Over the weekend

We went to the beach.
Again.
Summer is almost over.
Ben went for his first real swim. Other times we just touched his toes in.

(kick, kick, kick)

Annmarie swam and pretended to be a mermaid in the sand.
She also ran into a kindy friend.
Good times

Pigs and Hearts

Valentine's Day was simple. Annmarie and I made some hearts over the weekend. We stayed in and had a pork roast for dinner. I probably make this pork roast once or twice a month. We get two good meals out of it. It makes for great tacos. I also cut out some watermelon hearts and Jamie brought home some flowers for us. And like every year we listened to the taping of The Pretenders concert we went to on our first date twelve years ago - aw.

Over the weekend

We blew bubbles.
Walked down to the beach on Saturday. Yes, Ben is wearing Annmarie's sunnies.

Attempted to see some dude play music at The Arms, but left because he didn't show on time. With two kids you can only wait so long.

Went to the rock pool on Sunday. Ben liked it. Annmarie was a little fish, she also insisted that she walk home with Dad. She made it all the way up the hill! I thought for sure she would start complaining, but no - she thought it was fun.
Finished the Hunger Games trilogy and made baby food.
And made an early Valentine dessert.
The End.

Lately

What is going on?

We've been settling into a good routine around here after summer break. Annmarie's in preschool three days a week. The other two days she is taking a dance class and swim lessons. Ben has a solid routine going on. Ben and I meet up with a great group of Mums and Bubs on Tuesdays. I'm trying to exercise a little bit more, even took a Mum and Bubs class and I try to walk down the beach when the weather permits. However the cappuccino that I get at the beach probably doesn't help the effort. The weather can't seem to make up it's mind. One moment it's sunny and beautiful, the next it's raining. Apparently it's one the wettest summers on record - it's been crazy. If we see the sun we head for the beach, because in a matter of moments it could change.

Here are just array of pictures that I have taken recently.

Australia Day. The sun finally came out late afternoon. So we headed down after naps and enjoyed some swimming and sunshine. I even got in the water. Ben took his last little evening nap.
Another sunshine moment at the beach.
We put Ben's little piggies in the water. He wasn't so sure. And look at those legs! He's all chunk.
Annmarie modeling my hat.
The other day I had to get Ben up from one of his naps because we needed to be somewhere. I took a couple of pictures before waking him up.
We call this - Annmarie's dance hair.
Annmarie's not so little piggies. Still pretty cute in this picture, but most of the time they are filthy dirty and frankly pretty stinky.
I made these Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Muffins - very good. I recommend you make them. Recipe - here.
That's it.

Tiny Dancer

Annmarie started a new dance class - disco kids. The ballet times didn't work, she's cool with the change. And I swear her legs grew like a foot over night.

Happy New Year

A little late. Oh well. Some fun pics from 2011.

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