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The box said it was big enough for two!! Originally uploaded by 3lilgreenthings

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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

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

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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

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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

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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 mudMaia makes a closer inspectionJoshua tries on a moss wigXander watches Joshua - I think that is

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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

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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....

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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

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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 fromYour Uncle Travelling MattHmmmmmm 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

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... I can do better???Yesterday afternoon Xander and Joshua were blowing raspberries on my tummy (great family fun LOL) and they both went to take a turn at the same time and clashed heads. So I had both boys on my lap crying their lil hearts out. Now Maia had seen all this happen and stood looking at the situation sort of quizzically. Then she started to approach Joshua. I thought 'maybe she is

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If you had told me 10 yrs ago that by the age of 34 I would be a stay-at-home Mum to three kids and cooking all our own food from scratch I would have laughed at you... okay so I am not a domestic goddess yet (and may never be one since I HATE ironing so much that Joshua actually notices that I have ironed his clothes and thanks me LOL - I know I have scarred him for life!!) but maybe I can

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This morning Joshua gave me a small insight into how the mind of a 4 yr old works. He told me he had a sore throat when he was eating breakfast so I got him some pamol for the pain. He sat quietly eating his rice bubbles and drinking his hot chocolate. Then he turned to me and said "The rice bubbles tickle the bad bugs in me so the pamol can catch them and put them in jail. And then when they

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Xander: "What a bore..."Maia: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..............."Joshua and his new friend(that menacing looking horn is as nasty as it looks...note how Joshua kept his distance in the photo LOL)Joshua on a stone near Huka falls - not sure if he is Sumo or Maori??Joshua jumping off the bouncing pillowWe had a wonderful time in Taupo. The only negative was the accommodation.Taupo Top 10 had

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Well after a couple of weeks of spots we know know that Xander (and Maia to a lesser extent) has a salicylate intolerance / sensitivity. So basically if he eats anything coloured or flavoured he breaks out in hives!! As a result Brian and I have decided to spurn processed foods and I will become the quintessential 1940s housewife. This weekend I have made yoghurt, baked bread, made biscuits and

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Xander is spotty!! We have been reintroducing dairy over the past week so I think maybe he is reacting. Not sure really... The Doc should give us a better idea tomorrow.With twins the chances of being woken at night is pretty high. Last night Xander had the best night in ages. So of course Maia had a shocker and woke every couple of hours. And in between her stirs of course Joshua woke up too.

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It is hard to believe that a year has passed already!! It is strange to think that a year ago I was sitting here wondering when I would ever sleep, shower or finish a meal again. It was about this time last year that we were coming home from the hospital with two skinny wee babies dependant on us for everything. Now those babies are chubby cheeky rascals who are rapidly becoming more and more

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Maia and Xander turned one yesterday and we had their big birthday bash today!! 34 adults and 16 kids piled into our place and had a wonderful party. The theme was Toy Story so Maia and Xander could model their gorgeous cowboy and cowgirl outfits Yumi's Mum sent from the States and Joshua was Buzz Light Year. A few of the other kids came dressed up too - Joshua H was an awesome spiderman and his

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Xander took 3 steps yesterday!! It won't be long before he is running around with his sister.A toothless terror no longer!! 9 days before her birthday Maia has cut her first tooth. It is just a sharp edge but still a tooth :o)Joshua tries out his "Happy Feet"Xander and ColbyMaia has a rare quiet moment

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A rare photo of Maia and Xander together

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Dad just rang to say that on the way to preschool Joshua was talking about Banana Birds...?? And Dad being funny said "And what do they eat?" Joshua gave him the look and answered "Well they don't eat weetbix"

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Well not for a while yet anyway... According to Joshua he is waiting until Emily is my age and then he will marry her and have babies. He will live in a house next to Mummy's with a bridge in between so that he can go out and leave the babies with me. Maia and Xander and their future partners will be in houses also neighbouring my property!! When I said to Joshua that he might find someone else

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Maia took her first steps today!!! She is 10 months 3 weeks old and beginning to walk already!! Yikes - what am I in for LOLShe is walking from room to room using the wall at the moment too. She will not sit!!BUT she is still toothless - wonder when she will find time to sprout some teeth?Xander is free-standing now but not for long and definitely not taking steps yet. I reckon next week at the

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Maia is a lil mountain goat!!! She can climb anything. In the past three days I have removed from the lounge... one mini tramp (Maia worked out she could stand on it and party), one cat chair (Maia worked out she could climb on it and then stand up and party) and one children's picnic table (yep... Maia worked out how to sit on top and PARTYYY!!) Xander is more interested in the cat than in

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