A Quiet Week

Genna caught gastro this week (the flu basically) which was terrible - so she spent a lot of time just relaxing on her little sofa.

But she did make a little bit of time last weekend to play with her new cleaning toy :)

Happy Easter

Two weeks ago your daycare had a 'dance party bbq' at the end of the day on a Friday (they hold one of these 'parties' every couple of months so the parents can meet each other - I love this place - so community'. We went inside to play a bit first - you LOVE this zebra - it bounces up and down and turns around - like a bucking bronco.

Outside I got a picture of you sitting next to your friend Sana. You had fun at the party - mostly because you LOVE the hot dogs they serve (you had 3! you kept going up the table and putting your hand up and saying More Please!). But we also had fun dancing though too - you liked bouncing around to La Vida Loca!!

Last week you and I weren't feeling great - so had a few 'tt' days (what you call TV). You LOVED watching Lady & the Tramp from aunty Joni. Lots of cute puppies!

And then last Friday - the big event - Dada came home!! You ran out the front door and gave him a big hug when you saw him. You then didn't let him out of your sight for the rest of the weekend! Every time he left the room you'd yell at the top of your lungs DADA!!!!

On his first afternoon back we took a walk down to the neighborhood park

Fun on the slide with Dada

You LOVE this slide because it is long, but not too fast

Neigh!

Riding the rocking 'horse'

Bubbles back at home

Taking puppy, baby and baba for a ride in the stroller

We also had a lovely day at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden with Steve, Selina, Clara & Amelia

You LOVED how good Amelia & Clara were at blowing bubbles!

Easter Sunday we started by making cookies together for the first time

You started playing with the dough like play doh though and breaking it off into tiny pieces

The Easter shapes were SO cute!

Then Aunty Helen came over and set up a fun egg hunt!

WOW - first egg found!

View from inside your cabin

Ohhh another one

Cute bunny shirt from Grandma & Grandpa



And a cute ducky basket from Nana & Granddad!

Shaking the eggs is fun!

Ahhhhh I LOVE it!

Too fun

Then it was time to decorate!

SO much fun

They turned out beautifully (and tasted SO nice!)

After you nap we went to another local park and you loved swinging with Helen

Bunny Skyping!

Doing your best home alone impression with Dada - ha ha

Your new favorite hiding spot

I also made cupcakes for our special visitors this week (who love Spiderman!)

Zephyr & Lennox! They came with Mom Cassie to spend the day with us which was great fun.

Later in the week you impressed Grandma & Grandpa on skype with your musical skills

and you impressed Mama by eating your new favorite vegetable - broccoli!
Yummmmm

Your second Easter Egg hunt happened later in the week with your friend Isla

The two of you had fun putting the little wooden eggs through the screen door vents as well, because they would fall out of the bottom - very clever :)

We also had our third swimming lesson this week. Oh my GOSH do you love it - you have a HUGE smile on your face the whole time. This week when we arrived I said look Genna - the pool - we're going to go swimming! You said SWIMMING and took off running for the entrance fully clothed :)

This week your new favorite saying is Washing Hands. You love saying it, even while pouring milk from your cup onto your hands for fun!

A fabulous Easter Break for sure :)

Busy Busy

Dada went away on a business trip last weekend - so we headed out for some fun activities to keep us distracted from missing him so much!

Baby chino at the mall - you LOVE these - SO fun!

And a fun trip to Taronga Zoo - ohhhh koalas

Look at the koalas Helen!

and a giraffe! (I think this is really the first time to the zoo that you have understood what you are looking at - you were SO excited)

and elephants!

WOW! There was 3 baby elephants too

And a bunny to pet in the kids section

And a blue tongue lizard - ewwww (you were happy to just watch and not touch!)

After the zoo we went to Manly and had a special treat - ice cream

Cold - but yummy

I LOVE it Mama!

All dressed up for St. Patrick's Day!

Just one minute while I finish my granola bar :)

Happy happy lady

Breakfast in my Vikings shirt

Singing one of her new favorite songs....

The Wheels on the Bus !

The wipers go - swish - swish - swish

After work/daycare one day we decided chalk outside would be fun!

Look - I even colored my face!

Ohhhhh I LIKE Mama's new iphone!

Hello Dada - I miss you!

This week you have started saying 'mine' - oh dear.....

Sometimes you will clutch something to your chest and say it over and over.

The other morning your were NOT happy when I woke you up. You were waving your arm at me with an open palm saying 'NO - STOP' then 'NO - SUN' when I turned on the light. I knew you meant it was too bright from the light, so I turned it off. But I kept talking to you - saying we had to get up and get going. You just kept saying NO STOP, so eventually I started saying YES GO. After I said it a few times you got so mad at me you cried - opps! This morning was lovely though. You woke up half an hour early and starting yelling MAMA, I went into your room and you reached up and said 'CUDDLE' I asked you if you wanted to come and cuddle in my bed for a few minutes and you said 'YES - BED.' So so so sweet :)

As of this week you LOVE broccoli, you say 'Bock Lee' , I was so happy about it that I took a video :)

Sing sing sing - you are LOVING singing this week! Your songs are Mary had a little lamb, Twinkle Twinkle, Happy Birthday, and the Wheels on the Bus :)