18-08-10
A blur of Callum.
Sometimes that's all I see of him he's running around so fast.
Day 229
17-08-10
I love it when babies sleep with their butt up in the air. lol
Callum never did but Kai's making up for it. :)
Day 226
14-08-10
My boys don't like to leave anyone alone.
Not even my sister and her boyfriend while they eat lunch. lol
(as we have no spare room anymore we had to put our spare bed in the family room.)
Day 224
12-08-10
Tomorrow my brother is getting married.
Tonight I helped my very-soon-to-be-sister-in-law set up for the cocktail reception that will be after the ceremony.
Brindabella Room, The Canberra Club.
Day 221
09-08-10
We had a speech therapy session for Callum today.
While he is enjoying the days we have therapy he is progressing very slowly which is frustrating for Alex and I.
Still, I do enjoy seeing Callum have a good time. :)
Day 220
08-08-10
I've never really sat and looked at the ceiling of a shopping mall before.
Today while Callum played in the kid's playground at Woden Westfield, I found myself checking out the ceiling.
Bored much?
Day 219
07-08-10
Alex's bike is sick. :(
Felt like a total female watching 2 men try to work out what is wrong with it.
I know nothing about motorbikes!
Day 218
06-08-10
I do love the fact that Callum is able to play by and entertain himself.
(I also love the fact that I can sneak up behind him and take photos without him noticing!)
Day 217
05-08-10
Today as I was doing the few dishes that need doing by hand, I let the sink fill while I grabbed something out of the pantry.
When I turned back towards the sink I saw the steam from the hot water in the sunlight.
Of course I grabbed the camera. :)
Day 216
04-08-10
No, I don't lock my children in cupboards.
This is how I found Callum today when he yelled for me to come take a look. lol
Day 215
03-08-10
When Alex rides his bike to work I can always hear when he's nearly home that afternoon even if he's a few blocks away.
Today Callum and I raced outside (me armed with the camera) to the driveway to meet him as he got home.
:)
Day 214
02-08-10
I noticed today that spring is definitely on it's way.
It made me pretty excited actually!
Day 213
01-08-10
Callum is a copy cat.
He loves to copy things you do and will insist on doing what you're doing.
For me he insists to 'tone & moisturise' his face when he catches me doing my own and Alex shaving is no different. lol
(obviously Alex isn't really shaving Callum's face. He's using the back of the razor. Completely safe!)
Day 212
31-07-10
We had a great time today at my niece's party.
Sammy got some great presents and as you can see she's a big fan of the colour pink!
(Oh and yes, the cupcakes turned out great!)
Day 211
30-07-10
I offered to make cupcakes for my niece's 5th birthday (which was earlier in the week but her dad and step mum are throwing a party for her tomorrow) and I decided to colour them pink.
I made two shades of pink batter and baked half and half cupcakes.
Hopefully they turn out well!
Day 210
29-07-10
Kai is teething again (or is it still? I don't know.) and after only napping for 45 minutes I went in to settle him with a bottle.
I really need to listen to my gut because as I walked up the hallway I thought to myself "Callum is going to draw on the hallway door while I'm gone."
I went in to Kai and gave him a bottle, probably spent no more than 10 minutes if that, in his room.
I came out, shut his door behind me when I heard what sounded like a sawing noise.
I stepped towards the hallway door wondering if I even wanted to know what I was going to find when opening the door there's Callum jumping up and shoving the red crayon in his hand behind his back and look mighty guilty.
The sawing noise was the sound of him scribbling on the hallway door.
I KNEW IT!
To me his artwork kind of resembles the shape of Australia and also a Goomba out of the Mario Bros games.
Or it could just be me. lol
Day 209
28-07-10
Another full on and trying day with Callum.
This sight was absolutely amazing for me.
*sigh*
Day 208
27-07-10
Tonight Callum wouldn't eat his carrots until they were stacked first and he stacked them himself.
Whatever. lol
Day 207
26-07-10
Alex bought a motorbike (finally) yesterday.
Hopefully it'll be many a year yet before Callum gets to actually ride it/one.
Yep, I'm a mother. lol
But he is cute sitting on it. ;)
photo taken by my sister.
Day 205
24-07-10
My sister flew to Canberra from Melbourne this morning (after being grounded on the plane before take off due to a crazy Italian man taking a cart for a joy ride around the air fields! lol) to surprise our future sister in law for her bridal shower that is tomorrow and I made her come shopping with me as I wanted a new pair of jeans.
We stopped into Borders for a browse (not for jeans, duh.) and decided to have a look at the cards there.
This one caught my eye.
I love it. It's so random. :)
Day 204
23-07-10
Alex and I went out to celebrate Alex's birthday tonight.
We went and saw Toy Story 3 (awesome movie!) and then went for dinner afterwards.
We were going to go to Hog's Breath Cafe but were told we'd have to wait 45 minutes to be seated which wasn't doable for us seeing it was already about 9pm and the boys were being babysat.
After doing a quick walk around we decided to try out Kingsleys Steak & Crab House for the first time.
While it's not a place I'd eat at regularly with the choice of food (I'm not a big steak eater) the fish I had was very good.
Alex really liked his steak (and his beer. lol) that he had so that's all that matters to me as we were there for him. :)
Day 203
22-07-10
A very trying day today with Callum.
This wooden toy stop sign sums up pretty well how I wanted things to go all day.
Just. Stop.
Day 200
19-07-10
I bought the most awesome pair of Sugar Skull pants from Star Struck Dezines for Kai and they arrived today.
They are for his 1st Birthday.
I can't wait until October!
Day 198
17-07-10
We found out Myer had free face painting & balloon animals today.
Seeing we were there anyway we got Callum a balloon dog.
The dog did have a bubble at the tip of his tail but it wouldn't stay in much to Callum's disappointment. lol
Day 195
14-07-10
Kai still hasn't managed to master crawling yet.
I'm in no rush for him to do so though!
Day 192
11-07-10
Seeing as we were northside tonight we stopped into 'As Nature Intended' at the Belconnen Markets to get soap as we were down to one bar left.
We've been buying their soap for a few years now.
It costs a bit more than your usual generic grocery store soap but we like it. :)
Day 190
09-07-10
Keeping with food on the face as the theme, this is the result of sneezing when you're in the middle of eating your dinner. lol
Kai doesn't seem to mind though!
Day 189
08-07-10
This boy can make me laugh. lol
Pink texta and a bowl of frozen blueberries later.
See? How can you not laugh?
(sometimes it's the only way to stay sane!)
Day 188
07-07-10
Callum had his very first sleepover last night.
He stayed with my parents and had a ton of fun as my nieces were also there.
When he got home tonight though it was like he never left. lol
Day 187
06-07-10
This is the escalator leading up to Dendy Cinemas.
I saw Eclipse tonight.
While I did enjoy it I think I like New Moon better.
But that's a conversation for a whole other audience than who reads this blog. lol
Day 185
04-07-10
Took a trip down memory lane when I saw this Barbie in Myer today.
'Peaches 'n Cream Barbie'.
I remember getting her for Christmas.
I should still have her somewhere.
I had no idea she was released in 1985 though.
It's moments like this I remember just how old I actually am.
*sigh*
Day 184
03-07-10
With the rain last night I got some interesting shots of the apple tree down the back of the back yard this morning.
And a bonus shot from Callum's birthday party we had today. :)
(note to self: remember to make sure Alex is not around when trying to take a serious photo. lol)
Day 183
02-07-10
Going home tonight I had some fun with my compact camera.
I know it's all out of focus and it's blurry but it's meant to be. ;)
Day 182
01-07-10
Yesterday my mum taught me how to prune roses and today I tackled the roses that she didn't do.
I think I did pretty well.
Got snagged a few times on some thorns and drew a bit of blood but look at the size of those thorns!
I think it was inevitable.
