Summer Fun

We are finally getting some summer here... been doing our best to hit the beaches and catch some rays. Laura's sister Glenda, fiance Paul and niece Kaeleigh made it out to visit us here on Sunday and we have been having a great time. Glenda and Paul are actually getting married out here next summer, so they have been busy sorting out a bunch of wedding stuff in between the beer drinking :)

I am happy to say that I did "Spingo" Paul in... something about that beer that I will never understand... however much you drink, it does the damage of about 3 times as many as any other kind of beer. Paul also had a few pork scratchings, which are basically bits of lard fried in fat... very tasty.

Lochlan had his last day of pre-school on Wednesday... they put on a nice little graduation ceremony, and his god-mom was even able to be there too! A couple more months and he will be in actual school... very hard to believe.

Today was a lot of fun... we went down to Gwithian beach and did our best to catch a few waves. Even Kaeleigh was cruisin with the pros.



Hope this finds you all well,

M

I'm A Big Girl Now

Miah is potty trained. She sleeps in a big bed. She dresses herself. She drinks from a regular cup. She undresses herself (a little too often)and expresses her wishes very well (ie. talks a lot)....she's a big girl now. My little girl is getting bigger. She gets a little lonely and bored without Lochlan in the morning so we play dress up and dance (one of her favourite things to do), make tea, play cars, trains, play in the sand box and go to the park (when it doesn't rain which doesn't seem to be much lately). She especially loves a little dance group called Todlins on Fridays. Here's a few pics of our growing girl and her big girl room, dancing/bouncing on her bed. L

1st Tooth!

Olivia got her first tooth last Friday. Her bottom right. Here is a picture of her pearly white, as you can see from the picture her second one is not far away.

Lochlan's 4th Bday

Here are a few pics of the birthday. Lochlan enjoyed his first film in the cinema - Kung Fu Panda and his "rocketship" cake. We were supposed to do fire works tonight as well but it was raining with gale force winds so we had to delay them. He received lots of calls although didn't quite get to talk to everyone. I think overall he had a good day. Here's the big boy/little man.

Happy Birthday Lochlan!

Lochlan is four today... we were hoping to get outside but it is supposed to rain 2 inches here today... I bought about 35kg of fireworks, but it looks like we will have to delay that too. Lochlan and Mommy are going to see a movie in a theatre with some friends (first time for Lochlan), and if I can swim out to my BBQ, we will do a little of that for supper. Here is a quick hi from the kids...



And here is a video from June last year so you can see how much Lochlan (and Miah) have changed...

Happy Canada Day!

Well we may be in England but we didn't forget where we came from. It was pretty quiet as Mark worked today but we donned our red and maple leafs none the less. Lochlan took maple syrup to preschool and told everyone how it was Canada's birthday. Hope you all had fun at home, enjoyed some nice weather and a BBQ. Have one for us! L

7 Mos. Old

Olivia turned 7 mths. old on Sat. She's still a very content and happy baby. She's eating cereals and starting some veggies. So far she likes everything. I'm crossing my fingers that she'll be a good eater like Miah and not like Lochlan in that way. I'll find out soon enough. She is wriggly and squiggly. She gets up on all fours but can only managed to push herself backwards which means she's stuck under furniture... alot. She still manages to get to things though so I have to be careful of what's on the floor. I weighed her and measured her on Friday and she weighed 15lbs 9.5 oz and was 26.75 ". Growing nicely in other words. Her and Miah are starting to interact a lot more. Miah does all sorts of crazy things for her and Olivia laughs at all of it. She has a couple lumps on her gums and I'd say her first tooth is not far away. That would put her at least two months earlier than her siblings. She's not fussy at all though and if it keeps up I may have a happy teether (does that really exist?). Here's a couple of pics of our happy babe. L