All the little things

Dear Matthew and Toby

Sometimes I feel that this blog is just a running commentary of events that are happening in our lives, so I thought it best to take the opportunity to just comment on a few little things (read: your beautiful quirks and achievements) that are happening at this time.

Firstly, Matt, you made it to your 100th day of school! I'm so proud of how well you're going at school, making friends and learning so many great things. You take everything in your stride and you're building resilience. Most importantly, you are kind and caring.

Tobes, at the moment you are absolutely besotted with weeding and lawnmowing. You could literally sit and weed the garden for hours at a time and demand that we join you. You love following daddy or Gumps around the lawn as they lawnmow with your toy lawnmower and are constantly asking/nagging them to mow the lawn. You are at your happiest outside pottering around the garden. You are also currently obsessed with wearing these free kids slippers that we brought back from Japan, despite the fact that they're about five sizes too big. You look super cute wearing them (see below).

Matt, you've started taking an art class which you're really enjoying. It's at the local community centre and a boy from your class has also joined the class so you have a great time together one afternoon a week. We have signed you up again next term because of how much you love it. This makes my heart sing because (having boys) I didn't think I'd get a chance to do much art and crafts with you both but you absolutely love it Matt. I'm often printing out colouring in pages from the internet for you of a range of things - animals, the world, Ben 10, Power Rangers etc.

To help with your concentration and speech Matt, we have also started OT and speech therapy. The ladies who you see are just divine and your strength and your fluidity of speech are coming along nicely. Anyway your OT suggested we get a trampoline so we got an awesome trampoline which can hold the whole family at once. You've both enjoyed jumping on it.

Tobes I can't leave out how you also love to play with Ma Ma's make up (see photo below!). Ma Ma and Gumps also paint your nails in the same way they did Matt's, much to your dad's frustration!

Hope that's given a few little updates on our every day life!

Love you both,

Mum xxx

School holiday fun

Dear Matthew and Toby

We've had a great start to the July school holidays! Over the past couple of weeks your grandparents have taken you to fun places like AQWA and the movies, and we've also squeezed in some fun stuff as a family.

One of the things we have done is go to the local shopping centre and pat the farm animals that were visiting. Tobes, you are a great height at the moment for some of the animals not have to jump up to get food from your cup, but a few of them still tried! Matt you were, as usual, in your element and enjoying patting and feeding all the animals, especially the llama.

We also kept up the tradition of going ice-skating in Fremantle as part of the city's winter festival. This was one of my most favourite things we did last year Matt, as it allowed us to have one-on-one time together. We started the morning with our usual breakfast at the Mill Bake House and then headed over to the ice rink that was set up in the car park nearby. We got our skates on while Tobes and daddy went and played on the playground (although they later came back and watched us). Matt you took a little while to get your feet this year (and you were getting a bit frustrated at times- on more than one occasion you shouted 'stupid penguin!') but by the end of it you were skating really well and having fun. You of course loved the 'snow' that gets pumped onto the rink at one point!

It's been a great holidays together!

Love you boys,

Mum xxx