Feb 7th - Day 38

With the birthday party being such a great success, Tyler has a fixation with all things pirate - treasure maps, pirate money (play money), water guns, "pirate hats" and boats. This yesterday afternoon, he was playing outside and decided that his Mummy needed to be the "naughty pirate" and be squirted with lots of water while cleaning the leaves out of his pool. He is shown here filling this little yellow gun that was in his treasure bag from the party.

Shortly after this he was determined that he swim with his hat on and no swim wear - my son the original nudist :)

Feb 6th - Day 37

What a beautiful Wellington summers day....today we celebrated a little friends 4th Birthday (was yesterday) with a wonderful pirates and faeries party - so dress up was in order. A hunt through the closet, toy box, Christmas decorations and a trip to the local equalivant to the $2 store later and the result?


We had to compromise on the wings and sword - Tyler wanted pink wings - the end. So to make Daddy happy we settled for blue wings a sword with tinsel and a pirate get up with a touch of make up and a canteen bandanna from the dress up box. The other photos where better focused but this is the only one where he is actually looking at the camera and smiling.

Feb 5th - Day 36

How I have spent any spare minutes I may have these days - sorting, de-junking, packing and attempting to find both a new home and enough space in boxes for 3 peoples stuff. When we moved in 2yrs ago it was 2 adults a 1yr old and a couple of cats. Now 2 years down the track and it seems that a single 3 year old can have as much stuff as 2 fully grown adults and 2 spoiled cats! But as it stands this is part of our "spare" room. For the record - I really DISLIKE packing!!! Next time we will pay someone to come and do it I think. Only 4 days into packing and I am OVER it.

Feb 4th - Day 35

Another project completed..... I started this when we moved to Wellington 2 years ago, now 4wks from moving to a new home I have completed it. Frogs, lily pads and flowers all hand made by yours truely.

Feb 3rd - Day 34

A little late - I am laying blame on DP who had my car and the camera cable (in my glove box) for the day yesterday.

Wednesday's photo is Tyler and Simba enjoying a cuddle in the late afternoon. Simba is the cat who spent every moment possible while I was pregnant following me around like a lost puppy. Was always around at nap time and seemingly enjoys Tyler's company.

Feb 2nd - Day33

While the weather held out today it wasn't too hot so not really hot enough for swimming in the paddling pool. While I was making a cup of tea Tyler was entertaining himself with the pruning off cuts beside the deck. He asked to play with the water and as I was watching this was not a problem. He was soon engaged with his play and was "fishing". He has never been fishing and to my knowledge has only ever seen people fish on TV.

Feb 1st - Day 32

First of the month and a new moon on it's way out. In a vain attempt to show the beauty of this event at 10pm from our deck here at home with a slight shadow of cloud passing - I didn't really achieve what I set out to show, but thought this was a pretty interesting shot anyway.