Bop to the top!

NO not HSM, but Baby Boppers. Our girl has started dancing at our local dance school, in the Baby Boppers class. Its a school that allows toddlers to discover their inner Anna Pavlova slash Janet Jackson through hip hop, jazz, tap and ballet. The best thing about it is that students can carry on with private tutoring as they get older or continue on in the school, so if bubbi likes it she can keep doing it as long as she wants.

We went along today with our friend who told us about it, and as we enter the room our three kids decide its the perfect time to start crying and screaming, so instead of "hey everyone" I manage a "sorry about this guys" with a please forgive us look on my face, to which the kind strangers agree its totally fine, kids are kids.

When the class began Ash stood back casually just to suss everything out. She sized up the other little tutu wearing dancers and watched the teacher flutter around the hall like an over-sized Tinkerbell before she felt comfortable enough to let go of my hand. On the outside she seemed shy but on the inside I knew there were plenty of wriggles dying to break free. So cute.

When she built up enough courage, she let go of my hand and skipped around a bit until she realized she was out on the floor on her own, then quickly found her place again at my side. I gave her a little nudge to get back out there, but she wasn't having it unless I went. So out I go, me and another mum, and we agreed it could end up being a good work out for the both of us. I haven't swung my hips like that in the longest time, hahaha.

I suppose I'm glad there are a lot of things on offer for the little ones to get into before they start doing big kid stuff like going to kindy and such. I hope the dancing thing is something Ash will want to keep doing, but if not I'm sure we will find something else to do. For now though, we'll try out the dancing thing and see how that goes.

Lark in the Park

Ok, so I over did it with the second pic, but she's still v. adorable.

Note to self....

Get rid of all the junk at the bottom of email posts before they're sent!

te first post from te email

this is me emailing a post...look out people, more ways to post means more posts to read which means less time doing important-er stuff which means things dont always get done until finished which means upside down house which means living in an upside down house which means oh no better go e i e i oooooo.

Kylie Joseph

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Jade and Andrews wedding

random acts of randomness

drove to town, upside down, in the car, oh so far, think of me, think of you, taking our kids, to the zoo, pineapple lumps and tummy bumps, hot cross buns just for funs, take me to another place, dotting glitter on my face, miley cyrus or hannah montana? scarf on your head or a pretty bandana? swimming in the ocean, spilling love potion, surfing on the internet, book a flight on a pretty blue jet, catching little butterflies, watching clouds up in the sky, people eat people play people say what they say, peeps are good peeps are bad, peeps give you what you never had, lookin up lookin out, thats what its all about, happy hands happy feet, moving to a funky beat, apples oranges peaches pears, getting older through the years, wrinkly skin, wrinkly face, wrinkles wrinkes all over the place, time goes fast when it dont go slow, primo says just go with the flow, i am here you are there, i can see your under---thats not very nice, put it on ice, can i have a cup of rice with my chicken adobo, im not a hobo, im a lady on a bike and i like to ride solo, dont hit me, kick me or spin me around, i'll put my hand bag on the ground, chase you to the top of a tree, and make you say im sorry to me, please dont leave, there you go, c'mon people, its on with the show,tapos na, haere ra, lets go riding in my car car!

Apple picking time

We found this cute little orchard just out of town today.

Asher and Granny got a bucket and wandered through the trees.

Asher loves picking apples,

putting them in the bucket,

and keeping one for herself.

I strolled around and found these in a cute little local produce barn.

Even Dallin had fun.

The end.

Priceless

A couple weeks ago while at Dallin's 3 month Plunket visit, I was changing him on the table where they measure and check over the bubs. Hanging over the table was the cutest little mobile with little wooden butterflies with smiley little faces. I didn't even notice it was there. But I did notice how calm Dallin was as I changed him. His eyes were fixed on something in the air so much so that it put a smile on his face. When I looked up, there was this mobile. I never bothered with mobiles for the kids because I didnt think Id have my kids lying down all the time while they were awake. I will never forget the look on his face, how intently he watched this simple contraption, just like that he changed my mind.

So since then I kept an eye out for a mobile for his crib. I spotted this cute one on Trademe that started at a bargain $5 with no reserve. So I watched it til the day the auction was to close and with no bids on it, I went for it. Up to the last ten minutes, I was in the lead when some freak user upped the bidding by a laughable 50 cents! I was like "oh no you dont!" and so I upped their bid buy the same amount. "Take that you mobile stealer! No one moves in on MY sons toys." Haha. OK so maybe I'm dramatizing it, I couldn't help it. Anyways, I won and was very delighted.

The next day, I went from being very delighted to very VERY delighted when I came across the exact same mobile in the Baby Factory. I had to check the price of it to see how much I saved from buying it second hand. Want to know how much? $44 is how much, very very delighted indeed. Besides the thrill of bagging a bargain, the fact that Dallin absolutely LOVES it, is really the icing on the cake. Here is the mobile that puts a smile on my sons face...

Mobile from Trademe: $6.00

Mobile in the Baby Factory: $50.00

The smile on Dallin's face as he enjoys his new mobile: priceless

Game on!

We bought two new games today.

Wiiiiiiii!

Have I seen Slumdog Millionaire?

Yes I have.
I quite enjoyed it.
Even if most Indian critics didnt.
I liked the music.
And I admit, I didnt know A. R. Rahman was as accomplished as he is.
I loved the little kids.
I didnt cry once.
But I was captured.
I love how they switched from Hindi to English.
Even if some people didnt.
I love how it didnt follow the book exactly.
I didnt like when the boys eyes met with a spoon.
I love how the slums reminded me of the Philippines.
I was almost convinced it was filmed in Manila.
Clearly it wasnt.
Some people say its not "Indian" enough.
Whats more "Indian" than two people falling in love?
OMGoodness!
11:58pm!
Goodnite!