Saturday, October 11, 2008
Quick one!
He can't click his fingers yet, but he came home from Daycare just before his birthday to show me how he could hop!
He is getting much more interested in dressing himself "all by myself" and now is putting shoes on, as well as just taking them off. I am letting him choose what to wear (with the obvious consequences that sometimes it is the Batman PJs, or the Lightning PJs all day. But he then is really happy about what he wears, so there are lots of compensations. The Daycare touches are wonderful. On Friday, in the park for Finn's birthday David took his shoes and socks off. I found them up on the climbing castle. He had neatly tucked his socks inside the shoes, just like they are told to at Daycare. Then he and Katie and Celestine got naked and ran around a lot. Which is of course another story!
Katie is back and they were so happy to see each other - David had been calling out to her all the way to the park, even though she couldn't possibly hear him. Definitely partners in crime. Katie wanted David's water bottle (as usual) and David wanted to share (as usual). He also is really noticeably playing much more with other children, not just beside them. It is especially noticeable when you see Liam, who is six months younger, and reminds me of what David was like at that age.
Well, we will see what this week brings. Lots and lots of chaos on world markets - definitely will be different for his generation growing up, rather than the current Gen X, Y who have never really known hardship. I just hope the important things continue though - peace, clean air, clean water, clean food, good health. When I hear about the food & milk contamination in China, the dreadful hardship in Zimbabwe, Somalia and Sudan I do realise just how lucky we are!!
Friday, October 03, 2008
Birthday season!!


Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Party season
Friday, September 19, 2008
At last! Another update



Saturday, August 23, 2008
Batman!



Saturday, August 09, 2008
What comes next?

Attached is a photo of David with his Spiderman hat, still a favourite after over eight months. He still has milk in a bottle in the morning and night, but drinks everything else out of cups and straws etc. A bit of a comfort thing, I think. You can also see the big boy shoes and big boy trousers.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Just another week

Thursday, July 17, 2008
Man of Action




Thursday, July 10, 2008
This week - what's been happening



Monday, June 30, 2008
Grandad


Howdy and haircut


Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Camera is back!

Thursday, May 08, 2008
Some more photos
Update
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Bookcase & books
Friday, March 28, 2008
More Catch up
Monday, March 24, 2008
Cats etc in Wagin
Uncle Steve also has a cat, Ted. Ted had no doubts at all about David. As Steve said, he was convinced that David was a bogeyman, and behaved accordingly. I saw Ted a couple of times, but David only saw him disappearing into the distance.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
David and the gun and the motor bike
This week - and Easter - lots happening.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Catch up photos - January 2008
This is the carousel or mery go round at Darling Harbour. It has the old fashioned steam or pipe organ music, and horses and sleighs for riding. David & I went into Darling Harbour on the light rail, then played in the fountains (his feet were really wet) then had two rides on the merry go round. The first time on the sleigh, then this second time on the horse. David had a great day.
This second photo is of David playing with his Duplo train set. He is older and playing a lot more constructively with the Duplo. Of course it really helps if we play too .... And it is a lot more interesting. We make trains, farms, zoos, and I add the fences, flowers, trees and other girly bits! One of the best things for him still is the noise when he tips up the whole box of Duplo onto the floor.
The new year - and how life is sometimes
Saturday, March 15, 2008
after Christmas
Monday, March 10, 2008
Christmas 2007 and a photo at last!
Even now (in March) he still really likes a model 30's Chevrolet vintage car we bought in Moonee Ponds, which he chose himself from a car and cigar shop. The doors open backwards and the dickey seat opens.
Reg was very quiet and tired for most of the holiday, but enjoyed David, and David enjoyed showing him things, and helping operate grandad's chair. David was very gentle with him, and very cautious when grandad was asleep, so as not to wake him.
David was out of the highchair on this trip and sitting having dinner with us all at the table. Generally he was sitting between grandad at his new chair, and me. One night we had takeaway roast chicken, and chips. Well, David discovered chips (in a big way). He had a few on his plate, with the rest of his dinner. He ate those, saying "chippies" over and over and then happily stole the majority of mine, off my plate and then stole grandad's chips. Chippies is a new favourite. We suspect that he has been trying a few somewhere else recently, because when I tried him with them months previously he said he didn't like them!
That is all for now. I will try to cover more territory chronologically in the next little while.
Monday, March 03, 2008
March already & starting daycare
It went well, but he is not sleeping well - he is yelling out at me from bed as I type this.
David went from 10.00 am to 3.00pm. He didn't eat the food, but he did have a short sleep. He liked the toys - he played in the sand pit, and with two fire engines and a digger. We came home to see Dad before he headed off to Brisbane and Perth for just over a week. After a long bath, a play, a DVD another play and two long books, he should be sleepy..... But perhaps not.
As well as a couple of trial visits before Christmas and one in January, we went twice last week. David went it alone for half an hour last Thursday, and had his nappy changed by one of the girls.
He is enrolled for three days a week - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. He likes it and all the toys. We will see how long before the novelty wears off.
I am hoping to have coffee tomorrow with someone from Zurich. Wish us luck!