Well we all survived another week. No major dramas with Pete going away thankfully. He had a good trip but was very tired on Thursday after arriving back in the middle of the night and switching time zones again. He stayed home on Thursday and did some work from here as well as caught up on a bit of sleep. Naomi loved having her Daddy home again. She leapt out of bed and threw herself into his arms when he got her up on Thursday morning. Very cute.
But first, let me backtrack a bit to whilst he was away. Monday morning was great fun as the mums and toddlers from our South Anchorage Fun Mums group came over to play. We did a Jack-in-the-box craft morning. We used lots of the boxes that we've been unpacking and the kids put stickers and coloured on their own box and then got inside to become a human jack-in-the-box. They seemed to have fun. The trampoline got lots of use too. Naomi loved having her friends over to play and the mums had a good natter.
I've spent a lot of this week looking at pre-schools for Naomi. One that has come up quite a bit in conversations with others here, in Australia and in England, is Montessori. So after spending ages trying to get in contact with one here I finally went to look at it on Friday morning. It looks very promising. Montessori is a child-led approach to teaching (that's a very quick summary and I'm sure if we end up taking her there I'll tell you more about the things she does there). I have another 2 schools I want to look at but at the moment Montessori is looking like a good option for us.
I went to the gym a couple of times this week which I enjoyed. I'm still trying to work out if I want to get back into personal training or do something different. I'm definitely not fit enough yet to be a personal trainer as I was aching again after doing the weights class (although thankfully not as much as last week). Lydia was only ok in the crèche. I don't think she was happy with the lady who was looking after her. The usual lady will be back working in the mornings in a couple of weeks though so it should be ok then.
We've finally unpacked the boxes – hoorah!! The guest room is all made up, pictures are hung on the wall and I think we've located everything we owned now. So we'll be scheduling a pick-up of all the boxes soon and we'll finally get our garage back (there is a whole wall of boxes – most are flattened but it still covers a whole wall!).
We've had another birthday party this weekend which was fun. A joint 4 year old and 1 year old party. They had a piñata which was hysterical watching a bunch of tiny girls with no muscles trying to break open this thing with a stick as tall as them. Those sitting nearby were in more danger of getting hurt than the piñata itself! After a little help from the birthday girls' Dad, it finally opened and the kids all dropped to the floor to recover the candy (sweets, lollies – depending on your country!). There was the inevitable sugar crash after the candy hearts, the cake with lashings of icing and the princess punch. But it was still fun to have gone.
Pete and I had a lovely date night on Friday. We went to see the Kings Speech. It's been out for awhile but if you haven't seen it, I recommend it. Was great. I think it's up for lots of Oscars this year. We also went for ice-cream afterwards which was a nice chance for the two of us to chat. We asked our next door neighbour to babysit for us and she seemed to do a good job. Unfortunately Lydia woke up whilst we were out but she seemed to cope very well with it. She gave her cuddles, let her crawl around for a bit and then sat in her room beside her cot whilst she went back off to sleep. Hope she didn't find it too much like hard work – I think she was expecting to get some homework done. We'll soon see as we're hoping to go to the ice-hockey this week and will ask her to come round again. Pete got some free tickets from someone at work and we thought it would be an interesting thing to go to.
Lydia is making moves towards walking! Well sort of. She's taken the next step (pardon the pun!) and has started to pull herself up to standing. She not quite cruising yet but seems to be thinking about it. I think she's first trying to figure out how to get herself back to the ground once she's pulled herself up. She seems to get stuck sometimes and then just calls out for someone. There is a slight worry though, as she seems to be standing on the outer edge of one foot rather than on the base of the foot. Hope she corrects it herself, otherwise it may mean some sort of physiotherapy is necessary.
Church was good today and swimming was lots of fun. We spent the afternoon at Borders, in the cafe and then choosing a book each for the kids. A lovely end to the weekend.
That's us for another week. See ya!
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