Singstar!

I bought the latest Hi-5 CD, such a hit, Lily knows all the sings pretty well! I made them song books too and Lily thinks she's reading the words like Lachie. I just love how Eden sings - unfortunately she sounds more like Lachie than Lily!

August

Cooper usually sleeps through the kids' bath time...

His sisters' big eyes are always getting commented on...but check these out! (No, nothing Daddy's doing, just general bath time love)

Isaac came to visit last Saturday (and Brendan, Deanna and Bianca of course) - Isaac's 3 weeks younger, look how much bigger and he's rolling - not too interested in each other yet...

Girls and I (and Cooper in his little pouch) went on a kindy trip last week to the Hastings fire station and Arataki Honey - Eden's first kindy bus trip, she was very excited... and here excitedly waiting for her turn at the front of the hose...

But they needed to work together here!

Super-Carter Turns 4

Carter's 4th birthday party - superhero theme...waiting for the pass the parcel to come around Lily spent most of the morning deciding whether to be a ballerina superhero or a mermaid superhero...the tutu wonEden's fairy superhero costume was her first pick!

Cooper's wearing the "newborn" outfit Leanne bought him - almost fits him! The kids called him Super-Cooper! I think we should go to birthday parties everyday, Cooper loved it! Although he didn't get his first ever lolly from Kane like Eden did at Carter's 2nd birthday!

Waiting for a turn with the nerf guns to shoot the baddies - you didn't get points for shooting goodies (then Lily wouldn't have her turn, funny because last week she said she wants to be a policeman because a policeman has a licence to shoot baddies - something to do with the gun rules at kindy?)

You wouldn't have known there were 20 kids in the house at eating time! Eden loved sitting up with the big kids! (birthday boy's top right without his batshirt)

Mike was especially content with his bowl of kryptonite!

Everyone's Week

Lily the builder (fairy builder?)

Hanging the birdhouse she made at kindy last week

Ta daaaaaa...all ready for the birds now!

Sometimes the little monster's happy...

Then from big smile to...sometimes Cooper just doesn't like you moving back a bit and putting a big black and silver thing up!

And sometimes it's more like this!

Lachie's last game (we think) of rugby for the season. He starts golf next term!
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What Eden did to Daddy...

...with love though! (She thinks he wore it to work that night!)

And the song she was singing is the welcome song for new kids at kindy...

"Haere mai, welcome everyone here today"

More Rugby

Cooper's started playing with his toys! This Baby Einstein lion was one of Eden's favourite's too. And he's 10 weeks old now!

We had Rhys to stay for the weekend...kids kept very busy, including icing biscuits (which were eaten not long afterwards!)

Toby and Aunty Jayne stopped in for cuddles - they were up for the Wellington vs HB gameLily had me paint a Magpie logo on her cheek

Eden wanted black and white butterflies
The boys wanted to match Catching up with Toby and Aunty Jayne at the game; when they came over Wellington were winning and when they left HB were winning (but shame about the end score)

Toby being "Absolutely Positively Roaring" (made by my Mum of course!)

Mike took this video (that's why you're all tilting your heads about now!) of Eden being Eden...

The "Party"

We don't do half birthday parties (just cake, can't find those phtoos though...), but Lily thought ALL the rugby spectators were at her party!

Then Alexa saw the girls doign their cheers and decided to come and join in (Alexa turned 5 the day before, but is sooo much taller than wee Lily!)

Then we went to watch Keith play Hockey, but it was really cold by then, and Keith was "injured"

Lily's Four and a Half

And at 4 12/girls are meant to play rugby...according to Lily!

Big bro giving all the advice (and you have to believe him, he scored a great runaway try early into the game)

Warming up

but Lily didn't want to be in the team photo at the end