kicking and pulling her sister's hair at most opportunities she gets. Poor Eloise!
Abbey is a very sociable creature and whenever she is out and about will go up to strangers by touching them and then giving them a charming smile. However, she can be a bit of a bully with other toddlers and would if given a chance take their toys and then make a run for it.
There is also a bad habit that she has developed which we all hoped that she will grow out of fairly soon. If you are wearing glasses and she is being carried by you, she will if given half the chance she will rip the glasses off your face and throw them. And her reflexes are extremely quick.
At 18 months she still only has four teeth, 2 at the bottom and 2 at the top. But that does not stop her from biting into small hard objects like almonds. Even though mummy worries that it might be a choking hazard, Abbey refuses to give it up because she has to have what her big sister is having.
She is forever trying to keep up with her big sister. And she never walks but runs.
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| "Wait for me ! " |
Abbey at 16 months had mastered a number of words including mumma, daddad, jeh jeh (big sister), poh poh, din din (gung gung), ball, baby, mah (horse), cho cho (pig), hippopo (hippo), sock, poo poo and has perfected the art of saying 'no' which can be yelled at the top of her lungs or accompanied by the waving of her arms like the robots in Lost in Space ! She could also tell us that she has done a poo by pointing to her nappy and saying 'poo poo'. However, more often than not, there would not actually be any poo poo and she just smiles as she knows that she has tricked you and made you look !
At 18 months, she has also added more words to her vocabulary including "more", "cheese stick", "chicken" (her favourite food); "nana (banana)" "sleep", "night night", "sit". Her ability to imitate has really developed and she does seem to know what is going on around her. On 4 October 2011, she put together her first two words when she heard Daddy going into the bathroom by saying "Dad Dad wee wee" and then this was followed by "Dad Dad Poo Poo" when after 5 minutes daddy still had not come out of the bathroom !
Abbey has a shocking temper and may be due to her not being able to sound out some words to communicate her needs. So quite often she will point and grunt at things at get extremely upset if you don't understand what she wants. When she wants something she will clap her hands together as if to say 'quick quick'. And if she does not get what she wants she will throw a tantrum or hit her own head.
Abbey is a very sociable creature and whenever she is out and about will go up to strangers by touching them and then giving them a charming smile. However, she can be a bit of a bully with other toddlers and would if given a chance take their toys and then make a run for it.
There is also a bad habit that she has developed which we all hoped that she will grow out of fairly soon. If you are wearing glasses and she is being carried by you, she will if given half the chance she will rip the glasses off your face and throw them. And her reflexes are extremely quick.
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| Poor Gung Gung has had his glasses ripped off by Abbey |
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Hungy Hippo
She had refused most of her lunch and therefore when it came around to dinner time, Abbey was a little hungry hippo. She could not wait for dinner to be served properly and had devoured most of hers before mummy could finish serving up dinner for the rest of the family !
At 18 months, Abbey is still a fairly fussy eater. Breakfast is either weetbix or porridge with stewed fruit. Lunch is normally half an avocado, cheese stick, fruit and her favourite ...poached chicken. And if she can fit it in then some vegemite sandwiches. This is followed by a large bottle of milk before her nap. Dinner time is the hardest but safest bets are plain pasta, scrambled eggs, brocolli, lamb cutlets, boiled wontons, fried rice and of course if all else fails poached chicken. We know that she is not hungry if she refuses her chicken. Whilst it may sound like she eats a lot, the issue here is the lack of variety ... she just does not like to try new things and unless it is some sort of protein Abbey is just not that interested! At the moment brocolli and spinach hidden in some sort of meat is the only vegetable we can get her to eat and even with these two vegetables it is a hit and miss affair.
Mealtimes are still fraught with danger and mess....if the little missy may has decided that she does not like something or has had enough she will fling it of her high chair. So Abbey devouring her dinner that night without any fuss was an exception rather than a norm.
At 18 months, Abbey is still a fairly fussy eater. Breakfast is either weetbix or porridge with stewed fruit. Lunch is normally half an avocado, cheese stick, fruit and her favourite ...poached chicken. And if she can fit it in then some vegemite sandwiches. This is followed by a large bottle of milk before her nap. Dinner time is the hardest but safest bets are plain pasta, scrambled eggs, brocolli, lamb cutlets, boiled wontons, fried rice and of course if all else fails poached chicken. We know that she is not hungry if she refuses her chicken. Whilst it may sound like she eats a lot, the issue here is the lack of variety ... she just does not like to try new things and unless it is some sort of protein Abbey is just not that interested! At the moment brocolli and spinach hidden in some sort of meat is the only vegetable we can get her to eat and even with these two vegetables it is a hit and miss affair.
Mealtimes are still fraught with danger and mess....if the little missy may has decided that she does not like something or has had enough she will fling it of her high chair. So Abbey devouring her dinner that night without any fuss was an exception rather than a norm.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Polly Woodside
Arrrgh, shiver me timbers! It was pirate day at Polly Woodside and there were all sorts of pirate activities for the kids on board the Polly Woodside. They played quoites and scrubed and walked the deck. There was also some drunken pirate singing and a treasure hunt along with other games like hook the jewellery with a hook.
The girls were supposed to dress up like pirates but of course Eloise had to go as something a little more feminine !
The girls were supposed to dress up like pirates but of course Eloise had to go as something a little more feminine !
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| Eloise trying her hand at quoites |
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| Abbey of course had to have a turn at quoites as well |
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| In the captain's quarters |
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| Admiring Pirate Pete's treasures |
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| Getting ready to scrub the decks |
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| Scrub them hard scurvy sea dogs .... |
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| Walking the deck |
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| Swashbuckling pirate dancing and singing |
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| Tossing the jewels |
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Ballarat
The weather finally got warm enough (or so we thought) to do our second trip in our camper trailer. We decided on Ballarat so that we could take the girls to Sovereign Hill.
We stayed at a Big 4 which was a 5 minute walk to Soverign Hill. After setting up camp we went for lunch and coffee in town at Such and Such (great little cafe with lots of space and a playroom for the kids) where we met up with Grandma and Aunty Kim.
On a very very cold September morning we took the girls for their first visit to Sovereign Hill. It was so cold that we wore all the clothes that we had with us (which was quite a lot!) and despite all those layers we were still feeling the cold !
The olde fashioned lolly shop was a must visit ...
The girls found the Chinese village section very interesting.
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| Eloise with her pocketful of crackers from the chinese shop |
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| Back at school |
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| Panning for gold |
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| Any luck Eloise ? |
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| Perhaps there is some at the bottom of the well...heave ho... |
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| Whilst some panned for gold, others found it a little too tiring |
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| The Red Coats |
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| Boo hoo hoo .... we've lost the key ! |
As it happened it was the 2nd annual steam weekend when we were there. There were big ones and some teeny weeny ones. Abbey loved the ride and could be heard for hours later saying "Choo choo, choo choo".
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| Ringing the old school bell |
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| Eloise was thrilled that there was craft time at the Big 4 park |
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| In Abbey's words, "Ump, ump, ump"... |
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
The Zoo
We are Friends of the Zoo so the girls get to the zoo quite often. Recently we visited the zoo twice in two weeks. Firstly with Grandma, Aunty Sally and Elle and the second time with Marina and her littlies.
The girls seem more interested in climbing on all the animal sculptures or playing the park then looking at the animals. In terms of animal enclosures, Eloise's favourite exhibit seems to be the butterflies hot house and the hippo.
We also went to the zoo with Marina, Scarlett and Harvey.
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| The Elephant master with Grandma and Aunty Sal |
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| Can you spot the tiger ? |
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| Abbey's favourite sculpture - the orang utan |
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| Abbey also loves jumping on these stone fish |
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| Eloise's favourite is not the animals but the playground at the zoo ! |
The girls seem more interested in climbing on all the animal sculptures or playing the park then looking at the animals. In terms of animal enclosures, Eloise's favourite exhibit seems to be the butterflies hot house and the hippo.
We also went to the zoo with Marina, Scarlett and Harvey.
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| Lunchtime ! Abbey, Harvey, Eloise and Scarlett |
The carousel was finally open during the school holidays and we managed to sneak in one ride for Abbey before she was told by a very strict attendant that she had to be 80cm or higher to be allowed to sit on the horse (even if her mummy was holding on to her). Abbey was offered the elephant carriage to sit it but there were tears and tantrums for the horse and we had to leave the carousel without getting a second ride.
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