On ethan's 5th birtday recently jas and ruby each had a spin with uncle on ethans dirtbike.They loved it!.It's the perfect size though for maddy and she burns around on it like an expert.

presents!

Thanks aunty shanz!

Today i opened a present from my cool aunty shanz in NZ...bath toys!I especially liked the toy fishing rod for the bath!xx.Now I just have to keep my brother + sister's hands off them!.

(Will post a pic or two later as dumb computer won't cooperate right now:)

More Birthday photos

Billy's 1st birthday!

I will post some more photos when i am not so tired!But,our baby has a had a fantastic day.Cake.A vist to Whiteman park where he had his first trainride!Lots of playing and giggling.And to mark this milestone we planted two native trees(small ones!)A banksia and a wattle.Now all three children have a tree planted for them.

Oh and did i mention he is now walking?!.He took his first TEN steps infront of his dad on the eve of his 1st birthday.
Happy birthday small fry!

Look!I'm standing by myself!

Billy at 11-months

He is growing more confident at standing(afew seconds at a time now without holding on to anything);
Still shuffles along on his butt though!;
Has 3 teeth!;
Is growing more hair finally!(adorable curls at the back+ sides);
Loves food!Is eating apple pieces now and toast.

Is going to be ONE SOON!!...I can't quite wrap my head around that one!

Ruby at 3 years 2 months

Most used words:
"No!"
"I don't want to mummy"
"It's not bedtime!"

and some lovely one's too:
"It's okay sweetheart"(to billy).

Is generous--will give to other's before herself,
Nurturing and Kind,
Crys alot at the moment--usually when she doesn't get what she wants OR som ething is not going how it should(in her mind)OR when she's getting her brother into trouble eg"Mum,jasper's fighting me!".
whinges!
Fav colour:Pink and/or purple.
Loves:tiger(a soft toy which she sleeps with),
Pulling silly faces!,
Butterflys,
dressing as a princess,
her thick red winter coat(looks abit ridiculous in our mild WA winter),
hats,
shoes,
loves to lie in bed with mummy under the quilt and whisper in my ear,and kiss my cheek and cuddle close...we can do this for oh,....hours!.
TV...playschool,dora the explorer,maisy mouse,
movie..monsters.
Fav animals:tigers,Lions,horses and our cat!.
Thriving threes class.
A domestic goddess in the kitchen!Loves to bake,cook,do dishes..move over Nigella!.
Playing with her brothers.

It's a big list!.

I am sooo grateful to have my daughter.My bobbles.

William at 11 months old(well,near enough..)

Jasper at 11 months old.

Haircut

I just had to add that yesterday,jasper decided he needed a haircut and so took a chunk out of his fringe with the scissors!(when will i ever learn?Don'T turn back on child for even an instant...especially when that child has a pair of scissors in hand).AND,in a moment that melted my heart,my boy tryed knitting with me last night(pity mummy doesn't know what's she's doing either!)AND,this morning he asked if we could knit again tonight!But,just quietly,i think it's just to sneak some alone time with mum.I love this boy so much!.

Jasper at 4 years 2 months...

Loves kindergarten
Learning to write his name!He can write J for jasper.
Practising scissor-cutting,
Is an expert on dinosaurs,names,what they ate etc(they are learning all about dinosaurs at kindy this term),
Has 3 friends at kindy.
Has his own very definate oppinions now.
Has absoulutely NO patience!(drives me insane but then,i'm the same!)
Loves rough 'stuff'-kicking things,body slamming-y'know,the usual 'boy stuff'.
Loves the camera and showing off in general!.
playstation,xbox,games fan.(but he only gets to play it at his aunty and uncles place),
TV...fav's are dora the explorer,diego,mr men show,playschool.
Movies..Barnyard.
Books..Harry and the dinosaurs,anything he brings home from kindy.
music..anything he can dance to!
Has a cheeky sense of humour,
Loves to make his little brother laugh.

Phew!

Billy at 10-months....

And he's drinking from a sipper cup now too.(but somehow i managed to upload the wrong photo,note double up!).He is on the move all over the place,has even figured out how to climb out the back door now.He Loves riding in the kiddie car outside!He also loves playing with the musical learning house and chasing the cat!He adores jasper...and jasper pulls funny faces' to get billy to giggle,so sweet!.

We have had a terrible past few days with him though.He's had a virus and has been a major grump!,the teething doesn't help matters!(he still has just 2 teeth).He woke up at 3 this morning..ugg.But,he does seem to be back to his little sunshine self today though.I Luuuuvvvv my sunny boy!!.

Locked in!

We went and had a picnic at bibra lakes yesterday.(not much of a lake really,more mud than anything...but still a pitchuresque(?)spot)Lovely weather(still 24 degrees).The childen fed the ducks(don't think they appreciated the crisps jas threw them though!).We explored abit.Then we went across the road to sneak a look at the steiner school...the gate was open so,we went into the school grounds.Oh,it is so gorgeous,tucked into a forest,little tree houses built into the playgrounds,it doesn't even look like a school!Oh,I so want our kids to go there!(they are enrolled so,we wait...)Anyway,for our nosyiness we managed to get locked in!!!We laughed nervously at one another and thought shit!how do we get outta' this one!??Well....we found the ONLY semi-climable-looking fence(still had bloody barb wire ontop though),and we found a wheelbarrow(THANKYOU you earthy-nature loving school YOU!)and first Dave jumped over(bad back and all)then we passed our 3 children through the gap in the fence("OW"squeaked jasper as we MADE his head fit...I know,i know we are such good parents,right?)Then I climbed the fence too(shut up shanley!!)And NO,i didn't get a photo of that!But I did get a photo of dave going over!!.Well,what kind of wife would I be if I didn't capture THAT!!?LOL.

He's up!

Check out our little star!He got to his feet for the first time tonight.And he was so proud of himself too(look at that grin!).

What we have been up to...

Well,jasper has settled back into kindy superbly(the first term was abit rocky)AND ruby has started a class called THRIVING THREE'S up at the ymca one afternoon a week which she loves!(all going well,we will put her in for two days next term)She is SOOOO ready for kindy and hates when i have to drag her away when we drop jassie off...anyway,she calls TT's her"kindy".Next year baby girl,slow down!!

They are bringing home some gorgeous artwork.For mother's day jas did me lots of art n craft...my fridge is covered!!.At home too we have been making 'stuff'...ruby did a nice bit of art which we made into a hat(see photos),we threaded necklaces one day and another day we drew on the path outside with chalk and the the kids practised skipping and jumping.

They went and played with Logan and sophie the other day,who my kids adore!
We went to Liam's 11th birthday party aswell which was alot of fun,hanging out with all their cousins aswell as '"adopted"cousins(so many!!)but my kids love it as it is always noisy and one big happy family.

My three are learning so many new things every single day.Jasper is learning to write his name and his speech has come so far(insuring some very funny conversations!).Ruby is just being a crack-up...she got a raisen stuck right up her nose a couple weeks ago,with alot of blowing it shot out and i've never laughed so hard!.Billy say's ma-ma now(awww),and he is crawling everywhere and putting everything in his mouth and starting to pull himself up on furniture!!His fav toy's are a pink ball and a toy aeroplane.Cute.I'm making the most of every minute in his young life as he is my last baby.Boohoo!.
One good thing though...the last child to be in nappies!Yeeha!.

Billy at 9-months...and crawling!

Yep.After a month or so of shuffling on his butt,flopping towards a wanted object,or rolling to that toy,and even going backwards for awhile...it seems now young william has learnt to crawl.The cat is none to amused that baby can now reach for his tail with even more speed that usual.

ALSO:in other billy news.He still has just one tooth and he looks very cute when he smiles!;
he rolls over on his tummy in bed and gets stuck like that.Hmmm...
He loves his food!
Still looks like his dad.No change there then.
He say's "da-da"

I can't think of anything else ,though there is alot more i'm sure.Sorry.