another nice weekend together. pleasant and productive. on Saturday we went to probably my favourite place in Canberra. Lanyon Homestead. i can't believe that suburbia is now right at its front gate. i remember having to drive through bush to get there. i can't believe that i was telling David about when i was a volunteer guide at Lanyon - twenty years ago! i can't believe that i am refering to anything i did in my life twenty years ago! 
we had a lovely brunch and the kids enjoyed running around. 
we had a look at the vege garden, and came home ready for a mammoth weeding session. a couple of hours and we barely touched the job ahead of us!
David planted our vege seeds in pots - all but the asparagus. we missed the right planting time, so it will have to be next year. meaning another three years before we can eat it! :(
i spent the afternoon putting four coats on the wooden highchair for Audrey. hopefully David can attach the tray this week and it will be ready for her (i bet she wants her plastic one instead!!)
Audrey is growing so much. she talks a lot. i keep reminding myself i have to get her baby book started. she loves her teddy. we aren't original with toy names. she has "teddy". Nicholas has "puppy" and "humpty". i'd hate to lose any of them. Nicholas and Audrey love playing together. she calls him "Nah". she takes his hand and walks to either of their rooms and then wants to play whatever game he played with her the day before.
Nicholas adores her. by the end of the day he torments her too. i can't believe he will be at preschool next year, but i know he is ready for it and will love it. other than playgroup and an hour in Sunday School, we don't really have the opportunity for him to play with other kids. last night i got so frustrated with him, over the usual kid misbehaviour, but compounded with being tired i scolded him more than necessary. then when he was asleep i felt like crying. he always tells me he loves me to the moon. then he gives me a "thumbs up" and says "that's our sign". i think i started that during swimming lessons, when he would look at me tearfully from the pool. i'd smile and hold my thumb up to him. now he says "i love you to the moon" sometimes followed by "mama, i want to marry you, because i love you." i can't imagine that the day will come when i am not longer the most important person in his life! (along with his da...) 
and something to share: i have read a lot about audio books lately. i found this site for free audio books to download. they include all the classics: Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Alice in Wonderland, Beatrix Potter Collection, Seven Little Australians, Anne of Green Gables and so much more.
we had a lovely brunch and the kids enjoyed running around. we had a look at the vege garden, and came home ready for a mammoth weeding session. a couple of hours and we barely touched the job ahead of us!David planted our vege seeds in pots - all but the asparagus. we missed the right planting time, so it will have to be next year. meaning another three years before we can eat it! :(
i spent the afternoon putting four coats on the wooden highchair for Audrey. hopefully David can attach the tray this week and it will be ready for her (i bet she wants her plastic one instead!!)
Audrey is growing so much. she talks a lot. i keep reminding myself i have to get her baby book started. she loves her teddy. we aren't original with toy names. she has "teddy". Nicholas has "puppy" and "humpty". i'd hate to lose any of them. Nicholas and Audrey love playing together. she calls him "Nah". she takes his hand and walks to either of their rooms and then wants to play whatever game he played with her the day before.
Nicholas adores her. by the end of the day he torments her too. i can't believe he will be at preschool next year, but i know he is ready for it and will love it. other than playgroup and an hour in Sunday School, we don't really have the opportunity for him to play with other kids. last night i got so frustrated with him, over the usual kid misbehaviour, but compounded with being tired i scolded him more than necessary. then when he was asleep i felt like crying. he always tells me he loves me to the moon. then he gives me a "thumbs up" and says "that's our sign". i think i started that during swimming lessons, when he would look at me tearfully from the pool. i'd smile and hold my thumb up to him. now he says "i love you to the moon" sometimes followed by "mama, i want to marry you, because i love you." i can't imagine that the day will come when i am not longer the most important person in his life! (along with his da...) and something to share: i have read a lot about audio books lately. i found this site for free audio books to download. they include all the classics: Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, Alice in Wonderland, Beatrix Potter Collection, Seven Little Australians, Anne of Green Gables and so much more.
Too cute.
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