Well, I'm back. After 6 years I'm back blogging. Just a quick blog to see if it's still working ;)

Amaya and her new hairdo!

Last night Mark decided that Amaya needed a new hairdo in the bath. "Helmet hair" is what we like to call it!

She also has gorgeous hair when we blow dry it. Then she goes to bed and wakes up all curly. Love the curls, but love the blow dry look more!

Pizza with sprinkles

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Amaya's words

I love clothes
I love toys
I love Woody
toys
food
"bicky's please"
Counts to 5
Counts to 10 (with help)
Beginning to sing the alphabet song
Recognises these letter and numbers when we are at the shops:
b,o,r,a and 2,6,7
Elmo
puzzle
Woody and Buzz
spin around
Mister Happy

Words that we would like Amaya not to say:
Help!!
Stop!!
No
Don't

Our little fairy

Well, since her second birthday, Amaya has had an interesting time. Exactly one week after her birthday she got her first dose of gastro. She was sick for four days and lost quite a bit of weight (of which she has quickly put back on!). Then I got sick.....

Anyway, Amaya then began to get her 2 year old molars, of which we saw the Terrible 2s begin!! We thought that we had lost our beautiful baby, as all we were seeing was a quick tempered little girl.... HOwever, it has come to light that the little girl that we know and love has returned and she is just as gorgeous.

Her talking is coming along and she is beginning to join words together to make simple phrases. Tonight at tea we had "i love clothes... i love toys... i love Woody". She is also loving numbers and can count to 5 on her own and to 10 with help. She also loves the alphabet song and attempts it on her own.

She loves music and today we discovered the music of Peter Combe. Amaya's favourite song is about singing to the number 5! She loves it.

She also loves her bath crayons/paints and is discovering her artistic side as she is bathing. (We had to try something, as our grumpy toddler wasn't wanting baths!)

Her fairy outfit was one that we bought her on Saturday and she put it on while we were at Mums. She loves it!
(I will post a picture when i get one- for now there are some on my facebook sight)

Cath's and Amaya's Birthdays

Wednesday the 1st of October was my birthday and the following day was Amaya's. So we have had a very busy week. (Well, Mark has had a VERY busy week). He has worked hard to make sure that both Amaya and I have had great birthdays!

My birthday started with Amaya staying asleep until 8.30AM, so Mark and I had breakfast in bed. Then I had a relaxing day. The weather was 28 degrees, so Mark and I went to a nice part of town and looked in shops that we don't take Amaya into (Mum had Amaya). We got gelati and just window shopped, it was lovely. I then had a birthday tea with lots of lovely presents.

Amaya's birthday was similar, although Amaya and I went down to Brighton beach to have a latte and a bubbachino. We had a birthday tea for Amaya, with our closest friends. We all ate pizza and Amaya got lovely presents too.

I then had my proper party yesterday. A group of us sailed for a hour and a half along the coast line of Adelaide, eating and drinking. It was lovely. The weather was 20degrees, witha cool breeze. We didn't see any dolphins, but we did have a lot of entertainment on board.

So, birthdays are over for another year..... they are great when they come, but they go so fast.

Our picnic at the park and beach today

Today the forecast was 24 degrees, our warmest day this spring. So we decided to go to the park and have a picnic. The beach is just across the road, so when we finished at the park we headed for the "water". Amaya loves the water and if we had let go of her hand she would have ran into the waves. (If only she could swim).

She loved walking with her Daddy through the shallow (freezing) water. Amaya loved the waves splashing against her and this funny laugh kept coming out when the waves hit. I didn't have the camera, otherwise I would have taken photos.

But i did have the camera for the picnic, so here they are.

(Temperature actually reached 28!!)

Amaya and the ducks

Well, it seems like I have been taking lots of photos of Amaya over the past few days, and you might be wondering what else I do with my time..... Well yesterday (and completed today) I transplanted three trees in the front garden and completely weeded one side of the garden!!! (Whilst Amaya was asleep). I have also cooked a great lasagne with a secret ingredient AND a roasted potato and leek soup!

I have been busy. Mark did all of the washing over the weekend whilst i wasn't feeling well, so thats taken care of the washing (probably why i have extra time!)

Today after Amaya and I went to Kindergym, we went to a beautiful park to feed the ducks. It was only 11 degrees, so we dressed up for a typical Winter's day.....

Amaya loved feeding the ducks so much, that she helped herself to the bread! (It was fresh bread!)

Amaya today

Amaya's words for the week are:
Harry (harry and his pocket full of dinosaurs)
Hurry
Sorry
Amen
Row Row (for Row your boat) (this also has actions!)
Dot
Hat

Today Amaya and I did some painting using a paint brush. She totally loved it and cried when it was time to put it away and have lunch. We had paint on the page, a bit on her bib..... NONE on the floor and NONE on me!! She knew exactly what to do with the brush. She dipped it in the water, put the brush on a colour in the palette and then brushed it on the paper.

She also had a new beanie come today (its size 3-6 as her hair is so thick). It has velcro to hold it on!!!

Oh and we also love stickers........

Licking the bowl!!

Amaya has discovered that after mixing together ingredients, the best part is licking the bowl!

Amaya is such a good stirrer

Amaya can cook, again!

Today, I had Amaya and Mark helping me to make cup cakes. Amaya just loves helping and now she likes licking the bowl! She is so very helpful.

Amaya's latest word

Today we were at a friend's house where there were 3 puppies. We weren't sure how she would go, but she absolutely loved them. Consequently, Amaya's new word is puppy.