When Mitch turned 1 we went to Coonanbarra Park in Wahroonga. Today was Lucas and Sam's first birthday so we thought we'd do the same thing. The weather was a little overcast, but it was warm enough and not raining so off we went. Mitch was at pre-school so it was just the four of us. Here are some shots from the picnic.
It's hard to believe that Lucas and Sam are 1 year old today. Happy Birthday boys!
A year and one day ago, they looked like this:
Then a year ago they looked like this:
Look how much bigger Lucas (on the left) was than Sam!
Now they look like this (Lucas in blue, Sam in red):
and like to do this:
Meeks and I are hopefully going to go and have a picnic in the park with the boys later today. Mitch is off at pre-school today so it will just be the four of us.
We had a combined party today for Mitch's 4th, Lucas and Sam's 1st Birthday. The day started off rainy and wet and fortunately cleared in time for the party so we were able to start off in the park. Midway through the party, it started raining ... a lot! In a mad scramble, we moved everything under cover and continued the party on the back deck.
Here are some shots from the day:
Yesterday was Mitch's 4th Birthday. Among other things he got a "big boy bike". He was very excited! He has never been able to ride bike before, because he couldn't work out how to push the peddles. On the morning of his birthday he experienced the same difficulties on our drive way. He was a bit disappointed.
Off he went to pre-school with cupcakes with dinosaur sprinkles to share. After pre-school, Meeks and I picked him up went to a park which is next to his pre-school which has lots of room to ride and an oval with a flat concrete bike track around it. After quite a lot of practice he finally got it and he was so proud and excited. We were so proud of him too. When we came home from the park, he decided he wanted to ride it around (and around and around) our back deck. Here is a video:
Nana came over for dinner and we had Mitch's favourite dinner which is Mummy's chicken pie and ice cream for dessert. All in all a pretty great birthday for a 4 year old! More photos to come soon!
Mitch, Lucas and Sam and I were playing around the house today. Lucas and Sam are getting to the point where they can play a bit more with with Mitch which is great. I decided to bring out the camera. Mitch is not a fan unless he get's to make funny faces
The little boys hair was getting a bit too long at the side and the back and well ... they had Mullets. It's not a good look. Even on cute little boys. So we had a bit of snip, snip and while it was a bit rough, they don't look too bad! (Sam is in the green sleep suit)
Chewing the bar of the cot, yum, yum!
Mitch is pretty cute too!
I haven't posted for ages so I thought I'd post a quick progress update.
The little boys continue to progress in their ability to do things, not quite in the same order, but they're both getting along. Lucas and Sam have both mastered pulling themselves up on things, but unfortunately only Lucas has managed to work out how to sit down again, so every little while you will hear Sam whining because he's pulled himself up on something and is now "stuck". Sam has got the hang of rolling over ... sometimes. He's a bit lazy about it though. He did it three times in a row the other night just before we were about to put him to bed so I hurried and lowered his cot, then the next morning he promptly forgot how to do it. Since then sometimes he remembers, sometimes he doesn't. Lucas is still resolutely stuck on his back. If he doesn't get it soon we're going to start calling him "turtle" because they can't roll over from their backs either.
Lucas has developed a nasty habit of face planting. He did it about 4 times on Saturday. The first time was after a bit of "encouragement" by his big brother which lead to a huge bleeding fat lip and he spent the rest of the day looking like he had a very bad collagen lip injection job. Unfortunately through the rest of the day he face planted another 3 or 4 times each time bumping the big lip and leading to much more tears.
In other news, congratulations to Krissy and Glenn on the birth of their little girl Hannah. We're very much looking forward to seeing her via photos of Skype or whatever as soon as possible and meeting her in person at Christmas. We love you all and hope the coming weeks are full of wonderful new experiences and as much sleep as possible. Mitch was very excited at the thought of a new cousin and the prospect of playing with her. Although he did have some concerns. When asked about whether or not he was looking forward to meeting his cousin he said, "She might be friendly or she might be as tall as a bridge!". Admittedly he had only just woken up from a sleep ... but still, amazing imagination!
