The boys in March

Alex is an awesome big brother and is already including Theo in his games, which Theo thinks is so much fun. His whole face lights up when his big brother is around.

Theo learnt to clap after his big brother showed him how.

Playing in the car

And I'm not quite sure what Undie man is teaching Theo here...

Uncle Ali's 40th birthday

As we had all the family together we had an early birthday party for Uncle Ali's 40th birthday

 

Angus

Our cousin Angus has come over for a visit (bringing his mum and dad) with him.

He was quite excited to meet Theo, and thought Mackenzie was very funny.

Granny got to have cuddles with the two boys.

And then we had a 1/2 birthday party for Angus as he was 6 months old and we didn't think many of us would get to Australia for his first birthday.

Handsome devil!

One of the kindy teachers is getting married in the holidays so this week has been all about weddings at kindy. Alex did get married to Summer, but by the next day he didn't have a wife as she'd married his best friend, which he didn't seem too bothered about.

On Friday they were to have the big wedding ceremony and everyone had to come in their best clothes - here is our handsome devil.

Theo thought the hat was pretty cool - and thought he might do a song and dance routine with it.

Alex's watermelon

Alex has been growing a watermelon with Grandad Johnston.

He very proudly took it to kindy on Tuesday for shared fruit day and told them all about how he grew it. He says it tasted delicious!

Thanks Grandad!

Yay we're finally eating!

Mr Theo has been trying a bit of food since he was six months, however he has been less than impressed. Shuddering whenever he tasted something, avoiding the spoon and having a sore tummy after, but tonight we let him help himself to some roast veges and he enjoyed putting them in his mouth and then decided to polish off the baby apple we'd had with our roast pork -using three spoons to get enough in.

He has also got very excited about water - not out of his own bottle, but as soon as anyone fills up a glass, his legs start to kick, he grins and grabs for it.

On the move!

Right on seven months, Theo decided to get on the move. His big brother and sister were never ones for rolling on their tummy's as they were generally sore, but Theo seems to be willing to try in pursuit of all those lovely toys that get left just out of reach.

In this photo, he was left lying on his back on the mat, and this is where he ended up.

February 2014

Theo has been enjoying fun times with his big brother and sister.

He can now sit up pretty well, so can play more games - he particularly likes his lids (from Aunty Leah) and playing ball - he seems to have quite a good kick on him.

 
 
Bath time with his big brother is also pretty special and so far he'd much rather splash around in the warm water than in the cold swimming pool.

Theo also got to meet his Great Aunty B - he stayed up especially and even gave her snuggles.

Amazing Alex

Alex is our amazing superhero. He is the most wonderful boy. He loves kindy and is so full of confidence these days. He has fabulous friends and loves to stand up in front of the class and share 'news' with his class.

He is an incredibly loving boy who loves to tell his mum that "he loves her with all his heart" and will always pick her flowers (even if they are dandelions!)

He is however the child who
 is always likely to need medical assistance - here he is with his suspected fracture - turned out to be just a sprain.

This week he won the trophy for being a good friend at kindy

And learnt to make his first cup of coffee for dad.

Alex you are awesome and we love you with all our hearts!

Mr Theo - 6 months old

Hi everyone, Mr Theo here,  I thought I better update you on how I'm going. I'm now 6 months old. Mum took me for some injections this week (not impressed!) so I got weighed and measured. I'm now 9kg and about 70cm long.  I'm a very  happy wee chap and don't mind running around to all my brother and sister's activities - possibly because I think that they are the greatest people in the world. On the plus side if I get no decent sleep during the day I seem to sleep very well at night - up to 10 hours. Luckily for mum my brother and sister normally help out by making sure she still is up at least once a night to one of us.

I'm doing lots of talking - Dad swears that my da da da da's include daddy and mum would swear that when I'm upset in my cot I say mama but my favourite thing to do is squeal. I particularly like it when Alex joins in and we have a squealing competition and then giggle.

Mum has tried me on solids, but at the moment I'm less than impressed and I'm trying to avoid any food going in my mouth.

I can sit up, with a bit of help, and I like to play ball.  I'm also quite fond of sucking my thumb now I can find it and I have a very special way of telling mum I want milk - I grab her ears and pull her mouth onto mine - luckily she gets the message pretty quick!

My brother and sister are teaching me all about super heroes, even mum is getting very educated on who is who.

And today I have the best new trick in the world - I can move! I've figured out that if I roll and roll and roll I can get all the way across the room stealing toys along the way.