Oskar & Ivy

It's so funny this time around, to see how a ten month old interacts with others. I guess I didn't get to see it as much with Oskar because he didn't have many other children around to interact with apart from our weekly mother's group catch ups and daycare.

So it is so intriguing to see how interactive Ivy is at this age with her brother, and I just sit back and watch them with a smile and a very warm heart. Hang on...let me paint a true picture here...because my life is not a Kleenex Ad.....This is in between of course telling Oskar to "Put Ivy down"....."don't bang her head!"...."share please, Ivy was playing with that"...."please don't put that in her mouth!"...."don't yell in her ear please"..."Oskar!!"

In between all that mayhem are precious moments.

Sometimes I wonder if I feel she is catching on to things quickly because of Oskar showing her how...or is it that she is playing with more toys aimed at older children, or are girls just more patient?...or is she just a clever clogs?!!! Ha, well of course a proud mum would think so.

Wherever Oskar is, Ivy wants to be.....and he loves it....and so do I.

Grandma and Grandpa came to stay!

The past few weeks have been relaxing and hectic all at once. Mum was oh so kind to stay with the littles and I for four whole weeks while Cam was away and for my return to work.

I can't emphasise enough how grateful I am for that and how much I enjoyed the time we got to spend with each other just as mother and daughter. The opportunity is rare these days and it was so lovely to get a solid dose of mum.

We went shopping, we went out for morning coffees at the beach, we lunched on the balcony, we worked hard on the house and garden, worked through my 'to do' list, mum read her diary from 30 odd years ago when I was 4 and dad went away for 3 months to build a house, we watched 'The Bachelor' like two teenagers and drank wine.....probably too much wine, but it was fun.

Dad then joined us for the fun and tiring babysitting duties and it all went a little like this.........

I found Oskar a new littler bike at an Op shop for $7 to see if a smaller bike would give him more confidence as we were finding the bigger one was a bit daunting.........and it worked! He helped Grandpa make some adjustments and went from being too scared to even sit on his bike to this...........I was so proud of him.

Grandpa taught our little man how to fish....

...and make pancakes!

...how to simply watch the world go by.....

....and swing in a cape!

                             

Our little man and sweet little bird are growing up before our very eyes, and in past the few weeks Oskar has learnt to ride his bike and Ivy started Crawling!

We may have exhausted Grandma and Grandpa by the end of each day....but I'm pretty sure they cherished every moment with these two as they discovered new and exciting things together.

xx