Now and Then

Another old post that I had saved an never finished.But the photos are too cute not to share!

Now and then at Melbourne Zoo (21 months old,  4 months old).

As Arthur approaches his second birthday there are a few things I want to remember before he grows up too much. 

Things I want to remember:

::The way he says more. Sometimes more quietly with a question mark at the end…more? . Sometimes loud and demanding in threes…more, more, more.  Sometimes full of self assurance and certainty….one simple more.

::His cackle laugh.

::When you tell him to smile for the camera he scrunches up his face and 'smiles' with his eyes. 

::"Hiya" the way he says hello.

When I was two, I was hardly new

It has been a long time since I posted anything on this blog. My computer was out of commission for awhile and frankly I needed a bit of quiet. I had these photos already to go and saved but then my unintentional break happened and I never added the words- and so, for a few months, it was forgotten. But I do love looking back at this little journal and seeing our little life story unfold. So here are some photographs from Artie's 2nd birthday. 

There was a boat ride to Southbank, some chocolate pizza for lunch, playing in the sand and water at Soutbank and cake at home. There was also a lovely family party at the park the next day. 

We have a delightful two year old now. 

crepe paper art

All you need is some water, a spray bottle, crepe paper and cardboard.
We sticky taped the crepe paper onto the piece of white cardboard and then sprayed. Once it dried we peeled off crepe paper and had a cool artwork to display at home.
We will have to try some different patterns next.

Arthur loved spraying the spray bottle best but got a shock each time it hit him in the face!

little boys are made of...

grubby hands, caterpillars, snails and lovely, dirty, orange fingernails (looks like we are rewriting the classics!).

This little caterpillar was Artie's best friend this afternoon. He was held and air-kissed. He was named Greeny because he was, to quote my young man, 'green, not black' . He even got to go for a ride in a Playmobile wagon.  We have released him into the wild, I hope he was not too traumatised by all the lovin' he got today!

toddler science

Pour the water in.

Add some food colouring.

Mix up the goop.

Enjoy the mess!

How cool is cornflour when it is wet! If you've never played with cornflour and water you should go make a mess right now. Artie loved this activity. I had it all set up so after he woke up from his nap and had a snack, we were straight into it. We spent well over an hour playing with our goop. The only reason we stopped is because he accidentally slipped and bumped his chin.

We mixed, poured, squeezed and made mess. We also cooked, made car tracks in the coloured water, played find the farm animal/spoon/key in the goop. The possibilities go on and on. We will definitely make this goop again. 

I also put a bowl of soapy water and some towels out. This proved just as much fun. Not only washing and drying our own hands but also washing naughty toys who got so very dirty in the goop.