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OK – so no update for a while but a lot of milestones and happenings in the boy’s lives

• We are now in week two of potty training for Elliot (second time around) and he’s doing really well. We are looking at about an accident every two days but it’s usually when he’s really busy and just forgets. The interesting thing is that he’s been dry at nights as well.
• In relation to this we had a lovely thing happen. Max and Elliot had got up one morning last week and wandered downstairs to play and watch some telly. Vic and I stayed in bed and about 15 minutes later Max came up and I asked him what he was doing. “Getting underpants for Elliot” was his reply and my first thought was “Oh God, what’s happened?” What had happened though is Elliot had said that he wanted to go to the toilet and Max had gone off and found the potty, taken Elliot’s PJ trousers and nappy off, made sure he was sitting properly and when Elliot had finished had come upstairs to get him some clothes 🙂 Bless him 🙂
• Max has almost lost his second baby tooth – it’s so wiggly that I think it’ll come out in the next day or two. The amazing thing is his adult tooth that came through way behind his first lost baby tooth has now moved almost all the way into place!
• Max can now ride his bike with no training wheels! I took him down to the park yesterday morning and after a few times holding on to the seat he was off on his own and doing really well. After about 30 minutes at the park he was starting off OK, riding for at least 100 yards in a big circle back to me, braking with front and back brakes and turning pretty sharp corners! Later that day I took him down to a different field and he was going over rough ground that earthmovers had been using. By the end of the day he was doing circuits of the back yard and going up some pretty big bumps when moving from grass to paving. I’m so proud of him 🙂

Max lost his first tooth today!  The tooth behind it (and the one next to it) came through a while back but today he wiggled it while at the supermarket and out it came!  The tooth fairy will no doubt visit 🙂

Where does the time go? Max turned five today and I have no idea where the time has gone (I think I say that every year! Four and three :))

He was, naturally, spoiled by everyone! For his party we went to Junglerama at lunchtime with his friends and then had fish and chips at home with the family for dinner. It was all very tiring as Vic and I only got home from a wedding anniversary, 4 day trip to Melbourne to watch Phoenix FC play at 02:00 and were up at 05:45!

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This post is a wee bit late I know but we’ve been busy and I just haven’t got around to it. So let’s see……

Christmas day was good with no traveling involved and it was nice that the boys could have time to enjoy their presents as they turned up. We specifically told people to not go too overboard with presents this year but we still seemed to fill up the lounge in no time! Thanks to everyone that visited and to all those that weren’t here for Christmas, we thought of you all.

Just before Christmas Vic also got a new (used) car. It’s an 2nd generation Estima which is a Japanese import version of the Previa. Very practical, nice and smooth to drive and Vic and the boys love it! The best we’ve done is 4 adults, three kids and a stroller which was pretty good going 🙂

New Years was spent in the lovely Wairarapa at our friend’s holiday home with them and their 3 month old baby. The weather was great and it was a very relaxing couple of days. Being old farts we looked at each other at 11:30 on New Years Eve, said “5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Happy New Year!” and went to bed before midnight! Very funny but we were all fading fast and all had kids sleeping with us……

Now it’s back to work and the nose back to the grindstone. Luckily it’s not too busy this week so it’s hardly a chore 😉

Merry Christmas everyone!

It’s mid-afternoon, rainy, miserable and the kids are in bed – ahhhh 🙂 This year we are not going any where and people are all coming to us so things have been a bit hectic so far. It doesn’t help when you don’t get to bed until 00:30 and are up at 05:45…………

We hope that you all have a great time over the festive period and we look forward to seeing you over the coming year.

PS: Max’s t-shirt says “Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is EVERYTHING, please” 🙂

This seems to be a big day for Max!

The first thing is he’s having his first night sans pullups. He’s been dry at night for a couple of weeks now and I think it’s time for that next step.  I know he’ll have accidents (and be distraught) but it’s a move he needs to make.

The second thing (and a bit stranger) is that he has his first adult tooth!  The boys stayed at my Mum’s last night while Vic and I watched the Phoenix play and we went to pick them up at lunchtime.  When we got there Mum warned me that Max had hurt his tooth while eating a plum.  I asked Max if I could have a look and whilst checking it out saw a whole new tooth popping through!  This isn’t suppposed to start until he’s at least six and he’s not even five yet!  He now has two wiggly teeth (bottom middle ones) so we’ll see how that goes 🙂

It’s true – look 😉

Max drew his first self portrait yesterday.  As you can see he has freckles, short hair and sticky-out ears 🙂 He also seems to have acquired the neck of a giraffe!

No news really. Christmas is getting closer and the boys are starting to get excited about it 🙂 Here’s a couple of shots from this morning…..