William's 3rd Birthday

William's 3rd birthday party was a fishing theme, we cut out and coloured in the fish invitations, and stuck a wobbly eye on them. William helped me to bake fish, star and gingerbread men biscuits, as well as cupcakes, and then finally the ultimate fish birthday cake. It was a very hot day, so Paul put a tarp up from the back veranda to create more shade. it was the wettest October in 35 years, but we had a glorious day. We hung fish mobiles around the back yard and from the tarp, with fish pictures stuck on the windows and around the BBQ which are now stuck on the bathroom walls.

William's cousin Melissa did the face painting, and we hired a climbing castle and roller coaster and borrowed a jumping castle.

Howard, Julie and Susan

Aunties, Gail, Sharon and Linda and cousin Keegan

Some of the Mum's group crowd

Cousins, James and Cameron

Esther and Antony having fun

Princess and the Puppy with icypoles!

The new playdoe - called "Moon Dough" it feels like fairy floss but isn't sticky, and the best thing is it never drys out - playing with Olympia

Some of the great presents William got

And a scooter from Mummy & Daddy

And a truck from Daniel

September

September was a pretty quite month. More sickness in the house with William on antibiotics for a chest and ear infection. More gymbaroo and swimming and play group. Here are a few photos.

Cameron and William cutting out biscuit shapes

James making a Thomas track

Cooking with Cameron and James

My cousin Cameron (Balloons after William had been a good boy at the doctors)

The Wheels on the Bus - get in Mummy, get in!

Artist at work - don't interrupt me Mum!

Bubble Bath Fun

Eating Chocolate Frogs on Fathers Day after lunch

Fishing with Daddy on Fathers Day

Watching the Mr Potato Head Show at the local shopping Centre - who does he remind you of?

Trying out a big boys bike for Christmas - he looks so grown up!

August Antics

It has been a very cold August, we have all had the flu, Paul particularly bad taking 5 days off work, which is unheard of for him. No sympathy here though - lets get on with it!!


William is fast learning how to win us over. Just recently he has started with "I love you Mummy" or "I love you Daddy" followed by a cuddle and a request of sorts! One of us gives William his bath and as soon as he is out, he wants the other to dry and dress him, talk about wrapped around his little finger!!


We have been busy with Playgroup, Gymbaroo, swimming lessions, baking, painting and drawing and basically learning how to wind me up!! William is into everything, he is constantly on the move from the 5am wake-ups with "I waking Mummy"and "get up Daddy" to Thomas the tank track displays built by Paul, modified (or broken) constantly by William - then repaired by me on a daily basis!


He got a new kitchen mixer this month to add to his toaster and kettle, and has been busy cooking playdoe cakes which are taste tested by Mummy as he runs back to his kitchen adding pepper and other things as I think of them!! Most of the time he tells me they are "too hot" and runs off with them again.


On Monday mornings, we meet Emma and Daniel at the supermarket and the boys call out for each other through the aisles (poor shoppers) Daniel, Daniel where are you? Oh there he is to squeals of excitment, followed by squeals of excitement as they chase each other around the food court - no quite coffees here - Emma and I have to drag them away from each other with promises of playtime in the afternoon after lunch and a sleep.

William has been coming out with words that I didn't even know that he knew and funny phrases as he plays with his toys like - the ducks in the bath last night, it was "come on boys". Emma and I must say this because he said it again playing with paper fish, it is so funny!


The toys William now takes to bed with him include, soft bobby, hard bobby, thomas torch, soft rabbit, a telephone, and a glow stick - all of which we have to take out again when he falls asleep!!


Daddy still only catches small fish - Do I need a new teacher Uncle Tony?

At least he can catch craps for my bucket!

Oh No Mummy, wash my hands

Fireman Sam

Don't drop me Daddy

Will I let go again Daddy??

Flying a kite (William let go and Paul had to chase the kite across the field, it was VERY windy)

Painting pictures for Grandma & Grandpa

Cool Dude on the way to Gymbaroo

I love my Elmo Mummy!

Elmo was the toy of choice this particular morning (it seems to change quite regularly at the moment - poor Bobbie)

I'm waiting Mum (William was drumming his fingers on his knees waiting for me to open to gate)

Like Father Like Son

Ooops, sorry Jim, I broke the petrol cap off!

Waiting in the doctors - he thinks he knows how to use it!!

William's First Trip to the Snow

Last Sunday we took William to the snow for the first time. He was very excited when he first saw snow as he has only seen it on the Happy Feet movie or Pengins as he calls it. I managed to find a second hand pair of size 4 ski overalls and I brought him a pair of mittens which were really hard to get on, so they stayed on all day, even as we hand fed him his lunch!!

He love going down the Tobogan Run and even came off and ate dirt at the bottom of one of them - he did have a couple of stacks and a few tears but he had a ball and slept all of the way home!!

You're too heavy Daddy, don't make me pull!

Attempting to build a snowman

This is great fun Daddy

Pull me faster Daddy - up the hill!!

What's that!

Rolling down the hill getting very wet!

Come on Daddy - pull it's only a small hill!

Let's do it again Daddy
Oh No - Dirt

Once with Mummy