Audrey and Tom
29 August 2011
Remember
22 August 2011
Cherish your cherubs - week 1: Recording
Thomas – 7 years, 5 months and 25 days.
*Loves soccer, swimming, the Smurfs and his sister.
*Likes Spongebob, Mario Bros., Superheroes, AC/DC, Masterchef and Merlin. He has taken a recent interest in Harry Potter.
*Suffers from severe Monday-itis.
*Talks a LOT – even in his sleep.
*Loves his hair, but had it cut this week when told he looked like Justin Bieber.
*Sells chickens and guinea-pigs.
*Hates vegemite and meat. Loves chocolate (Belgian) and fruit.
*Has an itch to travel and explore: he cannot wait to go to London, with Perth and Tasmania also on his ‘to-see-list’.
Audrey –22 months, 23 days.
*The most beautiful, funny and entertaining girl for 22 hours of the day. She needs one whole hour to wake up in the morning and one hour to fall asleep at night.
*Is crazy about the Wiggles, whom she calls ‘Anthony and Greg’ (our DVDs are pre-Sam).
*Has one dozen babies (dolls, teddies, etc) whom she cares for.
*Sings all the time: Row your boat, rock-a-bye-your-bear or Three little ducks.
*Stays home with me on Mondays and goes to day care two days/week and to Mary’s two days.
*Is crazy about shoes and dresses. Wears bright colours very well.
*Has the most amazing hair, but screams every week when it is time to wash it.
*Says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’...
10 August 2011
Spring clean-up
It’s that time of year again – Spring clean-up. And, here ,it means the kids’ wardrobes need sorting out. This is when my pile of empty nappy-boxes comes in handy. One box of too-small-for-Tommy-but-not-worth-keeping-for-Audrey, one box of too-small-for-Tommy-and-may-come-in-handy-for-Audrey, one box of too-small-for-Audrey-straight-to-lifeline, one box of cute-little-Audrey-clothes-I-cannot-bare-to-part-with-yet.
And here’s the rub! WHAT do you keep FOR-EVER!??? Next year, I will look through this box and halve its size, until I have maybe 1 piece left. There is the cute little outfit Aunty Katrien got in St-Tropez
before I even knew I was having a girl, but I was already calling my unborn child Charlotte. (We have such confidence in our gut instinct in my family! And we change our mind about baby names more often than other humans!) Will I ever part with that? At the moment, I think not!
Tommy had this gorgeous jumper (cashmere, I think, and 150 Euros!) that I will treasure forever. And his first Birkenstocks! Will I ever let Audrey wear them? Undecided as of yet. By the time she fits them, something new will have come our way.
And then, there are those nice (but not great) size 10-dresses I keep in the back of MY wardrobe. They went out of fashion 8 years ago. I am sure I never want to be seen in them again, but I will keep them for yet another year, just in case, maybe, this is the year they will fit me again. And that thought is just too exhilarating.
Time for chocolate!