Here we
are, 4 months into 2014 already. April
was a busy month with MissE finishing off her first school term, Easter and
Anzac Day, and a camping trip too.
April Fools’ Day
At the
ripe age of 5, I thought it was a good time to introduce practical jokes to
MissE with the ol’ biscuit switcheroo.
She didn’t quite get it but hey, I tried.
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| Biscuit switch - I switched the contents of her cookies & crackers |
Playgroup
We
checked out a new park with the playgroup this month. They had a great play until the skies
opened. Gotta love April.
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| Ryde Park |
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The Great Outdoors
We went
on our first family camping trip this month.
You can read about here. Trust me… it's a good!
EASTER!
“....if
chocolate melts in your hands, you are eating it too slowly”
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| Easter Morning pancakes |
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| Easter Egg Hunt |
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| Found one! |
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| Funny faces! (cousin love) |
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| Happy Easter! |
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| My solution to too many Easter eggs: triple chocolate mousse |
Let’s Go Outdoors!
For
most of April we had beautiful summer-esque weather. During Easter weekend, we visited Bobbin Head
in the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and Chinamen’s Beach in Middle Harbour
(Mosman) for some sunshine.
Bobbin Head
A
gorgeous little spot... we packed a picnic and our fishing rods for the
day. We didn’t end up fishing with the
numerous walks (Gibberagong Track / Mangrove Boardwalk ) and HUGE playground on
offer.
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| Scribbly Gum Tree |
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| Eden showing us where the crabs were |
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| And having a closer look... |
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| Climbing rocks! (We ran into Eden's buddy, Ari, from swimming) |
Chinamen’s Beach
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| Picnic & kite flying |
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| Eden pondering... |
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| Beach time: fun with sand sculpting Eden's racing car |
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| SPLASH MOUNTAIN! |
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| Daddy thought he was going to relax in the sand… until Eloise showed up! |
And
when the weather turned towards winter, we headed to Bar Italia (Leichhardt)
for a pasta fix.
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| Breathe, buddy! |
MissE
Easter Hat parade
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| Enjoying Easter donuts |
End of Term
She did
it! She made it through her first term
of school. She spent most of her
holidays with OSCH. They did lots of fun
activities – bowling, Big Blast, and mini-golf with a few themed days in-centre
as well. I wasn’t jealous at all. She also had a sleepover at her cousins’
house.
Unfortunately
she spent much of school holidays fighting a cough which is still lingering at
time of writing.
Yellow Belt
Yellow Belt
Eloise has another belt! This time, yellow. Go MissE!
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| Eden is proud of his Jie-jie |
MissE Says the Darnedest Things
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| Yes, we do. |
Mr H
took both on a field trip to IKEA for inspiration (all will be revealed,
hopefully in May) and meatballs. I
always say the IKEA and the supermarket play the best music (guess I’ve gotten
old?)
MrE: Stops in his tracks. I hear “Let It Go!”
MissE: Singing loudly. “The snow glows white on
the mountain tonight, Not a footprint to be seen, A kingdom of isolation, And
it looks like I’m the queen”
Woman
A: Turns and smiles.
MissE:
“The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside, Couldn’t keep it in,
heaven knows I tried”
Woman
B: Your daughter has a wonderful voice.
MissE:
What did she say, daddy?
Daddy:
She said you sound just like Elsa.
MissE: SEE!
I TOLD you I sound just like
HER. And you think I don’t!
MrE
It was
an up and down month for Mr E. On the
‘Up’, his speech is fantastic and he is also very polite. He always says “please”, even when it’s a
no. “No, please”. We rarely have to ask him to correct him when
asking for something; always “Can I please… Can you please…”
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| Representing NORCAL |
MrE:
Daddy, where is mama?
Daddy:
Upstairs
MrE:
What is she doing?
Daddy:
I don’t know.
MrE:
Can I go upstairs to see, please?
Unfortunately
it means that him and Jie-jie get into arguments quite a bit. They usually end in him saying “BLAH BLAH
BLAH” to her because he is simply tired of listening to her talk. That makes us laugh.
And he
is up for a good laugh. A bit of a
back-story on this one, MissE couldn’t pronounce “boobies” for a long time and
she always said “doodies” so…
MissE:
Mama, today was the first day Mrs.H didn’t have duties.
Me:
Sorry, WHAT?! (given the back-story)
MissE:
She usually has playground duties and didn’t have them today.
In the
background, we hear a little person “Hee hee hee hee”.
MrE:
Jie-jie said “doodies”.
The
‘Down’ MrE does not like to stay in bed.
He is definitely not as bad as Eloise was… I shudder thinking back. Without fail, he gets up 30- 45 minutes after
going to bed. It’s usually because he
needs to use the toilet (which is good) but seriously, the kid just went
(before and after bath).
Me
Yay! Date night… Soft-shell crab & papaya
salad and an Australian advanced screening of Divergent. I enjoyed the movie so much; I didn’t even mind
the teen girls clapping every time Four and Tris touched.
{MissE
and MrE were thrilled to have Miss Charli babysitting them too.}
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| Our favourite dish: soft-shell crab & papaya salad |
I spent
most of April with a man cold. I am happy
I had the flu shot because this cold was a bad one and with horrible timing, I
had an event on at work which meant that there was no rest for me! I am finally just feeling back to normal in
the 2nd week of May. Here’s
to May being a healthy month in our house!
Crafternoon
As we settle into 2014, one of my on-going and
now long-term goals (I’ve had this goal since Eden was born!) has been to clean
up my craft room. As I have started
clear my pile of the kids artwork (which I photograph and turn into photo
books), I found wedding photos (ahem, 9 years ago), house building photos (this
one is okay since we are still working on it… just been in for 5 years), and
nearly completed baby books. It’s a big
task ahead but pleased that I am finally completing a few sewing projects here
and there like this wet bag.
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| Reversible Pinafore for Baby Gabriella Sol (love her name). Her mum is a British ex-pat so the neon double-decker buses and Beefeaters were perfect! |
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| Finally done… sock monkey fabric and a shower curtain (PVC is expensive!) |
Until
next time…
