springtime life...

this past week has felt quite busy, as we've given our house a spring clean (in preparation for what turned out to be the world's shortest house inspection), baked sausage rolls and apple slice, gone to playgroup and church, played board games with friends we hadn't seen for a long time, made birthday presents and finished school artworks, and taken long walks in the sunshine, among other things.

i gave missy a bucket for toys that have been packed away in her room (rather than out in our living area), and was relieved to see her pleasure at being reunited with old friends:



apologies though to baby no.2 - you're not going to have many toys of your own, little one! we've got plenty already...

monday saw us hanging out with our friend again, eating sausage rolls:



and enjoying springtime life in the backyard:



take care,
em

fake laughter...

yesterday missy was working on her fake laugh. she first tried it in the evening, after discovering she could pull the plug out whilst in the bath (and it quickly stopped when mummy the party-pooper covered the plug hole with the bath mat - i'm still smarter than her! huzzah!) she tried it again when she was supposed to be going to sleep - i thought she'd become delirious at one point! after the laughing finally stopped, i peered into her room to find her pyjama pants on the floor, and a half-awake, bare-legged missy curled up at the wrong end of her bed. how she managed to get her pants off, i do not know...

and here is a pic of where yesterday's crazy antics began - after i took this picture, i let missy keep the bowl in her lap, and she proceeded to put each of the remaining blueberries in her mouth at the same time, one after the other. no table manners...



take care,
em

look, mum!

this is what happened this morning when I spent too much time doing my own thing, and not paying enough attention to missy:



and this afternoon i got to cuddle my friend's 3-week-old baby - i tried to soak up how tiny she is, now that i'm not in the sleep-deprivation-induced-fog that i lived in for those first weeks with missy - all in preparation for the new addition to our family, due next mothers' day...

take care,
em

our last three days...

from our sunday, games with daddy:



from our monday, watermelon with our little friend by the sandpit:



from our tuesday, waiting for our turn in the pool:



hope your last three days have been lovely!

take care,
em

sweet relief...

i just finished my last uni assignment for the year - hurrah!

and here's a pic from our monday - we spent part of the day caring for our friend from mum's group, who has progressed with leaps and bounds in enjoying herself while she's away from her mum and dad.

sweet relief, on both counts.



take care,
em

a colourful week...

this past week has been full of colour, from things i'm making for school:





to the gorgeous clothes we bought in holland that are now the right size for wearing:



to delicious blood oranges and beetroot risotto:





(yes, beetroot risotto does actually taste delicious!)

take care,
em