Family Resemblance

Do you think that my girls take after their Dad?

I have been having a giggle at this photo which was taken a few weeks ago. Kya calls this "the R... (our last name) face" and tells me that only her and Mali and Daddy can do it!

The Wiggles concert

In early December we were very lucky to see The Wiggles in concert. What fantastic entertainers! We were in the second row of the AIS arena so had an absolute ball. Kya went down into the mosh pit area with her friends (hopefully the video of her dancing will work), but Mali stayed pretty wide-eyed on my lap most of the time. It was just magic for the girls.

A Gorgeous Dolly Quilt

I received a fabulous parcel this week from Ingrid for the EB Quilters Doll swap. As well as a gorgeous quilt made from the most adorable fabrics with sweet hand quilted hearts, it was filled with lovely goodies for me and the girls, including some of her fabulous lottielulu hair clips (on Hollie Hobby cards, which made me smile - Ingrid, how did you know that I had a yellow Hollie Hobby bedspread when I was growing up!), some grogeous fabric, some yummy chocolate, all wrapped in an adorable piece of yellow vintage cotton which will soon be a little dress. How incredibly generous, thank you so much Ingrid - it's just wonderful and I feel very lucky and spoilt! We had all agreed to wait once our parcels arrived to open on the same days (the 6th). I swear it almost killed me having a surprise that I couldn't open in the house!

My doll quilt from the EB quilter’s swap arrived at it’s new home too! I am so glad that Corrie likes it. I was quite nervous in sending it off, so I am so thrilled that Corrie (and Keira)likes it.

The favourite game in this house at the moment is ‘patting babies’, so the quilt is just perfect! We have two cardboard box lids that act as baby's beds. Mali has fun last night playing with the new quilt, which she has claimed. Check out the smile – she scrunches up her eyes and says “cheese”!

Mali is speaking in little sentences now – it is just too cute - “me read books” “mali do it” and my favourite - “my turn now please mummy”. She is convinced that she is toilet trained, being the copy cat that she is. She gets up in the morning and says ‘toilet now’, sits there for about 2 seconds, says ‘paper’, then ‘finished now’. She has done a wee on the toilet twice – pure fluke, and I don’t think the connection was made! She insists on undies when she is getting dressed. The day care centre also indulges her fantasies and lets her sit on the toilet whenever she insists during the day. Gosh she makes me laugh my small one.

We Love Justine

We have had a fantastic weekend - after swimming we had a party for Jasmine's first birthday, then a quiet birthday breakfast for Maddie this morning, and we ended the weekend with the Justine Clarke concert this afternoon. (I think that I was more excited than Kya about seeing Justine in concert).

Justine is a presenter on Playschool who has released a fantastic CD for kids - the music is complex, layered and so fun. Writer Peter Dasent (Playschool pianist) has used samba rhythms, circus music, jazz beats and a wealth of musical tricks to give each track it's own personality and story. The lyrics and themes have also been carefully written, being relevant to preschoolers, yet surreal and silly. In the same way that Playschool addresses each individual child, Clarkes' singing does the same. While taking on the role of a cheeky kid, she is singing to her best friend and expects them to join in. It's difficult not to!

We got her CD last Christmas and it has been on high rotation ever since. We sat with Bronwyn, Holly, Isabelle and Maddie and the girls had a ball. Kya, Maddie and Holly disappeared down the front to the 'mosh pit' to get up close with Justine - you can see Kya in the bottom of the photo where Justine is singing the "lets dress Up". The concert was lots of fun - she is a fantastic kids entertainer (and I was pretty enthralled too!). Kya informed me on the way home (just before she fell asleep) that she loved Justine and that "watermelon" was her best song. Nanna and Honey also know all of Justine's songs and the I Like to Sing CD is in #1 position in their car CD player too. Nanna informs me that Honey's favourite is "watermelon" as well!

Kya, Mali and I stayed behind after the concert and we met Justine - she is so lovely and had a photo with the girls and signed our DVD.