Some of Sydney's Last Moments

If there's one thing we'll all miss about Sydney, it's buying and eating mangoes by the tray.

Lily's Little Tricks

So Lily is walking like crazy these days. If something is more than a few seconds crawl away, she'll walk. But she's still kinda delighted in the act of walking. She gets a buzz out of just wandering around the room, and then wandering back again. Lovely.

Though blurry, here she is with two of her favourite accoutrements: Oliver (her teddy), and the blanky teddy.


Just in the last couple of days we've noticed that Lily loves, and is extremely good at, drawing. She holds the crayon really well, she loves changing colours, and she manages pretty careful control of the crayon, too.


(By the way, that's her I like my picture being taken, but I don't like the flash smile).

Creations

I'm continually astounded by the way Noah's little mind works. Just speechless at times. He loves recognising patterns, matching colours even across different shades, he's learned to use the word 'similar'...

Here's a little creation he made when Kate left him to play by himself with Lego. Tetris power!


For obvious reasons, the shape of a cross is something Noah's learned to recognise all over the place. But next time your kid runs from the kitchen with a packet of fettucine in hand, you'll know what you're going to be facing.


At other times, he just plays it cool wearing mum's sunnies.

Horsing Around Together

The kids still love knocking around together. In fact, increasingly, Noah speaks of himself and Lily as an 'us'. Phrases like, 'Show us what you're doing!', 'Can we have some?' They're joining forces :)






Increasingly, Lily is able to manage a bowl on her own (rather than just an item or two on her tray). But Noah still loves being 'the feeder' for those times she's not allowed a whole bowl. He sits next to Lil' at the table, and whenever she's out of supplies, he hands her some more.

Lily eats three Weet Bix for breakfast. She'd eat more, but we've gotta stop somewhere.