Walk-a-thon

Last year Daddy and Lily went on the Kindy Walk-a-thon with Lachie, so this year was Mummy's turn. Which meant carrying Eden on my back (she loves the backpack) and taking the buggy for Lily in case she got tired or found the hills hard - no chance actually!

We decorated our sunhats then had morning tea before setting off

Lachie had so much energy and ran whenever he could!

Lily coped really well with the walk and won the prize for "Smallest Steps"

Lachie with his certificate

Finished off with a sausage sizzle (and big sleeps!)

Ella's Birthday

Ella is Lachie, Lily and Eden's only cousin - they have heaps of second-cousin-once-removed's, but for now Ella's the only "true" cousin - and it's so great that she's the same age as Lily!

Lachie and Lily were excited about Ella's birthday party.

Eden knew something was going on when I put her in a pretty dress.

This isn't what Lily wore to the party though, she changed her mind later (she's like that!)
Lachie made the most of Ella's waterslide...Lily thought it was a bit cold!
Exhausted kids that afternoon!

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Here's Lachie's "little" cut, and the black eye that followed our trip to Wellington.
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Lachie's Present...

"That's my plane, Lily."ONE of Lachie's presents from us was a flight to Wellington, just with Mum. Dad followed down in the car with Lily and Eden (hot but very good trip apparently, much slower than ours though!).

Lachie's first trip on an airplane was exciting, everything impressed him - especially the water in the cups with a lid! We arrived in a nice, hot Wellington (was it like that when we lived there?), caught the bus to town then the train to Lower Hutt. We couldn't walk past an escalator without going up and down - it's what "country" kids do in the big city!
We found a park (Lachie's first trip ever was to this park!) and he later told Daddy that was the best part of his trip (really?!). We went for a walk to look up the hill to Lachie's first house (did it have a blue roof or a yellow roof, Mum?)
We went out for dinner (great company, thanks!) and headed to our motel rather late, just to have Lachie slip on his bed and slit open the top of his nose. It swelled heaps, I didn't think it was too bad, but I didn't want to risk it, so I took him to the hospital where he was born (!) and convinced two lovely nurses to fix him up quickly rather than make us wait two hours! He hasn't been bothered by it since, and will have a good scar - like boys are supposed to! Big "X marks the spot" with the plasters now though!
(No doubt there'll be photos of that!)...

"Thanks, Mum " - "You're so lovely" - "I love you" - etc...
ALL day long!
(Makes it all worthwhile, I had an awful head cold!) We're all still catching up on sleep!

Party Day...Finally!

Lachie's party day arrived and he was sooooo excited.
All the kids had fun at Jungle Junction - but why are there mostly girls? Apparently it's just like one of Lachie's Godfather's parties! (And Shaun was a special guest)

Lachie sung "Happy Birthday" louder than anyone else...(How's Ella's hearing?)

Then he blew out the candles in a not terribly hygenic way!

Lily's now singing "Happy Birthday to you Lachieeeeeeeeeee" (a change from ...Lilyyyyyyyyy...) and will probably keep going til Poppa's birthday next week, or Ella's on the weekend!

Eden coped well with all the attention!

And what did they do when we got home? Ate more cake of course!

Lachie did get a bit upset when he was told he'd have to wait until he was 5 for his next party! Just as well Mum does half birthday cakes as well!

Lachie's Cake....s

One of the main reasons we have kids, right?

Lachie's party is at Jungle Junction, so we were finally able to decide on a cake - by we I mean Lachie! He was keen on a digger (what was last year's?!) or a tractor, or anything else in my books or on the internet...

Going with the jungle theme I made little (still probably bigger than kids need in one sitting!) animals (2 of each).

Don't you just love the wording...

un-four-gettable Lachie!

And little cakes for the kids to take home (or maybe for the adults - yummiest banana cake ever, try muscavado sugar instead of white!)

A few close-ups...

Can't wait!

Lachie's Big 4th BirthDay-out

We spent Lachie's birthday in Palmerston so he could try out some (only a few of many!) of his presents.

Tried out at the Lido in his new togs - Eden's first swim too...

Then, after lunch, a trek around the Esplanade (both girls in backpacks - I got the lighter one!)
Lachie rode his bike with his new helmet...and didn't take it off for anything! Who made who dizziest?
Now we're just waiting for his party on Saturday...

waiting...

waiting...

Lily's 2nd Birthday

Lily turned 2 on Thursday, 1st February 2007.
We had a party with her friends, lots of 2 or nearly 2 year olds! She had an exhausting day and it still singing "Happy Birthday to you Lily"! Like any other day she spent a lot of time on the trampoline.Still with her party dress on before we went out for dinner that night...

With big brother (counting down til his 4th birthday!) and little sister (who slept through most of the party!) up a tree