The highlight of the last month was by far our little girl's first day of Kindy! Marlborough State School was lucky enough to secure a position on the Kindy Pilot Program which allows Heidi to attend kindy at the school five days a fortnight. A just three years old she seems so little to be carrying her backpack through the school gates. However, a opportunity as great as this is not to be missed so as I dropped her off on her first day there were no tears (from either of us), she just said "Don't forget to take Lewis home Mum"! Heaven forbid Lewis should stay and cramp her style!!!
Heidi is lucky to be able to share her schooling years with her cousins, Wade and Jake. They eagerly greet her each morning and no doubt have been showing her the ropes of their little school. These kids are third generation Marlborough State Schoolies.
In other milestone news, these cheeky monkey cut his first tooth. Ten months old now! He is crawling around as fast as he can, pulls himself up on everything and can walk along the furniture.
This ratbag has decided he doesn't like having his photo taken and evades the camera every single time - except this one!! He has been a bit lost without Heidi, but is slowly getting used to it. Being able to go with Dad has helped ease the pain of not having his sister home to play with. Rhys has also been copping a lot of Lewis' attention now which is not always ideal and often ends in tears!
It's branding time so we have been helping a little bit. The kids were initially very scared but have slowly warmed to the loud noises, strange smells and general hustle and bustle that is branding. They always start off viewing from afar but after a while they get in on the action. This early introduction will hopefully see them be an integral part of the branding team in years to come.
Plenty of smoko's lately have been enjoyed 'on-site'. The kids love going out to see what Dad and Poppa are up too. Their antics keep everyone amused and their continual questions keep everyone on their toes!
The perils of eating in the great outdoors is that sometimes you get dirt on your rockmelon......but you eat it anyway.
We got a new motorbike. Lewis was very happy. When David pulled up with it on the back of the ute, Lewis yelled "Thanks for my new motorbike Poppa!!" Then he turned Darryn and said, "Dad I want to go ride my new motorbike."
It's going to take a few more branding sessions before you have earnt yourself a motorbike little boy!!
We have been enjoying 'beating the heat' with afternoon swims in the dam. I love summer!
Other than that it has just been general mischief and mayhem in this little household!
