shortened holiday

we were supposed to be holidaying in nannup and bunker bay resort
but when it came to bunker bay time mama and papa
decided to cancel that part of the holiday and come home early...
apparently we had a studio apartment in bunker bay which meant
no separate bedroom for me to be laid down to sleep earlier in the evening
and it would have been too hard for them to keep quiet from 8pm onwards
(why do they always lay the blame on the poor innocent one?!)
so we decided to come home sooner and enjoy the sunshine
(to her chagrin mama gave up her planned head-to-toe facial-massage-foot-spa!!!)
hopefully we will get to the royal show sometime this week...

here is an (evidently) impromptu self-taken family snapshot
and yes, i spent most of the time in nannup
chomping on my fingers - must be back-molar-teething-time

jungle boy

one evening
after my bath
papa dried my hair
and it came out
looking like this
they laughed
and laughed
so hard
cause it looked
so feral
and mama
said i resembled
the disney version
of mr r kipling's
mowgli...
*sigh*

see you later alligator

the folks are
being brave
and have decided
to take a short break
down to nannup
all this week
so here are
some of this week's
blogs in advance
and i will see you
next week with
my new adventures...
that is
if we survive
going bush with james!

strollin' strollin' strollin'

i am getting good at pushing my stoller
up and down the path to the house
notice how adept i am at u-turns already?!!
all this practice is making me a highly confident speed demon...

i am the sandman

yesterday whilst playing at floreat beach
mama brought along my bucket of spades
and hoped i would actually play with it on the beach
since it was a little too windy down there
i played with it next to the picnic table
and was rather engrossed much to her surprise
hopefully this augurs well for summer beach action!

p.s. check out my $5 target mock-crocs

p.p.s. can you see the scratches on my legs from all that clambering about?!

cake-monster

another glorious sunday at floreat beach
and we celebrated mama's birthday belatedly
with a picnic with godma, godpa and megan
as soon as godma cut a slice of
home-baked birthday cake onto mama's plate
i swooped upon it like a starved seagull and scoffed the lot!
mama was too stunned to do anything...

happy happy joy joy

this evening whilst returning
from our walk/jog
we happened across
a lady who said that
she had just passed the
childcare centre and they
were throwing out old toys
so mama insisted on having
a sticky beak and dragged
papa along
(much to his reluctance)
anyway mama was
over the moon
when she spotted
amongst other bits and pieces
this pink doll's stroller
(lukie eat your heart out!)

she has been hunting around high and low trying to find me
a bargain version to bash about as i love pushing them around
but was just never lucky enough
so you can imagine her whooping, skipping about with sheer delight and joy
at finding a freebie with the added bonus of having nothing wrong with it!!!
aaah.. what great karma... we must send it out back into the world...

more mowin'

it's spring time
these days
and with such
glorious weather
what else
is there to do
but pretend
industriousness
and help papa
mow the lawn
and destroy
the shrubs?!!

ye ol' light-handed one

dear steph
it must be something
to do with our
developmental stages
because just like
little lukie
when i come across
other children's
possessions
i automatically
presume it's a
big-sharing-world
and i can take off
with their things...
i just cannot
comprehend why ever

i would need to return them to their rightful owner
much to the embarassment of mama and papa!

yum yum

mama and papa
woke up early
on saturday morning
and decided to
bite the bullet
and go for
yum cha / dim sum
with me in tow
and we actually had
a pretty good time
i tried out some
century egg porridge
char siew pau dough
hot bean curd dessert
and coconut pudding
yummmm...
can't wait to pig out again

in her shoes

oooooh - got caught in the act
trying to run away in mama's shoes...

oh whaaaaaaaat???!

well, wouldn't you be absolutely, massively
peeved too
if you got given a hair-butchering like this ?!!

sunday glorious sunday

we had the good fortune of fantastic weather on sunday
so we headed to the floreat beach playground
mama and papa promptly got their shorts wet
trying to prevent me from hurling myself into the swirling surf
actually i was very apprehensive in the beginning
and hung on like a kling-on magnet to their hips
but after a while my daring bravado overcome the fear
and i had to be forcibly restrained...

ahhh... glorious spring is on the horizon

get them while they're keen

mama borrowed this for me from the toy library today
she knows i have a penchant for pushing wheely items -
things like doll strollers, toy wagons and lawn mowers
i can even enunciate 'mower' pretty well
err... do you think they're trying to tell me something??!

kissing cousins

mama loves it when i try and mimic sounds animals make -
that's how i seem to be learning about them
so how good is my piggy snout, hey?!

killing two birds with one leap

i just can't help it...
i'm at the stage
where climbing
is great for exercise
and strength
and perching
precariously
helps improve my
coordination skills
so i ask you
what better way
to achieve
a perfect balance
of physical and mental
stimulation in one go?!

when in trouble... exit stage left

this morning i flung my toothbrush into the toilet for the second time
(well i still can't remember if it sinks or swims... yet!)
and knew i was in big trouble
before mama could even admonish me
(she tends to oscillate between laughing her head off
and moaning in despair...)
i am getting good at running away
from the scene of the crime
but must get better at more speedy escapes so i leave no proof...

dad's day

today was the aussie father's day
so i woke papa up from his 2nd lie-in with his pressie

made sure he liked the special book mama and i made for him

and after a big smooch













we went and picnicked by the river and ran amuck

















and learnt not to trust papa with the camera...
(p.s. we love you so much - you're the bestest to us!)