The week that was... and the week that is...

What a full week we have just had!


Auntie Erin was in Sydney for a few days so stayed with us on Monday and Tuesday night before heading home on Wednesday. We took advantage of her being here and managed to get all four 'Spencer' kids (and any available attachments) together for a bite to eat on Tuesday.


Tuesday night Matt and I went out to celebrate our 3 year wedding anniversary with dinner and a movie (thanks Erin for babysitting). We even managed to get through most of dinner without talking about the kids! hehehehe.


Wednesday Milla, Harrison and I spent the day at Featherdale Wildlife Park with some of my old school friends and their little ones. Featherdale is so much fun for kids as you pretty much walk in the front gate and then the kids can run wild among the Aussie animals. We chased kangaroos, had a chat with a sleepy Koala, fed an emu, and saw all kinds of birdies and snakes.



Thursday we had nothing planned which was perfect for Milla and Harrison who slept the day away catching up on missed snoozes.
Then next week Matt has been given the entire week off work so at the last minute we decided to take a little holiday! Yay! We will drop Fliss off to Tanya like normal this Saturday then head north. We are planning to stay at Mum and Dad's place on Saturday night then we have booked a cabin near the river at Southwest Rocks for three nights. We'll then head home via Papa and Grandma Barbara's place for one more night and be back in Sydney to pick up Fliss as always on Thursday afternoon.
Of course we'll take the trusty camera with us and I'm sure holidays photos will be shared soon.

Sad to say goodbye...

This week is the last week our wonderful, fabulous, amazing, loving and fun Heather will be working in the playroom with Miss Fliss. Heather has been an awesome part of the playroom team for over the past 12 months and is very much loved by Fliss.


From starting as a volunteer after spotting a poster looking for people to be a part of Felicity's Son Rise Program to working two full days every week with Fliss in the playroom. Heather is originally from the United States and has a trip planned to head back there in a few weeks to catch up with her family then will return home here to pursue a new career. We wish Heather all the best and thank her so VERY VERY much for all the effort, support, time and love she has oozed for Felicity.


When I saw this piece of artwork while trying to find a thank you/goodbye gift for Heather I just had to grab it! Not only does the little girl in the picture look like Fliss but the words down the side read 'She Believes in Spontaneous Dancing' - a perfect way for Heather to remember Miss Fliss who definitely believes in a spontaneous dance or two!

Crazy Quilts all finished!

With winter almost half way over I figured I better get a move on the unfinished Crazy quilts for the girls.... to refresh you memory this is Harrison's, made from all my 'boy' fabric cut offs.


So this is Milla's, made from some of my 'girlie' fabric cut offs




Originally I was going to use all my polka dots and stripe fabrics to make Fliss a quilt but when I went through my off cuts I noticed allot of red, black and whites and thought they looked perfect for her.



I was rather chuffed when we headed out on Saturday morning and all three kids were under their blankets in the car!

Makin' & Bakin'

This weekend we had Fliss with us so we were able to get in a whole lot of playroom time. We have noticed that Fliss is playing and experimenting with 'turn taking' in communication. She hums a line or two of a song while looking away from you then stops humming mid song and looks directly at us with full eye contact waiting..... we then hum the next line of the song back while looking at her then stop... Fliss then takes over and hums the rest of the song with a big grin! This has been happening just in the past week or two and has been completely initiated by her.... it seems she is feeling rather proud of herself for working this out.... clever!!


Because of all the singing and cheering that was coming from Felicity's room on Sunday Milla of course was very interested and stood at the door wanting to be a part of it so to distract her we did some baking.


I pulled a chair up to the kitchen bench and had my very our assistant. Milla poured, mixed, nibbled, and beat then even helped with the washing up! There be many more cakes being cooked from now on.

One more at the table....

With Harrison turning 4 months old at the beginning of the month we thought we'd see if he would be interested in a bit of 'solid' food. So once I had both the girls sitting at the dining table tucking into their dinners I made up a tiny bowl of runny Weetbix for Harrison.



Just a small spoon full or two went in and lots came back out with Harrison's tongue trying to work the weird eating business out but I think he had fun... and considering he then slept through the night for the first time in ages, I'll be trying it again every night!
So it looks like the dining table will be a full one in our home from now on.