We were at the playground in Point Lonsdale and Josh is very friendly with the other kids and always introduces himself to everyone. There was a group of three girls (probably sisters?). One was about Josh's age and the next two were older. The two older sisters were trying to set their little sister up with Josh! They even got him to take off his sunnies so they could see what colour eyes he had, and they asked how old he was (where he went on and on about how is is three now but he will be four next week). They pushed their sister to try and get her to kiss him, they made her follow him down the slide together, and when we were about to leave she ran up to him and said "Bye, I love you". Then she ran off. I said to Josh, don't you want to say goodbye to your friends... "Nah, lets go home"
So cute, and so funny to watch.
Funny story number 2: Josh got given a Thomas plastic battery operated train set (it was a freebie too - so lucky to get it, its worth over $100). He was dying to play it yesterday morning, but it is too noisy when Kel is asleep.
Josh: I'll go wake Dad.
Me: no, he'll be grumpy.
Josh: Then you go wake Dad!
Me: No, then he'll be grumpy with me
Josh: I'll go tell Dad that Sam bumped his head!
Cheeky thing! Because the day before Sam stepped on a piece of glass and it was bleeding everywhere and I freaked out and told Josh to quickly go wake Dad. Sam had bumped his head, but it was nothing to worry about... but Josh must have decided that was a good way to get Dad up!!!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Josh's First Christmas 2007
Now I know that this wasn't really Josh's first Christmas... but to me it seemed like this was the first year he was really into it. He couldn't stop talking about how Santa was coming, and how many sleeps there were to go.
We wrote a letter to Santa. It said "Dear Santa, I have been a good boy. For Christmas I would like a trampoline, a camera and lots of Thomas's. How do the reindeer fly? Can I pat the reindeer? From Josh
If you would like to know how reindeer fly, there is a really cool website that tells you all about it!
We left out a plate of cookies and milk and some carrots for the reindeer.
The next morning Josh woke up, came out to the kitchen and started watching tv... about ten minutes later, he looked at me and said "Santa was a naughty boy".
The next morning Josh woke up, came out to the kitchen and started watching tv... about ten minutes later, he looked at me and said "Santa was a naughty boy".
I said "Why?".
He said "Coz he didn't leave me any presents".
Me: Did you look under your tree?
Josh: Which tree?
Me: The tree in your room
So he raced into his room to find a few matchbox cars and a chocolate Santa.
Then we were ready for the big Christmas tree in the lounge room.
He was just so excited about everything! He kept saying "Wow", "That's amazing".
After opening his scooter his comment was "Now I can scooter everywhere!"
The boys spend so long opening their presents and playing with them that we barely got time to send them outside to discover that Santa has left a present outside too! A 3m round, fully enclosed trampoline! They love it. First thing in the morning before breakfast and Josh is asking to go out for a jump.
We had Christmas lunch at Aunty Tina and Hunky Gordon's house. The kids had fun playing with water pistols.
Christmas Dinner was at our house. Josh started called Aunty Anna, Tickle, because she kept trying to tickle him while he was on the trampline.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Really bad blogger :(
I have been such a bad blogger lately - I'm so sorry!
(though nobody has complained, so maybe nobody reads anyway)
Here are some posts that have been sitting on my computer for a while now:
6/12: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Christmas is in the air... Santa is everywhere, the Christmas parties have started, the tree is up. How wonderful to be a child and everything about Christmas is like new! Josh doesn't seem to remember last Christmas, so he is very excited about everything - like it is the first time! He is really into Christmas this year, and very friendly with the many Santa Clauses he meets. He goes up to each one and when they ask what he wants he always tells them he wants more Thomas's! We had our work Christmas party at the zoo this year. It was a good family event. The carousel was running and Josh went on it a couple of times. Sam had to ride in the elephant - which is 150 years old! The next night we went to the Friends of the Zoo Christmas party (yes we went to the zoo two days in a row!!!) At this one we had a nice KFC picnic on the beautiful green grass as the sun was going down behind the trees. Josh went up to Santa and asked for Thomas. Santa gave him a gift bag. As we walked away, Josh opened his bag and was soooo disappointed that there wasn't a Thomas in it! It was so funny, but I felt so sorry for him! He truly expected to open the bag and get a Thomas!!! (They actually got a lunch box and drink bottle). The giraffes were getting ready for bed and we got to see them very close up in their 'house' as we looked in the window at the back. And we got to hear a very loud and long roar from the lions at the end of the day.
Monday we went to the city to see the 'Real Santa' at Myer. It was a huge line. While we waited, I took Josh to the Santa train (it's on a different floor this year). He also played with the Thomas table that is set up at Myer. Though I have to keep reminding him that they are not his toys, and other kids are allowed to play with them too. We finally got to the front of the line and Santa's Helper had a chat to Josh about what he was going to say to Santa. Josh told her that he was going to ask for more Thomas trains and a camera. I think he asked this because the girl before him asked for one... but he has been using my small camera lately to take photos of me, and the bbq, and the tree, and himself!
Josh knocked on Santa's door and we entered. Josh ran straight up to him, while Sam clung even tighter to me! We didn't even attempt to put Sam on Santa's knee... we just did a big family photo. I think it turned out all right! Then I asked and they let Josh sit on Santa's knee while I took a photo with my camera.
9/12:"Look at me! I'm a rainbow!"
That was what Josh said as he stood in the kitchen after his bath yesterday. He just got a packet of bath crayons and had drawn all over himself with all the different colours.
Pity he had already pulled the plug on the bath!!!
(though nobody has complained, so maybe nobody reads anyway)
Here are some posts that have been sitting on my computer for a while now:
6/12: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Christmas is in the air... Santa is everywhere, the Christmas parties have started, the tree is up. How wonderful to be a child and everything about Christmas is like new! Josh doesn't seem to remember last Christmas, so he is very excited about everything - like it is the first time! He is really into Christmas this year, and very friendly with the many Santa Clauses he meets. He goes up to each one and when they ask what he wants he always tells them he wants more Thomas's! We had our work Christmas party at the zoo this year. It was a good family event. The carousel was running and Josh went on it a couple of times. Sam had to ride in the elephant - which is 150 years old! The next night we went to the Friends of the Zoo Christmas party (yes we went to the zoo two days in a row!!!) At this one we had a nice KFC picnic on the beautiful green grass as the sun was going down behind the trees. Josh went up to Santa and asked for Thomas. Santa gave him a gift bag. As we walked away, Josh opened his bag and was soooo disappointed that there wasn't a Thomas in it! It was so funny, but I felt so sorry for him! He truly expected to open the bag and get a Thomas!!! (They actually got a lunch box and drink bottle). The giraffes were getting ready for bed and we got to see them very close up in their 'house' as we looked in the window at the back. And we got to hear a very loud and long roar from the lions at the end of the day.
Monday we went to the city to see the 'Real Santa' at Myer. It was a huge line. While we waited, I took Josh to the Santa train (it's on a different floor this year). He also played with the Thomas table that is set up at Myer. Though I have to keep reminding him that they are not his toys, and other kids are allowed to play with them too. We finally got to the front of the line and Santa's Helper had a chat to Josh about what he was going to say to Santa. Josh told her that he was going to ask for more Thomas trains and a camera. I think he asked this because the girl before him asked for one... but he has been using my small camera lately to take photos of me, and the bbq, and the tree, and himself!
Josh knocked on Santa's door and we entered. Josh ran straight up to him, while Sam clung even tighter to me! We didn't even attempt to put Sam on Santa's knee... we just did a big family photo. I think it turned out all right! Then I asked and they let Josh sit on Santa's knee while I took a photo with my camera.
9/12:"Look at me! I'm a rainbow!"
That was what Josh said as he stood in the kitchen after his bath yesterday. He just got a packet of bath crayons and had drawn all over himself with all the different colours.
Pity he had already pulled the plug on the bath!!!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Brotherly love
I thought I would start this post with a very nice photo of Josh and Sam on the swing together... before I tell you what Josh did to Sam today...
I got a phone call at work today from Kel saying that Josh had slammed the door on Sam's finger and that it was probably broken. It was hard to hear Kel though because I could hear Sam screaming :(
His finger was all squashed and bent and they went down to the doctors. I made my way home from work - I couldn't really do anything, but it was better than staying at work worrying about it. I hate those sort of phone calls. It left me very stressed with a lot of adrenelin pumping.
It turned out that his finger was ok. Apparantly a babies bones are very flexible. I had time to calm down on the train ride home, and they were still at the doctors, so I had a spare ten minutes or so to grab every train, every piece of track, every building and put them into a box and hide them away.
Josh didn't seem too worried at first. He even found a train that I missed and gave it to me to 'put in the bin'. But when I put him to bed tonight he was asking for his tracks back. And he told his friend Anne at Coles that I took his tracks away. I don't think he told her why though.
Tomorrow we will go and buy some of those door stopper things that prevent the doors from slamming shut.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Three little letters, one BIG word!
18/10
I read once that a two year old will ask "What?" and a three year old will ask "Why?". Since Josh turned three I have been dreading that three letter word! I almost banned people from saying that word in our house! And it worked... until last week, when all of a sudden we were being asked "Why?" to almost everything we said!
Josh tried to make a phone call yesterday to number 123456789. The operator came back with "That call could not be connected". Josh asked her "Why?".
Another new question is "What's your favourite?". Sometimes that is the entire question, and I had to explain that you need another word at the end of that sentence! For the last couple of days he has been asking everyone "What's your favourite name?". He asked the lady at the post office that and she had no idea what to say!
When I asked Josh what his favourite food was, he said Thomas cake (so I guess that second birthday cake has left a lasting impression!). His favourite tv show is Thomas - of course! His favourite colour is blue - because Thomas is blue. And then he gets sick of it and answers everything with "Nothing".
I read once that a two year old will ask "What?" and a three year old will ask "Why?". Since Josh turned three I have been dreading that three letter word! I almost banned people from saying that word in our house! And it worked... until last week, when all of a sudden we were being asked "Why?" to almost everything we said!
Josh tried to make a phone call yesterday to number 123456789. The operator came back with "That call could not be connected". Josh asked her "Why?".
Another new question is "What's your favourite?". Sometimes that is the entire question, and I had to explain that you need another word at the end of that sentence! For the last couple of days he has been asking everyone "What's your favourite name?". He asked the lady at the post office that and she had no idea what to say!
When I asked Josh what his favourite food was, he said Thomas cake (so I guess that second birthday cake has left a lasting impression!). His favourite tv show is Thomas - of course! His favourite colour is blue - because Thomas is blue. And then he gets sick of it and answers everything with "Nothing".
Friday, September 21, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
A Footy Team is Decided
This Friday is the breakup for kinder for the school holidays. So we get a note home saying they are having a football day and to wear your footy colours. So now we had a bit of a problem...
We have three football scarves in the cupboard: Kangaroos (mine), and Ablett scarf (from when Kel followed the cats. And this is talking about Gary Ablett Snr, not his son... but it was interesting that the scarf would still work for now.) and a Bombers scarf (from when Kel followed Essendon). Neither of us is really into footy any more, so unless Josh was going to wear all three scarves to school a decision had to be made.
First we started with favourite animals... but since there are no footy teams called the Giraffes or Zebras (!) we had to take a different approach.
I read out each of the footy teams and if Josh said he liked it I wrote it on the blackboard. We ended up with Bombers, Magpies (yuk!), Kangaroos and Swans.
Then we worked on favourite colours. He usually says that green is his favourite, but this time he said blue.
A little bit of analysis of colours vs animals and we ended up with the Kangaroos (It's all very technical isn't it!)
Grandpa will be happy!
And who knows, they may actually win a grand final this year!
We have three football scarves in the cupboard: Kangaroos (mine), and Ablett scarf (from when Kel followed the cats. And this is talking about Gary Ablett Snr, not his son... but it was interesting that the scarf would still work for now.) and a Bombers scarf (from when Kel followed Essendon). Neither of us is really into footy any more, so unless Josh was going to wear all three scarves to school a decision had to be made.
First we started with favourite animals... but since there are no footy teams called the Giraffes or Zebras (!) we had to take a different approach.
I read out each of the footy teams and if Josh said he liked it I wrote it on the blackboard. We ended up with Bombers, Magpies (yuk!), Kangaroos and Swans.
Then we worked on favourite colours. He usually says that green is his favourite, but this time he said blue.
A little bit of analysis of colours vs animals and we ended up with the Kangaroos (It's all very technical isn't it!)
Grandpa will be happy!
And who knows, they may actually win a grand final this year!
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