Spring time in September

We've been making the most of the sunny weather with lots trips to the beach. We've also had Simone Horwitz (Leas) our cousins come to visit and live in Sydney and we couldn't be happier. The kids got on like a house on fire! See all the pics.

Tyler is such a little lady now - interested in dressing up and imaginative play, and can entertain herself and her sister for hours with sticks and a couple of pebbles. She has a wonderful imagination and is a gentle, playful, sweet soul. She is very quick at picking up new songs, counting, drawings. In fact, she can draw most things if you give her a picture to copy. She writes her own name beautifully and knows how to write and spell Sienna's name, and mum and dad. She has so many friends at school and even a boyfriend, Ethan who is quite taken with her. She is such a bright, happy, animated child who is pretty much always happy!

Sienna is beyond her years in every way. Always trying to keep up with her big sister, and quite often succeeding, she knows how to count to 30, spell both her own and Tyler's names, and can "read" several 25 page books OFF-BY-HEART, WORD FOR WORD from memory. I will document this on video as it's quite remarkable. She has an incredible vocabulary for her age and is becoming a social-lite just like her sister. She loves singing and dancing and has amazing rhythm for her age.

Tyler 4 years, Sienna 2.5 years

After raiding my make-up drawer

Tyler and Aaron (Simone's son)

Sienna and Gemma (Simone's daughter)