The box said it was big enough for two!!

The box said it was big enough for two!!
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Joy

Joy, originally uploaded by 3lilgreenthings.

Joshua has had a great first term at school. He is reading a number of words now (20+) and his drawing is coming along wonderfully. He was awarded the Kiwi GYm Fun Badge Level 1 at Gym club and has almost mastered his level of swimming. He had his first game of soccer on Friday night as well. He had a tummy bug on Thursday so was pretty tired for the game. It was quite funny watching him.....there is the ball must chase it...ohhhh look at the clouds....oh the ball....wonder what is happening over there?.....oh yeah the ball....hey look I can cartwheel..... He was our lil space cadet on the field LOL. But his team won and he had a fun game which is all that really matters.

Maia is trying to make me go grey (like Brian LOL) She took a ride-on up on to the deck and fell down the stairs and bashed her head. We spent two hours in the A&E just in case but she is fine. It was quite funny because when the nurse took her pulse Maia could touch the pulse meter gadget and she reached forward to the power button to turn it off. The nurse was shocked LOL She said in all her years she has never had a child go straight for the off button. Ahhh thats our lil engineer :o)

We have had a break through with Xander and Maia's salicylate intolerance and they are eating a much wider range of foods now thanks to enzymes called no-fenol. They help their bodies breakdown the salicylates correctly and help stop overload reactions. You should have seen Xanders face when he ate grapes for the first time... pure ectasy!!!

Twins are funny to watch. Whenever I give Xander food he stands there and says "Maia?" and I have to give him Maia's too. He will then run to give Maia hers before eating his. However if Maia is given food she will take hers and wander off. Then if Xander is still eating when she has finished she will steal his. Xander is definitely the more thoughtful twin LOL

Best Effort

Joshua won the effort trophy at Gymnastics class this week.
As you can see he was thrilled!!

Long time no see....

WOW It has been a very long time since I blogged.

Joshua turned 5 in December and started school. I had to ask him for a hug on his first day as he was so keen to get on with it!!! I should have known it wouldn't be a problem when he kissed a girl in his class on his second school visit!! He has made friends very quickly and we hear an awful lot about a wee boy named Dylan these days.

He has a new teacher this year called Mrs Embling. She is lovely. The poor thing broke her foot in two places before the start of term though and was in a moon boot. Joshua thought that was great. Although one afternoon Brian and I were talking about her broken foot and then went on to talk about a car accident Brian saw and Joshua got quite cross and said "Stop talking about broken humans" LOL He has a funny way of phrasing things sometimes.

Maia and Xander (AKA Horrace and Dorris) are great. Whoever said the first year with twins was hard was lying!!! At the moment I think the second year is way harder LOL. They are definitely developing their individuality. Maia has a particularly cheeky personality and "No" is one of her clearest words. Xander is much more amicable (during the day anyway... don't ask about night time eekkk) and seeks out cuddles regularly. They both have a number of words now but Xander has the odd phrase ("want bubble bath") They both sign and say "more" very clearly LOL.

Maia is an absolute daredevil and knows no fear!!! Xander is hugely strong and can use brute force to get his way sometimes. They look for each other as soon as they wake up and have started giving each other cuddles and kisses. Very cute.

The twins are still on a restricted diet but I am waiting on enzymes arriving from the states that may allow us to increase the variety of fruits and veges they eat. I hope it works!!

Will try to update more regularly again now I seem to be getting a bit more sleep (hope I didn't jinx it ;o)

Welcome Ashlee Jean

Congratulations to Sarah and Paul on the birth of their new wee girl Ashlee Jean. She is very very cute and Joshua was quite taken with her when he met her at the hospital. Then he was very keen to go again with Daddy to "check she was okay" once she was at home. Maia and Xander are still to meet her but she probably needs a couple of weeks to deal with the big wide world before we unleash them on her hahahaha. I promise I am teaching them gentle hands!!!! I hope Sarah and Paul don't mind but I thought I would share this photo with you. After meeting Ashlee Joshua said "My heart is so happy with my new cousin" Our hearts are very happy too.

Mud glorious mud...

Today Joshua introduced the babies to mud!! Maia was most impressed but Xander kept to a safe distance. The only mud I found on him was applied courtesy of Joshua LOL. Maia needed no encouragement and quickly coated herself in a healthy layer of brown goo.


Joshua shows the twins how to slip in the mud

Maia makes a closer inspection

Joshua tries on a moss wig

Xander watches Joshua - I think that is his look of disbelief. Why would anyone want to play with mud!!

Xander: Keep that away from me!!

Ewwwww

Hmmm wonder if Mum is watching...

Xander running AWAY from the mud


Maia LOVES mud!!

Finally a shot of Maia and Xander together!!

Geodesic Fun!!

Joshua used some off his Christmas and birthday money from the past few years and bought a geodesic dome climbing frame from farmers today. It was $159 and is just awesome!! I think we will survive the holidays now hahahaha. He has been trying to climb and swing off everything so now he has somewhere to do that!!.Maia thought it was awesome and was swinging off it too. Next thing she flipped herself right over one of the bars and landed on her bum in a fit of giggles.... Wait is that grey hairs I see in the mirror? LOL

Sisterly love...

Maia shows her love for her twin brother in so many varied ways....for example the other night when we had to haul her out of the bath for attacking Xander and leaving pinch marks all over his torso!!

She redeemed herself the next day though when Xander was having a meltdown in reaction to having eaten mango. He was inconsolable and didn't want a hug but did want a hug but didn't....arrggghhh.... Maia grabbed his dummy and tried to pop it in his mouth. when that didn't work she went to his cot and got his bunny. He did accept the bunny and clung to it while screaming. Maia had obviously run out of ideas by this stage so decided to keep him company and sat so close she was almost sitting on him..Awwwww so cute.

Then later in the day when Xander was starving and screaming for dinner I offered them both a lil bit of bread to tide them over. Xander refused his and screamed louder. Maia ripped off a piece of her bread and popped it in his mouth. Xander laughed at being fed and ate it happily!!! Sister Maia to the rescue!!

How children hear things

It always makes me laugh listening to kids singing songs with slightly strange words or repeating sayings with the wrong words. This afternoon when Joshua was pretending to catch the cat (who had scratched him earlier so needed captured obviously) he pretended to throw a net and yelled "In the name of the NAKED wood I capture you" If you know Winnie the Pooh you would know that this was meant to be "In the name of the Hundred Acre Wood"
I had a good giggle.... and then I taught him the correct words....

Fraggle Rock 2008

Dear Nephew Gobo,
I went to Hawaii and I saw one of those bad silly creatures. Then it pointed a gun at me, then it shot at me so i grabbed that gun off it and shot back while I ran away.
Love from
Your Uncle Travelling Matt

Hmmmmmm this is what happens when Joshua pretends to be playing Fraggle Rock. But you know what if Uncle Travelling Matt was to visit many places in the world this would be close to reality... sad really....