Random Things From the Last Few Weeks

Early in February my beautiful mummy celebrated her birthday. We went out for a nice lunch near the ocean.

Here's my daddy with his baby girl - 

 Mum smooching on her number 1 boy -

 Such a bunch of cuties!

 We had some giants come to Perth from France as part of the ANZAC celebrations. There were THOUSANDS of people, and we were among them!
This is Paul and the kids at the train station.. you can just FEEL Jasper's excitement!!!

 Molly on Paul's shoulders - best view!

 This is the girl giant sleeping.. she snored and everything!

 Kissy face waiting for the girl giant to walk past..

 Jasper, still super ecstatic to be taken away from his XBox!

 More silly faces with my baby girl

 Here she is!!!

 Joy with my boy! (he is smiling under there!)

 Waiting for the Diver Giant to walk past

 Here he is! He was AMAZING and HUGE!

 My rainbow tiger at a friends birthday party!

 Another train ride, this time just the girls. We were off to see the Chinese New Year celebrations in the city.

 We saw two dragons having a "dance-off" on the street. 

 These dragons were very close to us, very loud, and the smoke was very thick (from the crackers they throw in at the start). Molly FREAKED OUT!

 This is how impressed she was..
She did really well, she looked at me and said "mummy, I don't like this, can we please leave?" so we went out the back alley and escaped!

 Some pretty Chinese lanterns

 Jasper was watching a football (AFL) scratch match with his best mate. He is a Fremantle Dockers supporter, and I will never know what I did wrong to have that happen... but I can't be too mad when the joy on his face is clear...

This is the reason for the smiles! All those signatures!!!

 We also went mango picking for the first time!

 Molly with her little mate, Harry..helping him over the driveway.

 With our great mates, looking for mangoes!

 Lots of green ones, not many with yellow tips, but it was still heaps of fun!

 And finally, how my daughter rolls... she is quite good at dressing herself these days.. today, she had on a flamingo singlet, some bright "party animal" leggings (self named, and handed down from her BFF), Queen Elsa shoes and gloves... She is happy and thinks she looks like a rock star. Who am I to argue?!?!

Thanks for reading!

Brooke

Back to School

School is back! 2015 sees Jasper in his last year of primary school, and Molly in her first year of full time schooling.

It is a big mixing pot of emotions for this momma..

I miss my kids when they are at school, but watching them grow and learn is amazing too! I have high hopes for this year!

We went shopping for new back to school things... lunch boxes, shoes etc.. My mummy came along for some company and decided to buy the kids their school shoes.

The philosophy of the school is they are an active school, so wear active shoes... 

exhibt A:

put your sunglasses on ;) 

 My little pumpkin all ready!

 My handsome man. Edging in on 12 years of age, and a wonder of hormones and attitude!

 He was not happy having a photo with his sister!

 Please don't mind Norman the dog in the background... taking care of business - oops...

 Jasper could not get away from us fast enough at the gate. I walked him to his classroom, but he was not wanting any mum time, so I left him to it!
Molly was happy to have mummy and daddy both there, and to do play-doh too! Woohoo!

 Look mum, I can go to the big girl toilets and wash my hands!

Day 2 is now complete, and both kids are happy.
Molly is tired, big days, and lots of learning, so early to bed.
Jasper just carries on like usual. Not much phases him at the moment!

Thanks for reading.

Brooke