End to 2007 - hello 2008!

We had a great Xmas this year up at Nannie's in Melbourne. Sam loved running on Nannie's treadmill.

Xmas day was great with beautiful weather and yummy food that Nannie had taken a long time to prepare.



One of the highlights was being able to catchup with Denise and Darren whilst they were visiting from London.




Poppie had spent days getting the pool just right and the kids sure appreciated it by having fun swimming on Boxing Day.






For Sam's upcoming birthday we got him his first bicycle. Of course Mia had to get one two and this is their first attempt at riding them. We have since made a few slight adjustments to the bikes and they are riding really well now.

The girls love spending time dancing along to Mia's Pinkie Pie Pony she got for Xmas.

And Ali is trying to master the art of standing up on her own.

My next post will be celebrating Sam turning 3, Ali turning 1 and Mia starting Kinder!!!!!!!

December updates.

Well Christmas is only 4 sleeps away and this year the kids wanted to decorate the tree all by them selves. I think they did a pretty good job really!



I finally managed to get a decent picture of all three kids together (a rarity).



Ali's top two teeth have finally broken through and she has begun to say "hello" and is very keen to chat on the phone.



Mia has begun to dress herself including using buttons and is very proud. She is also looking forward to starting kinder in the new year and had a great time at her orientation day. She's growing up far too fast for Mama.



Sam is as cheeky as ever and just as cute.



And we also managed to get the obligatory Santa photo without anyone crying too much.

Mia is 4yrs 3mths old today!

Late spring fun.

Our vegie patch is a huge success and has provided us so far with an abundance of snow peas, lettuce and potatoes. Here is our first lot of potatoes picked last weekend.



And Ali has discovered how much she loves the swing.

Ali and the stairs

Ali's very proud of herself for mastering the stairs at 9.5mths.

New tricks!

Sam's discovered that he can be a bit of an acrobat:

9 months old today

Wow today Ali has been out in the big wide world for as long as she was in-utero.



And thought I'd post this self portrait Mia drew.

October update.

Well October has seen Sam learn to whistle, Ali learn to crawl, cruise and get her first tooth!

Sam is very please with himself for learning to whistle. It came out of the blue and I just heard him whistling in the lounge one day. So we've captured him for prosperity and for him to brag about.




We went to visit Dada at his work and had a wonderful day.



And just a couple of updated pics of the kids.

Mia - 4yrs 2mths.



Ali - 8.5mths practising standing up.



Sam - 2yrs 8.5mths enjoying the spring sunshine.

September update.

Well I've been as bit slack in updating the blog this months so here are a few pics from this month.

Ali turned 7tmhs old this month....where has the time gone?



The weather has been glorious, warm sunny days and cool evenings, so we've been enjoying having time outside.







I have previously taken pics of Mia & Sam, when they were young, in my laundry basket so this is one of Ali.



And Ali has perfected sitting up on her own and is so very proud.



It was Great Nan Lear's 81st birthday so we drove over to Port Fairy for a surprise visit.





A silly pic of Ali having a bath in the kitchen sink!



And Mia with freshly washed curls.