There’s a lion loose at the Zoo!

We took Alex to the Wellington Zoo this morning – it’s amazing how it takes 4 adults to supervise one nearly two year old! The lion let off a good roaring display and so I asked Alex if he could roar like a lion. He thought it was a huge game and did a pretty good rendition of a very ferocious animal!! Unfortunately the exhibit that Alex got the most animated was the digger exhibit… there are some upgrades happening in part of the Zoo and the mummy digger with her baby digger got a fair amount of attention. We went round to visit Ken, Wendy and Felix who had never seen Alex before – was neat catching up and Felix gave Alex a wee matchbox tractor from his collection. Wellington is all too exciting and so after a full on day with no sleep Alex crashed at 5pm, allowing me to have a nice relaxed evening. He rejoined us in time to watch the Super 14 final where he had great fun yelling “Go Crusaders!” at the TV screen.

Trip to Wellington

After our typical Friday night Fish and chips with Tracy, we packed the car and drove down to Wellington so see peter and Louise for the weekend. The idea was to transfer 1 sleeping child straight into bed so we could talk to Pete and Louise but Alex decided to wake up when we arrived to suss out where he was. Ended up going to bed the same time I did.

Sounds like a frog…

Well, Alex is a lot better today but still has a wicked cough on him – he keeps laughing at the sound of his own croaky laugh! Went down to the seaside, had a ride on the train and a quick play in the sand before flying back to Palmerston North. Nan got picked up by Kate and taken back to Dannevirke. - bye bye Nan!! I told Alex to get into his highchair for his evening meal – he went and got his bib, took it to the coffee table, pulled up his little chair, sat down and patted the table indicating he wanted a TV dinner! I let him.

Happy 2nd birthday to Nikki!

Nikki got to open her presents this morning and we had some scuffles as every toy Nikki had, Alex wanted and every toy Alex had, Nikki wanted!! Blew up a large amount of balloons for the party and the kids had fun trying to lie on them – not enough weight to cause a pop though. Alex kept asking for Barney to be played on the TV – Nikki and alex did some groovy dancing! End up with a bad croup attack at 4am in the morning resulting in Alex in a steamy bathroom to try and get him breathing better. He packed a tantrum – didn’t want to be picked up, didn’t want to be put down…Uncle Trevor came to see if he was OK and Alex went straight into him arms, gave him a big cuddle and settled down!! Aaawwwhh!

Ride on a Plane!!

Alex got an exciting ride on a little airplane today as we flew down to Nelson to be with cousin Nikki for her second birthday. He loved playing on the trolley until our flight was called – wanted to go round and round in circles all the time but I could see a trip to the hospital eventuating instead of a trip to Nelson! Alex loved the flight and pointed out the window at everything going “ooohhh!!”. We arrived at Nelson airport to be met by my brother. Within 10 seconds Alex launched himself into his uncles arms and made himself comfortable – so much for me thinking he wouldn’t remember him! He had lots of fun playing with cousin nikki and all her toys. The two littlies had a lot of fun “helping” put Nans bed together – it was 2 little monkeys jumping on Nans bed!

The world’s best staller…

Alex has worked out how to get out of his bed - this combined with not wanting to go to bed is creating a bit of evening “fun”. He appeared in the hallway tonight not long after being put to bed. I got up to firmly return him to bed and as I walked over to him, he looked up, waved his hand in front of his nose and said “poo!”. That’s the one thing I will take notice of and he knows it. I took him to the lounge and checked his nappy which was as dry and clean as it was 15 minutes earlier when I changed him for bed. “Alex, there’s no poo in your nappy!” I said. He looked a bit sheepish, realising he had been caught out and then “grrrunt!!!!” he tries force one out!! Unsuccessfully I might add!!

Granny Bashing

Alex was giggling and wriggling around on Nans knee this evening and he threw his head back, collecting poor Nan in the nose!! We needed tissues to mop up the blood!!
I went to kiss Alex goodnight tonight and he giggled and said “gen” (again)! Repeated the kiss –“gen” said Alex. 6 kisses later he finally had had enough!

It’s a pirate party!!

Marcus the neighbour is 4 and Alex and I went over to celebrate with him at his Pirate Party! Alex played pass the parcel, treasure hunt, musical cushions but the funniest thing was the Piñata – when all of the lollies fell out Alex picked them up and tried to give them to all the other kids. Get in there boy!! – It’s every pirate for himself!!

Visit to Leisha and kids.

Nan, Alex and I went to visit Leisha (Dannevirke neighbour from when I was a kid) for morning tea today. Her 3 have really grown! Well, it has been 5 years since we last saw them. Jack (nearly 6) had spent the morning setting up his Thomas the Tank Engine set so Alex could play with it.
The Berthams came over for the afternoon to do a spot of shopping and ended up staying for tea of fish and chips. Abby and Jonny then stayed while the rest went grocery shopping so we got out a whole lot of blankets and built a hut using two dining chairs. The 3 littlies fitted nicely in it and played happily for an hour or so…my arms were sore due to holding the chairs up to prevent them from falling with the weight of the blankets!! Alex has started saying “Happy!” every time he sees a smiley face.

Mummys Birthday!!

Clever Alex must have snuck off to the shops without his mother’s knowledge!! How else would he have managed to buy his Mum a birthday present! Alex carried the parcel from the bedroom to Mum in the living room with a very proud look on his face! Nan cooked roast while I was at work so a pleasant day was had by all!!

Mothers day!

Alex took Nan and Mummy out to Cobb and Co for lunch – unfortunately his pocket money didn’t quite extend far enough to cover the bill so Mummy had to pick up the tab. He kept standing up on the chair and grinning at the couple in the booth next to us. Alex had his first traffic light cocktail which he thought was pretty neat!!

Happy Birthday Amy!

Picked up Nan – she’s going to stay for a few weeks. My cousin’s oldest girl has turned 5 so we went to Sanson to her birthday party. Alex loved the swing so much that it was hard to get him off it. He also loved the popcorn bag and wolfed down the majority of it.

Dinner guests

Mr Bossy boots is starting to show - when he wants you to play, Alex hits the ground and says “down” – implying that he wants you to join him!
Hosted a work dinner at my house this evening as one of my team members has been promoted to another team. Alex thought it was pretty neat to have all these people round to play. He jumped on Grant, took books to Vanessa, and ordered Karen and Jenny to play with him on the floor!

Nans birthday dinner

We were invited over to the Bertham’s tonight where they were hosting Nans birthday dinner. Alex helped Nan open her presents. He loved Nans legendary pavlova! Alex and Jonny took the dolls for a walk - Alex had the pushchair and Jonny improvised by using the trolley. Abby then took Alex for a ride in the trolley which he thought was really cool!

Friday night, party night!

Alex came with me to a work colleague’s farewell this evening and had a fantastic time walking round amongst all the people grinning away. He playing in the kids bedroom and watched TV with the others - I did get a bit concerned to find him playing with all the girls toys at one stage!!