I've learned over these last few weeks that, mysteriously, having a child in 'school' (Kindy) all of a sudden makes great demands on your time. I didn't think it was quite this full-on but oddly enough, having to get Emma to Kindy (all of five times a fortnight) has made life so much busier. It's an interesting phenomenon. It's helpful to me though, you see, I LOVE sleep (Yes, I too think of Proverbs 6 when I say that "How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.") But, I digress (and repent!) so getting up early enough to keep ahead of these two kidlets has been the next learning curve for me! But the children seem to be loving this next stage of our lives.
I have certainly enjoyed Williams company without his sister around. (Is that OK to say in the public forum?!)
Today we did some gardening and afterwards had a moment to recuperate on the kitchen floor. I asked him to smile and in typical fashion he rather refused for a time. He absolutely LOVES to kid around.
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There's a shopping centre near Kindy which provides (for a ridiculous fee) the hire of these shopping trolleys. He adores having time to 'drive' the car. I can't successfully have the children BOTH in the presence of the car trolley, as you can imagine. Thankfully, although William is learning to speak amazingly well, he can't quite tell Emma that he used the car trolley without her. Give it a few weeks though and our secrets will be all exposed to her!
The big girl turned 4 in February. She had a "Playschool" themed party, hence the Jemima cake. My friend, Delia was a wonderful help in making this cake - I had my wrist in a brace (long story, still to be fully experienced in order to be told) so I needed her to do lots of icing-rolling for me! In the end the cake looked wonderful and we had a very pleased 4 year old. Despite the rain that was threatening our afternoon at the park!
We went to Emma's favourite 'Piggy Restaurant" for dinner. It was fun to celebrate her birthday as a family. We are so blessed.
These two love watering the flowers we planted when Granny G visited. Emma is able to turn the tap on, but she made a grave mistake a week ago when she allowed her little brother to hold the other end . . . . incase you're confused, it resulted in her running away screaming "NO WILLIAM, DON'T WATER ME!" Hee Hee.
So here's something interesting . . . . my son . . .on a motorbike . . .
. . .that belongs to his father.
My neighbour said "what did you let him do!?!?!?" to which I replied "I didn't!" My official line is that I said "I'd rather you didn't but it's your choice"
All that to say, he now rides a motorbike. He looks very intimidating in his bikie gear! But he loves it.
