Beach Fun

We have been to the beach a few times this year and the boys have been loving it. We found the best spot to go to with kids - it's up the north coast and has a lake coming off from the ocean. So on one side you have a large, calm, shallow lake to paddle and float around (very relaxing!) and on the other side a patrolled beach. It's great!

Ewan is a bit scared of the waves but loves running around the lake. He's ok with sitting on the sand and letting the waves break on him too. Check out this pic of him and Ben being swept under a wave!!



Liam loves the waves! He has absolutely no fear and just keeps walking further and further out into the water! He gets knocked over and dumped by the waves but stills has a huge smile on his face.




Such a great day out and something that we all enjoy.

Garden Success!

We have finally had some success with our garden! We got a bumper harvest (well compared to last year where we didn't get anything!!) of tomatoes a couple of weeks ago. They were great - used them up in our pasta sauces, casseroles, and even made a tomato sauce with them to dip corn fritters in - Yum! We have heaps of mint grown, plus basil, and rosemary. Our paw paw tree is taller than Liam now - he's quite impressed by that! And we have heaps of paw paw seedlings growing for companions for it - you need a male and a female paw paw tree for them to fruit. We've had two rockmelons - one was lost to fruit flies but the other was eaten in under 24 hours! It was super sweet and just delicious! Very proud of that!!

We've got one tomato plant still going well at the moment, more rockmelons and also some pumpkins growing. Oh and I think I have a couple of capsicum plants too but not sure - they just sprouted from our kitchen scraps so we'll have to wait and see what they are!

Dancing Boy!

Liam has always had an aversion to dancing, that is until I made him some new pants.........

I wanted to take a photo of Liam in his new pants, we had Cuban music playing in the background, and Liam was suddenly transformed into a dancing boy! Luckily, he wasn't shy and was more than happy for me to take some video clips - and lots of them!!




P.S. Sorry about the shaky videoing! Ewan was on my lap and wriggling around!!

When I grow up.....

Liam has always said that he doesn't want to grow up. That he wants to stay at home with us forever and play with his toys!

Last week though all this changed. Pop and Heather asked him if he wanted to go to school. He said that he wanted to go to Uni when he is an adult. He wants to learn how to build robots at Uni.

Amazing thing is that I could so picture him doing this! Not like my crazy dreams as a young girl - I used to think that I could be an Olympic swimmer and a runner at the Olympics!!

It's weird thinking of all the possibilities that the future holds. I often wonder what life will be like when the boys are adults and what type of men they will be. It used to be absolutely, unimaginable that the boys would one day grow to be men. Now that Liam is getting older though it's becoming easier to see. Still can't get used to the fact that they will one day have facial hair though!!

Best Brother?

Ewan is sprawled out on the couch sleeping with his head resting on Ben. The boys had a late night last night with their Nonna and Dida here, and then a busy day today.

I was looking at Ewan and stroking his leg - his skin is so soft! And I said to Liam, "Is Ewan the best brother you've ever had?".

Liam replies with, "Hmmm, not really."

Ha Ha Ha!

Mummy's Tummy

So part of my New Years Resolutions was to excersise and lose weight.

It's been 5 weeks now and I am definately getting toned up. The boys have been doing regular checks of me and my tummy. The first couple of weeks, I'd come home from running in the morning and Liam would take a look at my tummy. He'd say "It's still big mum".

Tonight he asked to see my tummy after dinner. I lifted my top and Liam exclaimed with suprise, "Wow it's tiny now. You can stop excersising!".

Aww thanks Liam - I think the light was playing tricks on your eyes though and now I won't stop excersising - I'm liking it too much!