For my daughters second birthday we had a Mad Hatter's Tea Party. The kid loves hats so it just came to me one day, we should have a Mad Hatter's Tea Party!
Mum and I made a bunny cake (complete with coconut fur). We borrowed extra kids chairs from our neighbours, so we had lots of mismatched chairs. The kids decorated their own party hats with stickers.
Just a little note to remember you at this stage in your life. You like to bounce. Earlier we used to put you in a Jolly Jumper, you don't need a Jolly Jumper, you can bounce quite well un-aided. You will bounce sitting on my knee or while being held, or held standing. This will be something about you I think I will remember overall about you as a baby. You have exuberance and joy. You love people - at a distance.
You are definitely Mummy's girl at the moment. You cry bitterly if I leave the room or if someone else holds you... this is flattering but frustrating at the same time.
You have three teeth now, the day you got your last two teeth you were chewing on my fingers like a Tassie devil.
Food
You love your mandarins, they are in season right now. When I am at the shops and you are in my sling you grab for mandarins while I pick them off the shelf. Your eye's light up when I start peeling one for you and you love to grab and squeeze segments between your fingers. I peel the skin off the segments and tear the segments in two, removing the seeds for you. Otherwise you will eat pretty much anything, but you are not a huge fan of rich creamy things such as avocado or ricotta cheese.
Your hair sticks up a lot. I love this, I like to imagine it is a mohawk. My hair was like that too at your age.
You adore your big brother. You will often stop crying if he is around or stop feeding if he is nearby. You follow his every move. You also love to watch Dad when he is home and you bounce in excitement when he is around. You like to "talk", saying "Ahhh" a lot and sometimes "mumumum", "bababab", "dadada", "yeah" stuff like that.
You are great at sitting up, you can't quite lift yourself up from lying yet but you are very close. You are physically strong but not in a hurry to go anywhere just yet.
Love,
Mum.
Easter craft with E. We drew on hard boiled eggs with crayons, mum and I dripped candle wax on some and we dyed them different colours with food colouring.
E's third birthday was last Sunday. We had a train party because trains are his current obsession. I had so much fun organizing this party, The train cake was the first cake I had made on my own. My mum made the cupcakes last year and for his first birthday mum helped me make the aeroplane cake.
Things are much better around here. Z is doing better, much healthier now. She is a delight.
This is the bedroom for our firstborn which we decorated this year. It will always be a work in progress as he grows up, but for now it is mostly finished. Blue paint colour is from Nippon paint, Cloud decals from
($7),
painted by me,
made by me, striped cushion cover made by my Mum, floor cushion from Freedom furniture, Trofast storage from Ikea, Miffy toy bought by Steve in Japan, Bunny was a gift from my sister, bed is a cutdown cot - Steve made the side rail.
Our Spring baby was born one stormy night in September. There was something magical to me about the night she was born. She was a big girl at 4.35kg and 54cm long. She and her big brother have been keeping me busy!
Getting ready to leave hospital.
Sleeping on Daddy.
I love the colours in this photo of my son playing with his friends. I'm trying to make the most of these last months with my son before my second baby arrives. I am 35 weeks pregnant now.