Ten Things Tuesday

Haylie loves to have stories read to her every night. Most of the time we read the same stories over and over. Often I will read the story to her and then it is her turn and she reads it back to me. 

These are ten of her favourite books, in no particular order.

1. The Octonauts and the Frown Fish

She, of course, loves anything Octonauts so she got these for her last birthday. They are usually her first pick.

2. The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade.

3. The Octonauts and the Only Lonely Monster.

4. Dora: Island Adventure.

 She, of course, likes everything to do for Dora, but this one talks to you. You push the little question mark button and it gives you a type of object to be found on all of the pages. It is good for recognising colours and shapes, etc.

5. Where is the Green Sheep. 

This is a classic. I don't know any child that doesn't like this book. Haylie knows this book so well that she can pretty much say it word for word.

6. Where's that cat?  

My Mum got this book, I think for Amie, and all the kids have loved it. Haylie especially likes it because it is about a cat and she loves cats.

7. I've Lost My Kisses. 

This is one of my favourite stories to read. It is about a girl, names Matilda, who has lost her kisses. But she needs to find them fast because her Poppa is coming for a visit and he always says, "Where's my big Smoocheroo?" 

8.  Josephine Wants/Loves to Dance.

A kangaroo that wants to be a ballerina, what could be better than that?!

9.  Swim, Little Wombat, Swim!  

I love all of the Little Wombat books and so does Haylie.

10. Sometimes I like to Curl up in a Ball. 

Another Little Wombat book that we love.

I love to read and I'm so glad that my children love to read as well.

Ten Things Tuesday

As I've done for the past couple of weeks here is this weeks list of ten things, in no particular order, of a random topic that inspires me that day.

Ten Things Lachlan loves to do!

1. Read. Since he was a baby we have read books with Lachlan. When he got old enough to choose it was often the same books over and over again. He is a great reader and can read really fast. His favourites are Harry Potter (Only the first three), The Chronicles of Narnia, The Rangers Apprentice and Captain Underpants!

2. Ride his BMX. At our old house he wore a path through the grass were he would ride back and forth over his own homemade ramps and jumps. He would often ask to go to the local park, which had a hill that he could jump his bike over. He even joined the local BMX club for a short time, but found that he didn't like the racing part of it that much, he just wanted to do his own thing. I'm grateful for some friends, who also have a passion for riding, who take him out often to get his BMX fix!

3. Playing music. a couple of years ago Lachlan took some guitar lessons so we got him a small guitar. Now he is learning the recorder at school. He enjoys playing it and can often be heard practising in his bedroom. He has even made up a few songs all by himself.

4. Collecting rocks. This is kind of a new thing and was brought about by his school teacher. They started learning about the different kinds of rocks and he started to collect them to take to his teacher and work out what kind they were. He now has a rather big collection of rocks, including some that Nana gave him that used to belong to Grandad.

5. To play outside and can often be found kicking a ball or riding his scooter in the back garden. Whenever we ask the kids what they want to do his answer is always to go to a park or do something outside.

6. To bake. He loves to make cakes or cookies. He is getting a lot better at measuring the ingredients and mixing everything together. Soon he'll be able to do it better than me.

7. Make people laugh. Especially his younger cousins. He likes to tell jokes and when he finds a good one he tells it over and over again.

8. To play with his friends. He is surrounded by girls most of the time so any chance he get to play with some boys he is all into it. He loves his cousins Samuel and Ethan, but he also has many good friends at school at church.

9. Loves to go camping. He loves to get dirty, collect firewood, be outside, sit around the camp fire and sleep in the tent.

10. Lachlans favourite thing to do is . . . . . . to ride his Quad Bike! He got his first quad bike for his 6th Birthday and been hooked since the start. Whenever we go camping he is on his quad bike the whole time. He loves to go fast, go round corners and do some small jumps! He would love to do bigger jumps but Mummy won't let him!

Ten Things Tuesday

Ten Things I love about being a mother. . . . . . .

1. Snuggles and cuddles in bed early in the morning.

2. Reading bedtime stories and then having them read back to me.

3. Watching my children all getting along and helping each other.

4. Hearing chattering, laughter, squealing and playing throughout the house.

5. Finding cards, pictures and flowers on my pillow or next to my bed at night.

6. Watching my children's faces as they experience something new.

7. Seeing how excited they get when Daddy comes home.

8. Seeing my children finally accomplish something they have been working hard to do.

9. Watching my children play and interact with all of their Grandparents.

10. The fact that my children love me no matter what!

Ten Things Tuesday

Ten Things Caitlyn Loves

1. Caitlyn loves to play with her cousin Zoe. They get along really well together, most of the time, and it's going to be hard when they move to Darwin for 6 months.

2. Caitlyn loves to ask questions. She is always asking what we are doing? Where are we going? When are we eating? What are we going to eat? Can she do this? Can she watch that? and her favourite, What am I doing?

3. Caitlyn loves to sing. She always wants me to turn the radio up in the car so she can sing along. She loves to sing the Primary songs and can do all of the actions. If you ask her what her favourite song is at the moment she will say, 'The ABC song'.

4. Caitlyn loves to watch movies over and over again. At the moment she really loves Tangled and anything Scooby Doo.

5. Caitlyn loves any type of food that I put in front of her, which makes for a very happy mummy.

6. Caitlyn loves to go swimming which is kind of funny because she never liked the water when she was younger. Whenever we went swimming she would hold you around the neck really tight and freak out if she got water on her face. We started her on swimming lessons and now she is a total water baby. She has no fear and loves to go under the water and jump in from the side.

7. Caitlyn loves to dress up and put make up on. Any chance she get she is putting on a dress and high heels and prancing around the house.

8. Caitlyn loves to be with other people. She is very social and loves to play and talk with others.

9. Caitlyn loves helping me bake. She loves it when we make cookies or bread rolls so that she can roll the dough into little balls. She also, of course, like eating the end result!

10. Caitlyn loves her family. She loves to play with Lachlan, Amie and Haylie. She loves to sit on Daddy's lap and give him a cuddle, she just loves it when we are all together and doing something fun!