Monday, August 25, 2008

Brrrrm Brrrrm



Max was a very lucky boy on his birthday and received a few fun-looking things with wheels that he can ride. At the moment he is having the best luck with the trike from Grandpa and Grandma, since his legs touch the ground and he's figured out how to make it go. If we go out in the backyard and he sees it waiting to be ridden he points at it and goes 'oooooh!' which is very cute.
Once he gains more confidence on it I'm sure there'll be no stopping him and he will tear around the house and backyard on it, as well as the other rideable toys.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Playtime at the twins' house!

Apologies for the long break between blogs, but we have been having massive problems with our internet over the last month or so. It is currently working again - yay! - but is very slow. At least it works though.

Anyway, Max and I went around to visit his cousins the twins the other day since it's been a while since they saw each other. The girls and their Mummy have both been quite sick for a while and we didn't want to risk catching it so thought it safer to stay away. In the meantime all of the little ones have made good progress.
Elke is quite good and steady at walking now and has been for a little while. She is the smallest of the three and looks very cute walking around. Gabbie has now started to walk as well, although still a bit unsteadily and just for short distances. Gabbie's talking and comprehension has been improving really well though, and she now can tell you what cows say ('mmmmm') and point at different colours and body parts. Max can say 'all gone' quite understandably, as well as 'dada', and his walking is also coming along very well.

The three toddlers all had fun playing together. Max and Gabbie chased each other up the many flights of stairs in the twins' house, since Max has just discovered the joys of climbing stairs and thinks it is great fun.


Once Elke woke up the three of them had lots of fun out on the deck playing with the pegs, the washing and the cats.

They all got along really well with each other and really enjoyed the playdate. Hopefully they continue to be good friends as they grow up.