Work family day

We had the annual summer family BBQ for my work today. Was a neat set up with food, train rides, pony rides, running races, bouncy castles, games etc! Alex was finally brave enough to attempt his first go on the bouncy castle! I still had to hold his hands but he got a good lot of bouncing in. Alex also got to pat the pony and sat on it for a whole 5 seconds before demanding to be put down. He was on the go the whole time we were there but found the most fascinating thing to be the wheels on the truck that the miniature train was transported in.

Abbys birthday party

We went over to Dannevirke today to attend Abbys 5th birthday party. She had a pool party down at the local indoor pool so there were a lot of excited kiddies floundering around. Alex had great fun with his floating devise but preferred to splash in the paddling pool and throw the soft balls around. We went back to the Berthams for lunch afterwards and Alex chased Jonny around everywhere. The two boys went missing for a while and I found them lying down together on Abbys bed! I think Alex is trying to tell me its time to loose the cot!

Naked Motorbike riding

Was a lovely warm evening and Alex got away from me when I took him out of the bath. He was out the door and onto his ride-on motorbike before I had time to grab a towel! The look of delight on his face as he rode round in the nuddy and then took off running round the garage not leaving anything to the imagination!!

Esplanade open day / dinner at the Edmonds

Took Alex down to the Esplanade Family day and watched the band, rode the train and met Ronald McDonald! Went round to the Edmonds for dinner and Alex got to play with Cohen. Jeff took the boys outside for a bit and they came back in with a lovely collection of snail shells! Cohan and Alex had great delight jumping on the bed in the spare room. The two boys had a bath together and had great fun drawing on each other with washable crayons!!

Valentines Day concert in the Square – Band of the Royal Marines

Went after work with a picnic tea to watch the free concert in the square. Lots of people there, including half the Feilding Band. Alex did a bit of dancing but spent more time trying to get the attention of all those around him than he did watching the actual band!

Commercial kid!!

Alex was pointing to his plastic plate saying something that sounded like “Bob!”. He would then give me a look like I was stupid or something. Closer investigations showed him to be pointing to the picture on his plate that just so happened to be Bob the Builder!

Memorial Park with Marcus

Was a nice day today so we went to the park with Marcus and his parents. Had lots of swings and the two boys made me dizzy with the amount of circuits they did on the adventure playground and down the slide!

He’s a thirsty bear!

Gus, Alexs big bear is obviously very thirsty according to Alex! He keeps feeding his bottle to him! We are also finally getting some regular words – alex says “Bye!” very nicely accompanied by an over enthusiastic wave! He manages to get quite a few waves back whenwe leave the supermarket as the other patrons think it a bit cute!

Waitangi Day Holiday.

Public holiday today and Alex decided to start it with a bit of weight lifting – unfortunately he is using the cat and Merlyn wasn’t that impressed with his attempt to hoist her around by her head. A quick wriggle and a dirty look directed at Alex and she escaped with no harm done. We drove Nan back to her house and popped over to the Berthams to say hi. Alex and Jonny disappeared and I found the two of them sitting on Jonnys bed talking to Barney!

Under the gate…

I returned from Wellington to find out the Alex can escape from the fully fenced back yard. He was following the cat that ran under the gate for a quick escape. Alex dropped onto his hands and knees and wriggled on after her! Oh no!!

Mummy off to 7s

I’m childless for two days as I am off to Wellington to the Rugby 7s. This is the longest period since before Alex was born. Caught up with Pete and Louise who kindly put me up for the weekend and had a fantastic time doing the whole 7s thing – funny wigs / clothes, lots of rugby action and the occasional beer… The weekend was made even more enjoyable by a tournament win to NZ!! Yay! Alex managed to get something out of mummy being away because I came back with some Thomas the Tank engine books and plenty of Pumpkin Patch clothing from the outlet store in Otaki.