Impromptu picnic

We headed out to our local forest for an celebration of sunshine, and a walk in the park.

Training the monkey within

We tried a holiday gymnastics class - Bronte absolutely loved it, and we are signing her up. The rings under the house have developed those ab muscles, as Bronte easily did all the lifts and holds. She also did her first set of monkey bars - racing across them. I know she will be too tall for Olympics, but a backflip was always on my list of "things I wish I could do" (along with being able to kick a soccer ball correctly).

Oldest / Youngest

Cato's only attention window from me is between the kids in bed and me in bed. Zach, on the other hand, is quite happy to pay "kitty" a whole lot of attention. The pats are getting softer - and the time together is getting longer.

Princess superheroes

They were princess superheroes - racing around the house with their hooded towels on. Incredibly cute. Note Zachary's magic suit - this fitted him at 4 months - it still fits him 14 months later - thanks NGXQ!

He didn't start the fire

Zach picks up every likely stick for the fire, wherever we might be. Tonight he got to help Dad start the fire for the first time.

First kiss

Zach has been blowing kisses for a while, but tonight he gave me his first real smooch. It did happen after he threw a book at my nose - but the resulting kiss was worth the swollen noggin.

Open for business

The Family Ross shop opened for business today. A general store, also a nice spot for a coffee and cake.

A mouth not big enough

When too much spaghetti is never enough.

Rolling with a roar

Making pizza dough in his lions jersey - that is definitely our boy. We put the jersey on him for the first time today - he loved it - kept pointing at the lion and going "rrooaarh!" (for good measure, the lions won as well)

Winter?

On a gorgeous winters day we revisited the beach park up near Shorncliffe. Several photos were taken - however, as the kids stripped down pretty quickly, most were not appropriate for public eyes. It is a great park - with a beach with rock pools, and an awesome playground.

The solo man - Zach likes to jump waves in his own space.

Bronte in jeans. Worthy of a photo.