Went out for a Sunday morning walk/bike ride. The kids learning about electric fences. This one was on, but not too "hurting"Some very friendly horses
Lachie checking out what was in the caves (only because Honey went first!)
Summer's going to be hot!

Jolly Jumping

It's taken us (Mike!) 2 weeks to find the jolly jumper...and he found some other useful baby stuff (that we'd forgotten we even had!). Anyway Cooper loved his first bungy...couldn't pick my favourite face though!

Many many more hours of this to come! And he happily spent time outside today, hiding around the corner from the welding work (really exciting project coming!!!!) and "helping" in the vege garden - roll on summer!

Park Stop

My favourite shots from the park on our way home after the blossom parade in Hastings

And Mike picked a VERY close score for the Magpies vs North Harbour game, he picked 35-18 and the actual score was 34-17 (maybe he'll win a corporate box for next weekends game!)

It's Spring!

The annual obligatory daffodil photo shoot 2009

And mostly of Daddy and the kids because it is Fathers Day

To show all the crowds - yeah right! (We were lucky today!)

This is sooooo typical!

Some fun posy shots...

Lily did the flower arranging when we got home

I was watching Cooper (who needed to burp) from the other side of the room (hense no smiles) - Mike's sure he's a ginga, not really, only in some lights and in photos...no doubt someone will tell me who he looks like here!

And just for Daddy...
Obviously these (and all my) photos are better at 7/8mp rather than the tiny ones that download super-fast on here...sorry for the pixelations...

Haircuts!

Ever since I had all my hair cut off just before Cooper was born, both girls have REALLY wanted haircuts (or at least a trip to the hairdressers). So I FINALLY agreed and we went to Havelock this morning...

Here's before...

After...

Eden before... Eden after...
Lily before...

Lily after...And of Lachie who wanted to show off what he made at school yesterday...I left the red eyes in 'cos I thought they suited!

Cooper's First Swim

As you all must know by now, Cooper just LOVES water, so his first swim was going to be a success!

Lily was having her swimming lesson at the time, then needed a ride to the "deep" end of the pool (90cm deep!)

Rest of August

Cooper's 3 months old! Full of smiles and chuckles; he still has the odd bout of seemingly endless crying (that always stops eventually and hardly ever happens in public!). Last night he slept for 14 hours, then slept for 3 while we went for a walk this morning. Either he's trying really hard to grow out of the newborn clothes, or he's making up for the past three months! Either way, yay!

And yes, that's his thumb in his mouth...how did that happen?! Haven't had one of those before!

A happy spring daffodil cake. Lisa's birthday was the excuse, but when you show up nearer to dinner time than afternoon tea time and I completely forget to serve it and then serve it for dessert because the kids invite ALL the neighbours for dinner (which was a really great idea thanks kids!) then I get another chance to make you another one!!! And it was Phillip's birthday too so that's ok.
A man wanted to take a photo for us...Lily played shy...
We went early to watch Onga Onga school big kids play the curtain-raiser. Lachie was a wee bit put out that it was the bigger "tackle" kids that were invited to play his "rippa" rugby!
Mike caught Lachie a ball! I chose NOT to catch a big one heading right for me because I was carrying Cooper!

Cooper was woken by all the cheering!
A pretty unhappy chappy (at least his hearing's better than Eden's was!)

And my score picks won another two free tickets to the next home game (unfortunately we need more seats and MIKE DIDN'T WIN EVEN THOUGH HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD (not that I'm rubbing it in or anything!)

Realised I didn't have a decent photo of Mike and the kids...

And Lily's friends still come and visit the house she made them.

The girls and their sleeping habits continue to crack us up...every night we get a bit of a giggle at how they've ended up...they've never woken up complaining about eachother though! Wait til Eden's birthday (the deadline) for their new bed structure!
Wonder what Lily was dreaming about this night...
But sometimes in the morning when I show them photos they have absolutely no explaination whatsoever!