All Blacks shirt...

Jasper + Ruby recieved some lovely clothes in the post today from aunty Shanz,including this cool All Blacks shirt.Thank's Shanz!!.

The Toybox...

Dave and my brother found this fantastic big wooden box at work,and dave spent all sunday sanding it and perfecting it into a marvelous toybox for our son's bedroom and that's where it now sits...

And today i finally got around to putting some colourful pitchures on jasper's bedroom wall.So now his room looks fit for a little boy.

My 1st Birhday.

Well,mummy decided to go all girly and she dressed me in the pink tutu but hey,It's not every day that a girl turn's ONE!So,I went with it...

My party was excellent.My cousin's all came,they are so rowdy but they sure know how to get the party started!.Mum had made a strawberry cake and it was delicious.We also had fairy bread and pink-iced cupcakes and M+M cookies and so on...everyone sang Happy birthday to me.I wore a bright green party hat.Then after all the big kids lit sparklers outside as it was nightime...

Because it WAs nightime I really should have been tucked up in bed but I managed to stay awake(just) so that I could say goodbye to my uncle,aunt + cousins.

I didn't really get what all the fuss was about but my mummy+daddy sure looked happy,even my brother was nice to me...for a change.

My 1st Birthday Photos...

Me+my new dolly,that gran w sent me...before my party.

Uncle+the kids...

Me+uncle AJ...I'm about to open my present from him+aunty.(it was a bath toy!!)

Here i am with my big cousin katy...don't worry i am not casting a spell on her...now WHERE is that brother of mine?..

Here i am laughing at the joke....I don't get it??

Here's me telling daddy that i really,really,really like being one!

My brother and cousin enjoyed playing in the toybox...they were good boy's tonight.NOTE:that both lads have new haircuts.

One year past...

A quiet day.Jasper has not been at preschool this week as he has been running a high temperture but he is ok.I took the kids for a lovely stroll this afternoon tho,It was a glorious sunny 24 degrees...perfect weather...and we stopped at the local park.I was,as usual,amazed at Jasper's latest tricks,he now goes to the very highest slide!

Roo had her swing to entertain her but I swear she's as nutty as her old mum here as while swinging she would drop forward,with just the fastner to stop her dropping on her little head which,by the way was hanging to the ground!

Well,It is nearlly a year ago(Tommorow)that this darling girl graced us all with her swift arrival.Seem's hard to believe that she is now this big one-year-old girl,with her unruly blonde curls,cheeky demeanor and a quiet,sometimes overly serious,blue-eyed stare.I love the way she follows everyone around the house but even tho she can not crawl as fast as we can walk she will not grizzle,she is very good at entertaining herself,I guess this comes from being the second child and therefore not the sole attention of her mum+dad.And yet she is incredibly loving,snuggling as close as she possibly can to her daddy +myself,especially when Big bro is off somewhere and she lays between us on our bed as we read our books,I also love that.

Jasper has such a BIG,energetic nature but Ruby elizabeth is the quieter,more thoughtful one...I'm going to love every minute of watching her grow up.I am the luckiest mummy in the world!

Happy One,my bobbles.

Happy 6th Birthday Maddy!

Well,this is why we moved to perth so that our children could have lots of family around them and seeing how happy jasper was today at his cousin Maddisyns birthday party,just confirms to us that we made the right choice.Watching him,ethan+ patience play together is so sweet.Now we just have to work on getting Ruby (AND mummy) some aussie mates.

Went to the doctors today,and I have tonsilitis!,so am on antibiotics.They don't take your tonsils out anymore,for which I'm glad.

Haircut

I woke up this morning feeling terrible,very sore throat and just generally feeling like s***...anyhow,my darling husband took one look at me and offered to stay home to look after the kids while i slept,Wonderful!

We did venture out for abit of fresh air this afternoon,we went and had a look at the Kiwi shop in Kwinana,which we had heard so much about.While out that way we stopped to get jasper's hair cut for the very first time.He was very good as the man chopped away.He looks so cute with his new shorter cut,much tidier aswell.

The party..

THE Cake!,Jasper loved the cars ontop of cake and made us all giggle when he pretended to drive cars ON the cake...

Uncle+birthday boy Jas,tho why uncle Andrew has the goofy look on his face is anyone's guess?.. (Ok,aunty shanley,I now see your mullet comment makes perfect sense,I will be taking Jas to hairdresser this week!)

Party!Party!...

Big cousin Katy...and Kyla,in the background.

A cuddly moment for uncle AJ + Ruby...and yes,that chocolate bunny IS ruby's!

My Special Day...

Today I turned 2 years old and I had a very nice day thankyou!.It started with a ball game in our backyard,with my dad.Then we went to Manapara Wildlife Park,and I ran everywhere and had the best time,later after a big sleep back at home,I just hung out with my folks and watched them create my birthday cake...it is a CAR cake!!Vroom-vroom!!.Here's more about my day....

I had so much fun...dad thinks I will make a fine soccor player one day as I have good tantrums when I don't get the ball...

I liked this pig but he bit my hand when I went to feed him...ouch!

I helped daddy feed the deer in the petting zoo..Whoops,silly mummy did this pic twice!!

The friendly deers...

that cheeky kangaroo...

Roo had fun with the...roo's!She giggled as they tickled her feet...

Mum+dad let me stay up abit late and I helped them with my b'day cake...which we will eat at my party tommorow,yum yum.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

LOVE,THE DOYLIE'S

This is my Favorite spot to stand...

"Look at me,aren't I clever!"

Why we should all go bare-foot...

I took jasper shoe shopping today,what a nightmare!!,I was just one of half a dozen mum's trying to stay patient and polite as we squeezed our screaming,fighting and flatfooted toddler's feet into unbending shoes!!.And then,when I am paying for those well-earned shoes at the checkout,Jas has his first tantrum in public and I'm talking about howling at the top of his lungs-kicking and punching-so-the-entire-MALL-can -hear-him,kind of tantrum!.

Mortified and red-faced I shot out of that store like a bullet.But I got nice shoes!!

This afternoon our junk heap was towed away(that we used for parts for our car),and It made for exciting(?)viewing for jas,dave and roo.

A new bunny in town..

Jasper has a 'thing' about bunny's!.Today he recieved a soft,white bunny-rabbit toy in the post,for easter.Well,he had so much fun playing with bunny AND Rabbi...he had them kissing and hugging and he giggled with glee and,even tonight,he took bunny to bed,(with Rabbi too,ofcourse.)

And Bunny is so white and NEW...Is Rabbi's time up?!!...No way!

sweet dreams

Poor Roo is in a terrible state at the mo,what with a runny nose and now,she is teething!.Here she is looking so peaceful after finally falling asleep in our bed...awww,bless..

Goodbye..Hello

It was Jasper's last day in the babies room today so I thought i would get a photo of Jas + his teacher Sam but as you can see neither were looking at the camera but oh well...

Dave and I both picked him up this afternoon so Jassie was a happy chappy!

Terrible two's have arrived!!

Davies doing a 13-hour-day today so It has been a very long day for me with the kids,Jasper goes around saying "me,me,me!"and snatching everything off his sister all day long and both end up howling when i step in and try to resolve it.

However,we did have one highlight today and that was when Roo stood up by herself again,twice.She's getting the hang of it.

"Yes,what is it?"

Thismorning Jas went to daycare and had his first "school" photos taken which was very exciting,he is settling in really superbly at daycare and soon he will be moving up to the over-twos class which will be excellent for him,his language is coming along in leaps and bounds and he now beginning to string words together,an example is just now when i yelled to dave and jasper and Jas replies"Yes?,what is it?",but in a more jumbled together sort of way!.Another fav of his is"What's that?"...he's just growing up so fast!

Ruby went to playgroup this morning too and liked the musical instruments,maybe she will have her gran D and auntie's Heather +Fi's musical talents?But anyway she had fun and enjoyed playing with her friend Harlee,even if the two of them were seperated by the baby pen!.

And another thing...

Dave walked into the bathroom the other day and found Roo had got to her feet and was standing against the bathtub...that clever monkey!Also,she only stands on tippy-toes which is quite funny!.
Jas can now say "Fish"...clever,clever children.

ANOTHER beach...

We thought we would venture abit furthur afield yesterday and vist scarborough beach,(about a n hours drive north),It was a nice surf beach,with typical white sands and HOT sun!.I found the hoards of people abit much at times and at one point Jas ran off and I could not see him,abit scary.(There were a couple of dodgy sorts in the kids playground too).But,It was interesting to see where Shanz used to live,in one of the beachside apartments there.And the Gelatos were most delicious,especially shanley's lemon gelato.The kids sure enjoyed them!

We were all exhausted when we got home.

Shanz went home to NZ this morning and she will be glad to get home to Jon,but not work!

We will see one another again in July when I fly home to NZ for my mothers 60th birthday.

Speaking of mum,she sent me the most sweetest photo of when I was 2 years old and my mum was,well,I guess around the same age as I am now...it was taken when we lived in cromwell,in otago.I always loved this particular photo so,thanks mum!

Also,Hi to Mom+dad in SA,great to know you are reading the blog.Yey!

"I love the nightlife..I've got to boogie..."(Honest!)

Well,while it's lovely catching up with old friends,I must admit I'm suffering abit!!.My kids wake up at 5am,maybe Six every morning...and normally I'm in bed by10pm.But I have had a couple of late nights and am exhausted...It's alright for SOME of us who can sleep in but for those of us who can't ....well,you get the idea.
Tonight we saw a feel good movie,WILD HOGS,I had a good chuckle anyway.
Tommorow we are going pubbing(?),clubbing(?) or someTHING,in fremantle.I am looking forward to it...if i could just get some zzzzzzzzzzzzzz before then,that would be perfect.