Macey is growing teeth still. She is constantly scratching those cute little pixie ears and screaming. Boy can she scream. Aside from the loud screaming and squeeling at oft times of frustration Macey is pretty smiley and just generally happy. She is a real go getter. And I mean the literally jumping out of my arms to play with River and trying to actually stand up and look at what's in that big bucket kind of go getter! Yes she really is crazy (in the best possible way) She is ALWAYS on the move fully crawling everywhere. If she sees a crumb that sparks her interest across the other side of the room she makes a straight b line for it. She is just full of life and fun. We just all absolutely adore her. Speaking of adoring Macey my sister Stacey has been texting me all week counting down the days till we come and visit this weekend haha. We are excited to and can I just say how nice it is to have someone that excited to see us. Although when I say 'us' I know it's mostly for the kiddies :) Ok now make note of how you feel when you look at the gorgeous baby girl in these pictures...
Awwww especially this one. It's my favourite!
Since having Maceydor I have learnt that my mother and my sisters all do a really funny thing when we see something that is ADORABLE.
First off our hearts start pumping and then our teeth clentch followed by a partially audible squeal because we're keeping our mouth shut to not alarm too much. It's pretty funny. But what's even funnier is I think Macey actually knows what it means. It means "You are just sooooo cute and I love you sooooo much there aren't words. Only squeals" haha
"Somebody's gotta nail that girls fins to the floor" ~ Sebastian
hehe. Can you see where i'm going with this? lol.
Moving now onto River's news. He has started 'Joy School' a rotating kindy with two other gorgeous little friends Kylee and Riley. (pics to come of their adventures) And I am very pleased to be sharing the teaching with their very awesome mother's Chelsey and Melanie. Joy school is twice a week on tuesday and thursday and this week Mel is the teacher so it is at her home. River is loving it and so am I. The lessons are awesome and so are the songs. I find myself singing them all the time. It is just so awesome to see how much River is learning. This week we have started the module of obedience and they learnt to put their hand up in Joy School if they want to say something or ask a question during the lesson. So tonight we were having family council and River kept putting up his hand. So cute. We explained he didn't really need to do that at home, that that was something for Joy School but we appreciated his manners all the same. haha.
We have decided that River is going to be a great many things. Here are some of the things he's told me he wants to do when he's bigger and be when he's grown up. Wants to be an electrician (like his Dad :) Bronco (not the horse but on the rugby league team. I'm not going to push for this one. Don't really like the idea of seeing bruises all over my boy) a romantic (talks constantly about how he's going to marry one of his friends. And then sometimes says he's going to choose between so and so and so and so. I guess he might have his pick of the bunch he is a rather sweet kid after all and has been practicing his smolder for us) a surfer, skateboarder, tennis player, mathematician, guitar player, sword fighter and that's about all I can think of right now. As far as career goes Jimmi and I are thinking he'd make an excellent lawyer. His negotiating skills are impecable!
So here we are holding up our tools, practising the trades. River helped Daddy start building a garden bed and also helped plant and water the seeds. He gets sooo excited about how they are growing I love it.
In January River climbed Mt Coolum with Daddy, Uncle Josh and Auntie Hannah. He had an awesome time and Jimmi said he loved taking River up there and wants to do it again :)
Something else cute River has been doing lately is trying to sing ‘Do re-mi’ from the sound of music. It’s quite a classic.
Macey I can tell already responds really well to music and I love seeing her little face light up when I start singing
River is very into playing games with the whole family any chance he gets. It's usually an re-enactment of a movie (this week Lady and the Tramp 2) or duck duck goose. That gets hard to play with just him, me and Macey. haha. The neighbourhood boys are also a great source of playtime for Riv. They are all older than him though and sometimes their play gets out of hand for River so i've really had to monitor everything and set boundaries and River has responded really well to this. I love how when I call him and say it's time to come home he drops his stick (or whatever he's playing with... usually a stick) says "See ya!" to the boys and comes running home. That really makes me smile :)
You know what else makes me smile when he eats ALL his dinner and asks for more. This happens when he hasn't had any afternoon tea. I need to remember to keep him busy during this time on other days so he doesn't realise he's hungry until he actually comes to the table. I loved how tonight he said "Oh Mum this is really really good."
I think "Words of affirmation" must be my love language because I love it when they tell me how much they love my cooking :) I think Jimmi's appreciative-ness has rubbed off on River. Jimmi's favourite says at the dinner table have always been things like "mm hmmm" "delicious" "this is so good." Tonight it was "oh I LOVE food!" Yep food is definately one of his love languages. I think that comes under "Acts of Service". Jimmi loves taking photos of food as well. I remember his mother saying that when he was a young boy he was a bottomless pit. I don't think too much has changed. Although since taking this cleanse that we're both doing we have both not needed as much food (i've always been a big eater as well).
Jimmi played volleyball in high school and has pretty much been looking for an indoor team since he left but the nearest one is over 30 mins away. So he is fulfilling that need with a coaching position at his old high school. He had his first lesson today and he said it was great. There are 19 boys on the team and two of them are his cousin's children. I'm pretty sure Jimmi will make an awesome coach. I think he is a really good role model and also a good teacher because he's patient and explains things in as many different ways as he can until someone gets something. And not to mention he is a bit of a freak of nature and can lay the smack down on a ball like i've never seen. Honestly i'm not even kidding Jimmi could have been AWESOME at any sport (well mostly any sport) Like football. He could have got a scholarship at any american college cause boy can he throw those American footballs like nothing else. And baseball. Have you ever been in the outfield when Jimmi gets up to bat. I'm telling you people it's scary. And he's got a pretty good tennis arm and i'd say some impressive basketball skills. So what i'm trying to say is... He's got a lot of natural talent to be good at sport and i've got no doubt in my mind if he really really really practiced at one of those sports he would totally have excelled. I'm talking big time. I don't claim to be an expert at sports but I know what i'm talking about here ok :) I'm wondering if River will have any of the same natural abilities? He picks up a baseball bat and holds the ball in the other hand, holds it up, drops it and makes a decent hit. I think that's not bad :)
Jimmi got himself a tennis racket for christmas with some vouchers and he the Australian Open got him pretty excited as well. So he's been playing almost any spare chance he could. Particularly when he was on holidays over Christmas break.
Well it's getting late but I know there's plenty more to update with! all in good time :)
Happy Playing