This post is for the w/e Sat 7th February 2009. A bit of a short post really. I went to Sydney for a couple of days and left Dan with the boys - apparently there wasn't much time for photo taking!

George loves his bath (splashes water everywhere) and Joseph quite likes to help...although Joseph now believes that baths are for babies as he now likes to have a shower with "My Dan". I think this is a lovely picture of my boys!

And ofcourse, another super cute one of George.

And one of me and Joseph...I was keeping Joseph occupied while Dan finished off the bath.

This post is for the w/e Saturday 31st January 2009.

This is a bit of a Joseph post this week...I seem to have more photos of him than George!

Joseph entered his second week at Patey Street, he was a bit hesitant at first and the drop offs took a bit longer than usual but by the end of the week he was going really well. The most amazing thing is that by the end of the week Joseph was pretty much toilet trained! We are so proud of him!

He has picked up a few funny phrases already...my favourite one is that he prefaces everything with "shall we" as in "shall we have a drink" or "shall we go downstairs". They obviously get a lot of positive reinforcement as well as he has been giving Dan lots of praise when they play "cricket" after dinner. He says "good hit, Dan" everytime it is Dan's turn. He has also taken to calling Dan "Dan" or "My Dan" as opposed to "Dad" or "My Dad".

Joseph was desperate for a haircut and I was in a bit of dilemma as Kids R Hair where we had been going has shut up shop and moved over the bridge...for us, it is just a bridge too far! So I took a punt and took him down to "Brothers Hair Company Barber" in Onehunga - $15 for a very quick haircut. The promise of a finger bun also helped but we'll be back for another trim soon enough!

To give you an idea of how big Joseph has got,check him out in the Mountain Buggy. There is no way we could use it for him now!

Here is George will Great Aunty Aida...he continued with his giftedness in the tooth department by cutting his top left front tooth. That's five teeth for seven months of age!

We've got some of Joseph's baby toys out for George to play with...Joseph is having a bit of rediscovery period!

This post is for w/e Tuesday 27th January 2009.

A couple of big milestones this week - one for each boy.

George started sitting up...he really seems to be enjoying this new perspective on the world. Here he is at Bear Park with his friend, Carter.

And looking super cute in his high chair.

He LOVES his food and will try anything...he especially loves sitting at the table with us when we eat. The teachers at Bear Park have been commenting on George's appetite. Apparently he was complaining so much when the older Fantails got toast for morning tea and crackers for afternoon tea that they had to give him some too!

Joseph's milestone was that he finished up at Bear Park Parnell on Friday 23rd January...a place came up at "big" Bear Park Patey Street for Joseph a month earlier than expected. It was quite sad for me and the teachers but Joseph was well and truly over Parnell...it became too small and not challenging enough for him. Here is is with Jeya reading the special book she bought for him.

The reading theme continued at home...here's a picture of Dan and Joseph on the couch. Joseph is reading his "paper" which is actually a Playmobil catalogue!

Finally, here is a picture of Joseph wearing his piece of greenstone - a bit of an action shot!

I am about four weeks behind on the blog! I have returned to work and we have all been adjusting to our busy lives...Dan is training for the Taupo Ironman race (March 7th), Joseph has started back at Bear Park and George has commenced his Bear Park career. It has been a shock to the system!

However, I'm putting in a big effort this weekend to get the blog back up to date.

This post is for w/e Tuesday 19th January 2009.

I went back to work on Monday 11th January and left the boys at home with Dan. I thought I might need a day to adjust to work without the added stress of the day care drop off and pick up too!

On Tuesday 12th, we loaded up the car with three bags and three passengers. Here we are as we left for the day!

George and Joseph both enjoyed their first week at Bear Park. Joseph required a bit more coaxing but jet plane lollies have an amazing effect! George ate and slept really well at Bear Park which was a great relief. Joseph has pretty much been refusing to wear nappies or undies which is slightly problematic when he won't use the loo either!!!

Here is George with Jeya on his first day.

He also got two of his top teeth, the ones on either side of his front teeth...they just popped down - a lot of dribbling but no grouchiness!

Joseph has developed a fascination for rockets and here is a tower we built, nb hand in pocket!