Hi-5

Today Amaya went to her first Hi-5 concert. She was one of the youngest there, but one of the best behaved. I could not believe how well she sat. We got there just before starting time and had a to wait a little bit, which was when Missy Moo decided that she wanted to walk up and down our aisle. But when the music started she sat on my knee and didn't move until about half an hour later. She clapped and got very excited when she heard the theme song for Hi-5. Her face lit up and bopped to the music. The wait for the concert was definitely worth it. The new members of Hi-5 are also just as competent as the others and the concert was so much fun. We had a blast!!

Our holiday adventure

Mark and I have both been on holiday, but we haven't been able to grab some time on our own. So I thought that as a late wedding anniversary present, that we could go camping. I found a beautiful site at a place called Port Victoria, which is about 2 hours drive.

Mum took Amaya on Thursday and we headed off. The temperature in Adelaide was 41 degrees and when we arrived at our destination, the temp was about 43. We needed to set up the tent, but I almost fainted as the sun was so incredibly hot. We had to put the air con on in the car to keep as cool.

By 5 o'clock the tent was up, and we went to the beach to cool off. The water was delightful and we loved it.

Mark put some meat on the bar- b for tea and we sat in the tent and had tea.

After a relaxing evening, we went to bed to the still, quiet sounds of the calming water below........ then, 2am everything changed. The wind began to shake the top of the tent and woke both Mark and I up. We closed the tent windows and thought that the wind would die down. It got worse. I woke at 6o'clock to see Mark holding the tent up, stopping it from falling on me.

By 6.15am we had decided to abandon our luxiourious accomodation and thought that we could find somewhere else to stay that night. When we packed up the tent, the wind was soo strong, that it threw me. I laughed so much. We had breakfast in the car and slept for one hour while we waited for the caravan park office to open.

We travelled to the other side of the Yorke Peninsula, to Port Vincent. A sheltered spot, which had a pontoon for the kids to jump off and calm waters. We set up tent on the beach and after a cappucino, spent the day on the beach.

We came home, set the tent up in our backyard and had a wonderful night's rest. We then went to market 190 at McClaren Vale for breakfast and then picked up Amaya. It was a great time.

Uncle Paul and Auntie Chris

We have had the pleasure of more overseas visitors!! (We love getting visitors with Pommy accents!) Amaya has had a great time getting to know them, and uncle paul especially has enjoyed making a mess of Amaya's face when feeding her. He has taught her how to lick out of her yoghurt container when she is finished and has also tried to lure her to drink cordial from a glass!! Hmmmmm, maybe not such a good idea Uncle Paul- but she loves it!

Have a look at our photos.

Amaya is finally walking!!

Firstly, sorry for not blogging- the last couple of weeks have been extremely hectic. One of our biggest milestones with Amaya has happened, she is finally on the go- and I mean really on the go. On Christmas Day Amaya was dressed in a beautiful Christmas dress for church, but when we got home, she got quite frusttrated because she couldn't move around init. So I changed her and before I could put more clothes on- she became quite agitated, so I put her on the floor in a nappy and singlet and said " ALright then, Missy Moo- you do it!" So she walked from her room down to our kitchen where Mark's mum was standing. We were all amazed that she could do it!

She has had a few falls with the bruises to go with it, but she isn't too afraid of an ice pack- so thats good. We will need to get a harness, though, as she is beginning to not want to hold hands because she can do it. I can hear the words "I do it", being popular with Amaya. But its ok,l shes got 2 strongwilled parents, so i think that we will win!!