Swimming with Daddy

Post-swim cuddles with Mummy

Carrot anyone?

My berry face

Walking with my trolley

Check out my top teeth!!

I have advanced taste in reading matter...

Welcome to my room...

Goodness me, life is getting so busy! On Tuesdays I and some other babies meet up so that our mummies (and a couple of daddies) can drink coffee and chat. We meet at a cafe as we have heard that they make great coffee - none of us drink coffee so we haven't checked this out but all the grown-ups seem happy! Wednesdays I go with mummy to meet some other ladies. They do bible study whilst I have a snooze and then I chat to them all and make them smile. They are all very nice to me and Peggy has a cute dog - about the same size as me. We have said hello a few times but mostly we just look at each other. On thursdays we often meet up with auntie Tash. A few weeks ago the three of us went into town and took daddy and uncle Rob out for pho. Both mummy and Aunty Tash were missing Vietnamese food so we guys obliged them! Daddy and Uncle Rob then had to go back to work so the rest of us did some shopping (next time I think I may go back to the office with the boys as I'm usually a big hit with all of daddy's team, and shopping really isn't my favourite passtime... I do like being with mummy and aunty Tash though...especially when Georgia and Mackenzie are around). Two Saturdays ago I went to the Long Bien bridge (built by Eiffel) art festival with Georgia and Mackenzie and all the parents. We were a big hit - not sure how many times we were photographed but mummy and aunty Tash reckon we will have made it into the papers...of course mummy forgot to check...

This weekend just gone I took daddy swimming on both saturday and sunday. Sunday mummy swam too. I really like swimming so its good that we have a pool downstairs. It was still a toasty 26 degrees in the water so hopefully we'll be able to swim for a few weeks yet. Yesterday mummy and I met daddy in town for lunch and then went shopping. I don't undestand it though.. when mummy takes things off the shelf in the shops its Ok, but when I do the same its not!!! We were just leaving to go home when mummy looked in my buggy and found a wooden puzzle there. She told me off for shoplifting and then we had to go all the way back to the shop and return the puzzle... maybe the difference is that mummy often chats to the people by the door before we leave shops, and sometimes I see her giving them some paper. Maybe next time we go out I'll take some paper with me and see if the shop people are happy if I give them that when I take toys off the shelf. Mummy took photos of the 'evidence' using her phone but is still trying to work out how to transfer them to the computer so I'll post them next time.

Love Oliver

We've shifted!!!

Changing a lightbulb - Vietnam style...

Marmite face...

Enjoying walking behind my wheelie box!...


Reading stories in my new room...

Playing with my new block set...

Hi,

Sorry that it's been awhile since my last post but I have been very busy lately shifting apartments. I have my own room which is in the middle between mummy and daddy's room and the study. All three lead straight to the lounge and dining area which is great as it means these areas are an extension of my room when I play. I also have more furniture of my own than in our last apartment. The best things are my shelves which means that my library is within easy reach when I want to chill out with a book. We are on the 17th floor so we have a good view out. Luckily there are these moving boxes outside the apartment which lift you up from ground level because I think 17 flights of stairs would be hard work for mummy when we are going out and daddy is at work.

As part of the shift mummy dug out daddys block set for me so we now have a new game - daddy builds a tower (just like work) and I knock it down. I do wonder who knocks down daddy's buildings at work - if they just get left, surely he will run out of building blocks soon... maybe I should volunteer...

Yesterday I had visitors as Georgia and Mackenzie came to visit with their mummy. It was fun to have friends over to play with - hopefully now that we have friends close by this will become a regular event!

Being a proud and patriotic kiwi I have started eating marmite. I don't understand it but mummy winces every time she spreads it for me and won't touch it, whereas I have to keep my eye on daddy to ensure he doesn't 'share' too much... I think its yummy, and mummy tells me its very good for me! What a bonus! I am also doing well with my weetbix - now up to two weetbix and a banana for breakfast. Apparently this is the same as some adults, but what can I say, us busy boys have to keep our strength up.

I am getting very good at standing up and sitting down, though i still like to be holding on to something for support as my legs are a bit wobbly. I've noticed that some things move when I stand up and lean against them so I have to move my feet to keep up. It's quite good, as in this way, I can get from one place to another without mummy's and daddy's help.

By the way, I was wondering how many of you know how many Vietnamese people it takes to replace a lightbulb? I have recently discovered that it takes 3 - one to screw in the lightbulb, one to supervise & another to hold the chair balanced preciously on two legs on the other chair so the person changing the lightbulb doesn't fall off! Daddy would like to apologise for the slightly funny lighting in the photograph but he couldn't use the camera flash in case it startled them!

Now, I've just realised the time so I'm going to go and have my bath. Until next time...
Love Oliver