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 "A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014."

Harrison: You lost tooth number four this week!

Amelie: Who is in my bed?! Being a cheeky monkey and climbing into bed with Finley! (thankfully after he had woken up!)

Finley: 10 months old this week!

We seem to be gaining and losing teeth left right and centre at the moment with Finley getting two new teeth a couple of weeks ago and Harrison losing another this week.  He wiggled and wiggled this one until it was hanging on by one string!

The beautiful warm weather hung around this week and we've enjoyed our walks to and from school in the warm sunshine.  On the way to school there is a huge eucalyptus tree in someones front yard, it really is quite spectacular and always looks so great with the blue sky behind it when we look up.  I've never noticed flowers on the eucalyptus trees before but this tree is full of them at the moment and attracting so many parrots, the noise is incredible as we approach the tree and we stand and look to see how many parrots we can spot.  They must knock small branches off and we've been collecting them on the way home to put in vases as well as for Amelie to cook in her kitchen!

Autumn

  

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 "A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014."

Harrison: You had fun playing in the Autumn leaves and throwing them as high as you could and letting them rain down over you.

Amelie: You loved collecting all the different coloured Autumn leaves to take home and cook in your kitchen.

Finley: Your first ride in the backpack, its a good view from up there!

We had a wonderful Mothers Day escaping the city to the beautiful countryside of the Blue Mountains, apple picking and walking through the Botanical Gardens of Mt Tomah.
Although it's Autumn and very nearly winter, it certainly hasn't felt like it this week with lovely warm temperatures.  It's looking like next week is going to be the same!

Harrison had his first sleepover at a friends house on Friday night, he had been counting down the days all week.  Friday came and we raced home from school, he got changed and had his backpack on ready to go waiting for them to arrive even though they weren't due for another half an hour!  He had a fantastic time and we all coped fine! Haha! #myboyisgrowingup!

Mothers Day Apple Picking

My request for Mothers Day was to go apple picking in the Blue Mountains, about an hour and a half drive away.  Bilpin is know for it's apples and there are orchards everywhere.  Pick your own had obviously been a popular activity in recent weeks and there was only one orchard open on the weekend, it grew the Pink Lady variety.   We were so lucky to get a beautiful Autumn day and had a great time walking up and down the rows of trees picking apples in the orchard.  It was interesting to see the difference between Harrison and Amelie's picking styles, Amelie was all about picking apples as fast as you can and Harrison was very careful to find the biggest and the most red apples!
We treated ourselves to a piece of homemade apple pie for dessert after our lunch at the cafe!
The Blue Mountains looked stunning with all the Autumn leaves and we had a fun afternoon exploring the Mt Tomah Botanical Gardens and playing in the Autumn leaves.
I had a wonderful Mothers Day with my Three Little Dickie Birds!

Hot Air Balloon Mobile

I've recently finished Finley's hot air balloon mobile to hang above his cot.  I'm super pleased with the result as it certainly challenged my sewing skills!
Finley loves to watch the balloons float around as he goes off to sleep!

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014."

Harrison: You couldn't wait to pick Amelie up from preschool so you could see the chicks again.

Amelie: So chuffed with yourself holding a chick.

Finley: Peek a boo with Harrison.

Harrison and Amelie have loved the experience of having the baby chicks at Amelie's preschool.  They were delivered to preschool as eggs and over the last week they've hatched and grown so big and fluffy already! We were lucky enough to be there one afternoon picking Amelie up and see two of the chicks hatch.  We were all really intrigued watching watching the whole process and the kids couldn't wait until they were a few days old so they could hold them.  

Finley has had two new bottom teeth pop through this week with no hassle at all which has been great.  He has learnt to clap his hands and wave goodbye this week which is super cute to watch!

Ten on Ten: May 2014

"ten photos over ten consecutive hours on the tenth day of every month."

one / Rosy cheeks after cuddles in Mummy & Daddy's bed.

two / Getting ready for soccer.

three /Busted chewing on the bouncer straps!

four / Enjoying your soccer game, you scored 3 goals today!

five / Beautiful Autumn leaves on the walk home from soccer.

six / Lunchtime antics.

seven / Just chilling.

eight / Your arm is full of loom bands, we gave in to the craze this week and bought a loom.

nine / Bubbles to entertain your sister, you're such a thoughtful big brother.

ten / Off to our friends house for dinner.