Liquorice
allsorts is a candy and consist of a variety of liquorice sold as a mixture.
These are made of liquorice, sugar, coconut, aniseed jelly, fruit flavourings,
and gelatine. It’s not a candy I particularly
like, but it was June: a mixture of sad and fun, celebrations and
disappointments, and a getaway too.
Saying
Goodbye
We were the
first to say goodbye to Cynthia and it was heartbreaking. We had one last play at the park on a
Saturday afternoon and it was unfortunately rained out after 2 hours. There were many tears and just a great deal
of sadness. Eloise was stronger than me
and asked Cynthia before they pulled away if she could come visit their new house in America soon. She also assured them she would
send them a card too. It’s still hard to
read the books about friends moving away without tearing up.
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| Tom & Eloise |
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| Goodbye Calvin! |
Back in 5.
Gone to the Tropics.
Our first
domestic getaway in a few years! It
definitely deserved its own post (or 2!).
Read about it here.
Birthdays!
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| Face-painting at Dylan's 4th |
I was really
looking forward to getting into work… mostly for the quiet! My wonderful co-worker made this cake for me and
we also had a lunch out. Yum!
That night,
with Eden still sick we were stuck at home so we had Thai from our favourite
restaurant delivered. And finished it
off with cake number 2!
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| My super sweet 17 times 2! |
It's been raining... and raining... and raining in Sydney. After a day of being stuck indoors and watching cooking shows all morning, we decided to go for a drive to the Sydney Fish Markets. Eloise and Eden both loved watching the king lobsters and crabs in the tanks.
MissE is 4.5
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| Sydney Fish Markets (coral trout) |
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| Octopus |
MissE is 4.5
Mommy-Daughter Date
MissE asked
me for some mommy/ Eloise time and I happily obliged with the release of
Despicable Me 2 and Monsters University.
So one rainy Sunday, we left daddy and Eden home to head to the
movies. We had a lovely girls’ day out:
as a special treat, she was allowed to pick whatever she liked in the candy
aisle at the grocery store and I bought her the collectors’ cup at the movies. Post-movie (hilarious) we browsed the stores
and had a café lunch. At home, she also
had her nails done in rainbow colours!
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| Say Minions |
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| Rainbow manicure |
The next
weekend so daddy didn’t feel left out, she had a Daddy-Daughter Date with Mike
Wazowski.
Liar, Liar
It’s
started. We called Eloise and Eden for
dinner while they were watching TV together.
Eden went to turn off the TV, Eloise screamed and then Eden was in
tears. When we came into the room, Eden
was holding his arm crying. Eloise said
she did not touch him. We asked her at
dinner and she still said she did not touch him. We asked her if she was telling the
truth. She said yes she was. She did not touch him and her nose was not
growing.
The next
day, Eden got up before Eloise. He held
out his arm and said “Jie-jie hit arm.
Owie. It hurts. Jie-jie jai-jai” (naughty in Cantonese). BUSTED!
We asked her one more time about the incident and she finally fessed
up. She nearly was not allowed to go to
a birthday party later that day as punishment for lying.
(Un)fabulous Four... or another adjective
We almost got to the end of the month with no incidents of brat-titude but on the very last day of the month... it became seriously un-fabulous. I prefer a different adjective to go with four but I will try and refrain from using it. It stemmed from a week of refusing to nap during the day and blew up in Eloise's face as she sits in her room with nothing but a bed and her dresser of clothes. Another level naughty.
(Un)fabulous Four... or another adjective
We almost got to the end of the month with no incidents of brat-titude but on the very last day of the month... it became seriously un-fabulous. I prefer a different adjective to go with four but I will try and refrain from using it. It stemmed from a week of refusing to nap during the day and blew up in Eloise's face as she sits in her room with nothing but a bed and her dresser of clothes. Another level naughty.
Post-script: It turns out, Eloise was acting completely out of character because she was feeling sick! She had 2 home days and is back to herself. Whew!
Mr E is 23
months!
Almost-birthday-boy
is 23 months. Where has this year
gone? He is as cheeky as ever. When I ask his carers how he was that day,
the answer I tend to get is “mischievous!”
Unfortunately as 2 approaches, there is a significant increase in
tantrums over everything: putting on pants, putting on a hat and jacket (it’s
winter and freezing!), he wants his “moo cup”, he doesn’t want Eloise to sing,
etc.
He is very
good with using his words to form sentences like “I don’t want to” and “Eden
come too” or tell us when he gets hurt.
He asks us to “kiss owie” or “um-um baby feet” (eat his baby feet).
His favourites: singing! He loves to sing: We Are Young, Wheels on the Bus, Gangnam Style.
Another favourite is pre-bath nudie runs through the house. Unfortunately it’s a bit like having a puppy again because occasionally there are piddles and exclamations of “Oh dear mama! Oh dear!”
Wrestlemania
As Eden
approaches 2, he has been learning about time-out the hard way. He is a boy.
He is rough and likes to wrestle.
Eloise doesn’t help the situation because she thinks it’s funny until
she gets hurt. The other thing he does
is while Eloise is happily colouring at the table, he picks up a plastic chair
and hits her over the head with it. All
of the above carry the penalty of time-out.
Occasionally we can get Eloise to pretend to cry and get Eden to check
if she is “right?” and say “sorry” with
a hug. This works 40% of the time since
Eloise can’t stop giggling.
Kids Playland
While daddy and jie-jie were at the movies, I took Eden to the play centre. It felt weird to be there without Cynthia, Calvin and Cam. Eden found it odd without his jie-jie but was soon having fun.
Me
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| He is definitely my son. He sat there for 30 minutes and sorted the broken balls out of the ball pit! |
With my work, I get to visit local hotels quite often. Here are some photos from my visits:
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| Sydney Harbour Marriott: cookie bar |
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| Lunch: fresh prawns and scampi, seafood ceviche (Not pictured: mock-tail bar, coffee cart, waygu & lamb pies, sliders, desserts) |
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| Alice in Wonderland chair at Curzon Hall |
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| Curzon Hall So I totally couldn't stop singing "Beauty & the Beast" while here. |
I did a
Photo a Day Challenge this month. Check
out the photos here!
And finally, in look what I made corner: I made a Snickers Cheesecake for my co-worker's birthday (fun fact: she made my cake for me! We kind of rock!)
Until next
time!
Preview: Eden
turns 2!
