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The End of an Era

It's been a while since I have posted here. I am using a combination of my new blog and facebook to communicate now, and sadly this blog,as a result has been neglected. Rather than half-heartedly reviving it, i think I will send this little blog off into retirement. It will still hang around, there is nothing I love more than flicking back through the archives. But I wont be posting anything new on here.

So, if you liked what I write, and you want to see my new blog, head here:

http://www.actinglikeamama.wordpress.com

It's a bit more of a mix of all the things that interest me, so it may be your cup of tea or it may not be.

You can find me on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/actinglikeamama

or facebook:

http://facebook.com/actinglikeamama


Who knows, there may be space for this blog one day, but for now, it is having a long rest.

adieu

Claudia the Creeping Caterpillar

Check out her moves here!

The Walker

Life has been pretty quiet around here. And there has been very little photo taking. The batteries ran out of the camera, and well, getting to the shop has been the last of my priorities!

Anyway, while doing the grocery shop this weekend I actually remembered them and promptly took them home and popped them in the camera. I only then had to come up with a photo-worthy activity.

This was Dantes walker when he was little. It's been sitting in the shed waiting for Claudia to grow big enough. She is still young for it, but her strength is pretty amazing so I thought I would pop her in for a little bit and see how she liked it.

She loved it. I think Dante loved it more. Being able to spin her around and around, sending them both dizzy with excitment? fear? who knows!

Anyway, she loved it enough that my job this weekend is to give it a good clean up and bring it inside. It gives her a good view and is an excellent thing for Dante to interact more with her by showing her the various buzzers, being able to make eye contact etc.

Shilo shuddering, rememebering that this machine only helps the babies move quicker

Claudia having complete trust in her big brother.

"weeeeeeeeee!"

Claudia showing off her hairdo - The Kramer

Claudia pleads to daddy to get Dante to stop as she is too tired to keep going.

new blog update

Want to see me sing a lullaby to my baby girl? except that I am not singing, and i spend most of the clip trying to stop her from pulling my hair. seriously.

http://actinglikeamama.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/just-like-karaoke-but-not/

let's not talk about my easter, tell me about yours.

We are having some tough parenting struggles at the moment, something along the lines of my baby boy is turning into a testosterone fuelled little man and I was totally not prepared. yeah. something like that. So, that may explain the absence of photos. as well as the absence of any little cute stories to accompany said photos.

I leave you with the above. This summed up our easter weekend. chocolates and tantrums to excess. coincidence much?

semi-update

If there was one word I could use to describe the last few weeks, hectic, would be my first choice. Things have just not slowed down - We have had family come and stay, Claudia's christening, preparing Joe for his OS trip (off to Las Vegas with work) and I am undertaking two uni subjects, of which no assignments have even been looked at by me and one which is due next week!

So this post is short and sweet. I am hoping to get some photos from my mum and when I have time will do a post on the christening, so these photos are just the last week.

First up, these were little gifts from my mum to the kids for easter. When I hopped out of the shower the other morning, I saw that Dante discovered their hiding place and had appropriately placed one on his head, and one on Claudias.


Our big thing this week was moving Claudia from her bassinette to the cot. She is moving and shaking the bassinette so much we were getting worried about it's stability so we polished down Dante's cot and moved it into her room once Joes parents left. Dante has had a ball having Claudia share his room for the past weeks and it's a shame to break them up but the cot wont fit in his room unless we break it all apart (too lazy for that) besides, it means I get to make Claudia's room as girly as I want!!

Anyway, the other day Dante woke up from his nap, I could hear him talking and playing. Usually he comes straight out to the living room to give me a hug (he is like me and it takes him several minutes before he is fully awake and able to communicate in a human manner). Anywaym curiostiy got the better of me and I went to his room to see what he was up to. He wasn't there. I was stumped. Then I heard chatter in Claudia's room. This is what I found (see how far she moved? she does that every sleep, often ending up at the other end of the cot, often on her back).




And the next sleep:



So we have had to talk to Dant about how he can't go in and wake Claudy up while she is resting. It's a big no, no.


Finally, I crossed one thing off my life challenges/bucket list (well not really, but it is something I promise to make every year but never do). I made hot cross buns today. Haven't tried one yet so don't know how they turned out but they sure do look good!!




I will post more once uni assignment #1 is finished and sent off! Until then, adieu.