Catch up 3

We have been making good use of our Zoo pass, Celeste doesn't enjoy being strapped into the buggy, instead she likes to follow her big sister up hill and down dale. The main thing is that they are both worn out by the end of the visit and we spend lots of time when we get home looking at our animal books and talking about what we saw (and Celeste gives us sound effects as she now has quite a repertoire of animal noises).

We enjoyed a family trip to MOTAT last weekend, Stella summoned up the courage to board the tram, and Celeste as usual went along for the ride with no protest. Here she is eating her tram ticket while hanging out in the backpack, she was pretty tired by this stage so not too many complaints about being carried.

This pic of the girls drawing is one of my faves. Celeste has just started to do more than just eat the crayons and pens, instead earnestly copying Stella and doing her own scribbles. They are becoming good friends and Stella is a very protective and caring big sister, Celeste gazes at her with such admiration sometimes it brings a tear to my eye.

Catch up 2

Another random collection. Two pics of Stella with Mouse the dog and Smudge the cat. We made a much anticipated visit to the Aunties house to see their two dogs and two cats. It was a rainy day but we took the dogs for a walk. Stella is quite nervous around dogs so Peanut stayed in another room however Mouse is a gentle wee dog so Stella got some practice at petting her gently and then sang Away in the Manger for her and Aunty Kath.

Stella playing hairdresser with Celeste who is surprisingly compliant (most of the time). Celeste playing on the fold out couch bed when Nana came to stay as Mark was away. Celeste getting very messy feeding herself.

Catch up 1

Oops, have left it a bit long between posts. Busy time, more bugs, Mark working from home in the evenings meaning no laptop for me. Anyhoo, here are some pics and if I can remember, a bit of commentary to accompany them.

Here are the girls modelling their Halloween tops from Poppa and Grandma Cindy. We have been having fun with Skype talking with them, Stella likes them to pull scary faces and stop when she points her finger at them.

The warmer weather has been slow to come, it took me a while to spend Celeste's birthday money, finally settling on this cool water play table. Both girls have been enjoying it, especially when bubble bath is added to the mix.

Stella has proved to be quite industrious when the mood takes her, she helped Mark clean up our barbecue.

The final pic is of Stella modelling a crown we made her one afternoon when Celeste was asleep, we picked the flowers and stuck them on, then for some reason she got annoyed with it and it ended up in the bin. This happens a fair bit when things don't go right with her art work or writing, she seems to be a bit of a perfectionist already.