Another family portrait. This time mama (in the middle) gets teeth, ears with earrings, an almost anatomically correct nose and a huge diamond ring?? Dad is the little one on the left, with short hair and Willow is on the right with curly hair and long legs.

Team Work

We had our regular monday afternoon with Colin yesterday although it has been a few weeks since our last swap. To say they were pleased to see each other was an understatement. Colin even professed his love for Willow.  To add to the fray, Lily our wednesday playgroup buddy, soon joined in.  These guys worked together as a team making a fort out of building blocks and dressing up clothes. They played like this, harmoniously, for about 3 hours (an eternity for these little ones) without much adult intervention. It's hard not to feel a little redundant as it seems they need your guidance a little less as each day. I feel so fortunate to be able to watch Willow grow so much everyday.

 

Avi is 3

 Aviella, one of Wil's friends from playgroup had her 3rd birthday party at the weekend. All the usual suspects were there, although Eli and Liam were the only ones who were willing to stand still long enough to get snapped.

One final smooch at the end of the party

OMSI

What do you do on a wet sunday afternoon? Head out to OMSI of course.

 Learning about Nanoparticals

 

 

Graffiti

Our budding artist decided that the wall would be her canvas for this lil' ghosty guy.

More drawings

 Figure Series

Mama, Willow and Liam

 Crayon on Polystyrene

 Self portrait

Family portrait

Hanging with the Dyson's

We had Liam and Cordelia over to ours this morning for our regular friday morning swap. As always it was complete mayhem and impossible to get a photo of Willow and Liam together. Lucky for me lil' Cordelia was more than happy to oblige.

I do love seeing Cordelia in Wil's ole baby clothes

And this afternoon we ventured out to our local launderette (for the first time ever) as my washer conveniently gave up on us in the middle of night time potty training.  Three full sets of bedclothes in one night. It wasn't pretty. But i have to say that it was actually surprisingly painless, maybe even an enjoyable experience doing a little communal washing.

Drawing's

I have no idea when this happened. It seems as though, almost overnight, Wil's drawings have suddenly become a lot more human like. Gaining arms, legs, a body and even fingers and different types of hair in one fell swoop. I didn't really realize it before but drawings are such a tangible way to catch those developmental milestones.

Willow

Now that's what she really looks like.

First School Photo

 I love these school photos, the kids always look a bit bemused by the whole business.

Giddy Up Cowboy

I see Liam has been enjoying his new friend. I'm always pleased when a kid actually uses something i've made. I'll have to have a think about something for this lil guy's birthday which will be here in no time.

Children's Museum

We met up with Wil's buddy Claire from pre-school today for a little action at the Children's museum. We normally do a swap on a friday morning but our little buddies Liam and Cordelia have been sick so Shannon has been in hiding til they get better.
All the usual activities ensued at the museum, painting, sculpting and face painting, but with a LOT more gusto. The kids were so giddy to see each other out of school and had a riot and i managed to get a little adult conversation (for a change) with Claire's mama Jessica.

 Wrapped up in mama's cardie outside

Willow's 'But i don't want Claire to go home' face