Our little princess turns 6!

Yesterday, the 28th march, our little girl turned 6.

I picked her up from school early so we could buy a birthday outfit for a very special date, a dinner date with her Daddy. Emily was so excited, Adrian was taking her to a restaurant to be treated like a lady.

Emily had a bath with special smelling "big girl" water ( 2 drops of lavender oil and 1/4 cup of milk powder did the job nicely). Then she prepared herself for her dinner date.

It was so funny, when Adrian got home he wasn't allowed to see her until she was completely ready - earrings, necklace, hair, lip gloss, and a touch of Mummy's perfume over her clothes.







Adrian got dressed up, we all oohh'd and arhhh'd at the birthday girl and then they set off for the restaurant.

Emily had her chair pulled out for her, ate chips and nuggets (we made sure we chose a restaurant that would still cater for kids meals), watched a jazz band in amazement and had a fantastic time.

Adrian presented her with a book called "I'd be your princess". The book is about a little girl talking with her Daddy and imagining all the things they would do together if he was a king and she was his princess, and at the end the Daddy says that " even if I'm never a king and we never live in a castle and never.........etc........you will still be my princess because I love you so very much". He read the book to her and then brought the sleepy little princess home.

The night was such a huge deal to Emily, the next day she said that when they were at the restaurant, she felt like a real Mummy ( her way of saying a real lady).

Adrian and I believe that all little (and big) girls have such a want and need to be seen as beautiful, inside and out, and if they don't get that clarification from their Daddy, then they tend to jump into the arms of the first boy that makes them feel special, important, beautiful. We want Emily to know beyond a doubt that she is a princess of God, that she is beautiful, and that she is loved. Hopefully we can install a security in her so that when she grows up, she will know who she is in God and not seek the security that she's worth something in the wrong arms.

Bits and pieces

Well, I am writing this blog because Jeremiah slept for the first time in his own room, YIPPEE!!
He was sleeping in our room (partly in the porta cot and partly on me all night) which is also where the computer is, so now I should be able to update my blog more often. Adrian and I are also able to get some more "cuddle" time, which we are extremely grateful for (especially Adrian).

A few weeks ok we had the dreaded gastro in our household. When Jeremiah had a bout, good old Daddy was trying to show him what to do with the bucket by dry reaching into it.
So then I had JJ on a towel on my lap never knowing when he was really going to be sick because he took great pleasure in the newly taught sound effect of vomiting into the bucket.....good one Adrian!



JJ's first trip to the beach - he absolutely loved it , he was a bit wary of the water at first but he's definately a water baby, and only ate a little bit of sand which is pretty impresive for a 17month old. I think we will have to visit the beach more often.


After the gastro bout, Nana Dee and Papa Don came to visit bearing lollies. Jordan and Emily had a lot of fun seeing how high they could stack them.

They figured out that if you lick each lolly thay have a better chance of sticking.

Which also meant that the stack then had to be eaten in one go. Nothing like a bit of nutrients after being sick!

We went to my nieces wedding, which was sooo beautiful, they are such are great couple.

Seen as we were all together and all dressed up, we tried to get a family photo, which is very hard because JJ will just frown and not smile when it isn't one of us behind the camera. I love this shot of the kids together though. I love my kids so much and am incredibly greatful to God for our sometimes "nutty" little family.