The Abrahams Fam

Dan's birthday

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Awesome day spent swimming and eating. Happy birthday daddy!

ballet concert, chanukah concert and xmas party!

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Tyler 4.5 years, Sienna 2.5 years and me 7 months pregnant!

Uncle Tony and Uncle Markus wedding Nov 2011

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T'was a special day witnessing the boys celebrate their love in front of all their family and friends.

My birthday 22 Oct 2011

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Being 22 weeks pregnant, this year we celebrated my birthday with a very low-key picnic with family and friends at Bayview park. It was a great day and the kids had a ball, playing in the water and sand. Another year on... and feeling very blessed for my beautiful family.

A visit from our special Faygie!

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It was a magical moment when the girls met their great granny Faygie for the first time in Oct 2011. It was instant love and we spent lots of time getting to know Faygie - trips to the Opera House, Ferry rides, Botannical Gardens and play centres. It didn't take long till the girls were smitten with their "great" granny. It was such a special time and we really miss you Faygs! In fact, Sienna still talks about "Baygie" months later. xx

More beach... Sept 2011

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Tyler 4; Sienna 2.5 years; Mummy 4 months preggy

20 week scan - baby # 3

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Here are a few pics of our baby at 20 weeks. I am now 34 weeks so these are a bit old but trying to catch upon my blogging!

Weekend to Port Macquarie with friends

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Spring time in September

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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)

Baby Abrahams # 3

2011-09-16T14:08:00.005+10:00

Baby Abrahams # 3 is on it's way due 26 Feb 2012. We are all so excited including the girls who both walk around with stuffed dolls up their tops telling me they also have babies in their tummies. Tyler is definitely the most excited being the big sister, and is already proving to be mummy's little helper and a little mummy. Here are our pics from our 13 week scan. I am currently 16.5 weeks and still waiting to feel those first proper kicks.

Our second honeymoon sans kids - Aug 2011

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Our first ever holiday away from the kids promised to be pretty special - a tiny adults-only island that you could walk around in 20 minutes, with views, private plunge pools and amazing food - and it did not disappoint. For 6 days we were totally indulged. Sleep-ins, late breakfasts, long walks, long lunches, snorkelling, kayaking in absolute paradise. Royal Davui Island was picture perfect. Although we didn't have much luck with the weather, I was only to happy to spend my days reading on our deck and realxing to pass the time, especially being 12 weeks pregnant. We really had a magical time but we missed our little babies. Pictures say it all.

Aboard a 4-person plane

Arriving at our island

The view from our deck

Our villa

Our view

Our heated plunge pool

A baby shark on our walk

Hanging on our deck

Our helicopter ride to the airport on the way home

The view of the island from the helicopter

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July 2011

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Tyler 4 years old; Sienna 2 years 3 months

More June happenings

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Roller-skating, Scooting, parks, painting, baking, Playschool concerts and lots more have kept us very busy all month despite the freezing cold weather.

Tyler's party at school

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Tyler's 4th birthday

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We celebrated Tyler's 4th birthday in royal fashion this year with a princess party. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella came to entertain Ty and all her friends and the sun really came out for this very special day. The birthday girl had an amazing day... the pics really say it all. And I was very proud of the cake I made (above). A real labour of love but was very happy with how it turned out for my first attempt.

Video footage over the last few months

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRqn1gkElqc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Tyler eating raw broccoli and LOVING it

New cubby

Abrahams family shabbat - waiting for daddy

Beautiful girl

Milking a cow at The St Ives Show

Cupcake decorating

Rides

More rides - Tyler's favourite ride

Patting the chicks

Kissing a sheep

Love

Cuddling the sheep

Eating ice cream balls - heaven

Tyler climbing the giant slide - brave

And then there were two ballerinas

2011-05-09T19:45:00.001+10:00

Sienna joined Tyler today for the first time at ballet and loved every minute of it! After months of dragging her out of the studio while she kept running in as Tyler did ballet, the ballet teacher finally gave her a trial run to see if she could follow instruction and if she was able to learn the ballet steps. No surprises but Sienna did everything that was asked of her and more and was the first-ever 2 year old ever to be accepted into the ballet school.

Today was her first official start day and as you can see both girls were thrilled about dancing together. Off they went into class and after the lesson, Sienna came running out telling me that she wants to: "do more ballet!" So glad I caught their excitement on camera. Such a special moment.

Best-ever theme park holiday - April 2011

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Sienna's second birthday

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Tyler's school pesach concert

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A born performer, Tyler loved every minute of singing all the songs and dancing. She knew all the words and really got into the spirit of pesach. Her teachers commented on just how much of a positive spirit she is. Proud mummy and daddy.

April morning at the beach

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A visit to the animal farm - April 2011

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The pictures say it all. Yep, we had a ball! Especially Tyler who milked a cow, held a baby duck, chick and rabbit and fed all the animals on the farm. There were lots of babies and big farm animals too. Sienna was a little bit scared and overwhelmed by the animals as there were so many of them! But it was so good to experience a real working farm only 20 minutes from our house.

art, craft and other stuff

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Tyler 3.75 years and Sienna 23 months

Purim

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Tyler dressed as Queen Esther for Purim 2011

March at our place

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We got a new, big trampoline for the backyard and the girls are absolutely loving it (so is mummy!). We spend every afternoon out there and the girls have become amazingly good jumpers. I am teaching Tyler my old tricks and she's picking them up quickly. We've also bought a new sandpit and Sienna a new bike -- been in spending mode of late! Trying to soak up the last bit of sunshine before winter hits.

It's Sienna's birthday next month. I cannot believe our baby girl is turning 2. She literally blows me away every day. She's an amazing communicator - talking in sentences already and can count to 20, even 30 sometimes. She jumps, runs and can do anything her big sister can do. She loves singing and dancing around the house, and dressing up too. She's a little performer, just like her big sister!

Tyler makes my heart melt with her beauty and kindness. She is very much entranced in fairies and dress ups and has an amazing imagination. The things she dreams up when we're playing amaze me. We often play together pretending we are shopping, or in fairyland, or swimming and she really gets into character. She absolutely loves preschool and I have to drag her out there most days. She's made lots of friends and really is the belle of the ball - my little socialite.

They are the cutest little girls in the world and I feel blessed to be their mummy.

February so far...

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Craft time - playdough and drawing!

Tyler's new bike - LOVE!

Playing in the cubby together = hours of fun!

Fun in the pool

Our baking queen making strawberry muffins

Sienna loves drawing

South coast getaway Jan 2011

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We had the most fabulous holiday down the coast with the kids. Lots of relaxing, swimming, beaching, and eventhough the weather was not as sunny as we'd hoped we still had so much fun. Gerroa is a pretty, sleepy town and we fell in love with it. We visted Jamberoo Recreation Park and Tyler loved the water slides going down the BIG adults one with both me and Dan - not even a tear (braver than mummy!). Sienna enjoyed the little water slides and wave pool. We took the girls to see the blowhole in Kiama - twice - because they absolutely loved watching the water shoot up in the air through the rocks of the ocean. In fact we still talk about the blowhole, months later. All in all a fabulous holiday, right on the beach... the best holiday any Abrahams could ask for!

Summer holiday 2010/2011

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This year has definitely been the best holiday we've had together. Dan had 3 weeks off work and we really made the most of it spending lots of time entertaining with family and friends. We took the kids to luna park, on the ferry to circular key, a train trip around the botannical gardens, and train rides around the city. As you can imagine, the kids loved every bit of these fun adventures! We also discovered a water slide park and the girls LOVED it. As did we... was so much fun!!!

We had our cousins, The Kupers from South Africa here and had an awesome day swimming and catching up. Wish they lived here and it was really great to see them. Sienna and Tyler are the best of friends and Dan and I have been loving watching them play so nicely together. Tyler can now swim on her own unassisted across the width of the pool (very proud). We are now teaching her to swim to the wall but she's doing amazingly well and is such a keen learner. We've hit the beach lots and Tyler's still scared of the waves but SiSi is a bit braver. We also went away for a week to a gorgeous beach house on the south coast which was just amazing. So relaxing. I will put up pics in my next post. Tyler 3.5 months, Sienna 20 months.

Dan's birthday

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Dan's birthday

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Wiggles concert Dec 2010

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Dan's work xmas party

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Tyler saying the bracha

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The month of concerts

2010-12-07T14:17:00.007+11:00

We're nearing the end of the year and have been busy with Tyler's end of year Chanukah and ballet concerts.

Tyler's school chanukah concert was abaolutely adorable. She sang all the songs and danced so beautifully with all her friends. She knew all the words to all the chanukah songs and was so animated in doing all the actions - both sets of grannies and grampas were so impressed and proud. Even little sister Sienna could not take her eyes off her big sister and kept pointing and yelling out "Tyler". She makes us so very proud.

Tyler's ballet concert required lots of rehearsal before the show on the big day, Tyler did not disappoint. To my surprise, she burst onto the stage in front of over 200 people and did her butterfly dance perfectly. We were all so proud as she proudly fluttered around the stage, not even one bit nervous. She's a born performer.

T-Y-L-P-R spells her name

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Celebrations!

2010-11-07T12:23:00.006+11:00

We celebrated my 33rd birthday and our 5th wedding anniversary over the last few weeks. We're all getting very excited for the end of the year when Dan's on holidays and summer finally arrives. Feels like we have been stuck inside for weeks watching the rain fall. It's hard to believe that November is upon us - here are some recent pics of us. TYler nearly 3.5 years and Sienna 18.5 months

Sienna's 1st year and Tyler's 2nd & 3rd year videos

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Our family trip to the zoo... and a few other snaps

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This was a lot of fun and the girls went mad for all the animals. Tyler fell in love with the chimps and the chimps seemed to be showing off for us - swinging on the ropes and tapping on the glass. It was adorable. The girls loved the penguins and did a penguin dance in the food cafe (see pics) for all to see and they really put on a show (Tyler especially) and Sienna of course, follows whatever her big sister is doing.

Tyler's back at ballet and absolutely LOVING it. She's a real performer with so much personality and enthusiasm. She loves singing songs from her favourite shows like Playschool and a new favourite The Fairies (argh!!! this drives me mad!), and dances and performs for anyone who will watch. She makes friends wherever she goes and people often stop to comment on how friendly and happy she is. She's made friends with our next door neighbour India who is 8, she calls her "my best friend". It's adorable to watch them together. She's incredible on the scooter now and does laps around the tracks at big ovals. She can turn, go fast, slow down... it's amazing to watch. Tyler often reads Sienna books on her lap - she's got such a good memory that she literally "reads" the books word for word from memory.

Sienna continues to blow us away with her talking (2 words now and can mimic everything you say) and she's a whizz on Tyler's scooter - pretty much zooms around on her own. She is a very determined little thing and if she wants to do something - she will do it, on her own, without your help thanks!!! She's a clever little thing and will spend ages trying to figure stuff out. Sienna is amazing in the pool and at swimming lessons is already the top of her class and she's only had a few lessons. She goes right under the water and comes up smiling asking for more. At homes, she hangs around the pool gate asking mummy to "swim" even if it's freezing cold. We think she'll be a fish like her dad.

Here are some pics. Tyler 3.25 years and Sienna 17 months.

Penguin dancing

September happenings

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Family shots 2010

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Fun in the sun

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August update

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As the warmer weather rolls in we are enjoying picnics, parks and beaches yet again. Tyler is learning how to write her name and we are still trying to work out whether she is left or right handed (I think right) as she likes to swap her hands around. She's holding a pencil corrrectly and cutting with scissors too -- which means she's enjoying lots of craft time. Sienna is putting two words together now and has a massive vocabulary (EASILY over 50 words). She's started running which is hilarious as it looks like a combination of running and skipping. Both girls love reading and spend hours with their books on mummy and daddy's laps -- they love adventuring to the library and choosing their books (and destroying the place!). They love dancing to club music in the mornings while daddy gets dressed for work and Tyler especially loves the guitar. They have also a new hobby which drives me mad, banging on the table at dinner time together and laughing (see pics). They enjoy cooking us food in their make-believe kitchen. It's adorable how they always cook their favourite "lamb". Even Sienna says lamb now when I ask her what she wants for dinner. Sienna is 16 months and Tyler is 3.25 years x

Which is which?

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Sienna and Tyler at 14 months

A few happy snaps of Tyler enjoying preschool

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The cutest children in the world - July

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Tyler 3; Sienna 15 months

Tyler starts preschool

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Our little big girl started school in Term 3 and had a very good first day. Only a few little tears to say goodbye to mummy but she was soon joining in the activities and making new friends. She had a great time and made it through the entire day without wanting to come home. Her teacher Jill commented on what a gorgeous little girl she is and how she is very gentle, friendly, kind and sweet. She came home with lots of stories of her day including making a new friend. She couldn't remember her name but she had "purple pants all the way to the bottom". She made beautiful paintings, played with playdough and played on the equipment outside. I think she feels right at home there. We are very proud of our little pumpkin.

July 2010

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Tyler is becoming quite the little artist drawing pictures of her family, stars, moons and lots more. She's very quick and picks things up as soon as you teach her - she knows her address, can easily count to 20 and is learning how to spell her name. Tybear's still the same loving, vivacious, beautiful soul who loves playing and having fun. She's starting preschool next term and mummy and Sienna will really miss her (lots).
Sienna knows all her body parts from her head to her toes and is a huge talker with a big scream! Such a clever cookie... She just blows us away with how capable she is. She picks things up so quickly and seems wise beyond her years.

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Feeding the goats

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Tyler 36 months; Sienna 14 months

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Tyler turns 3!

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Tyler's dinosaur cake

Tyler and her dinosaur cake

Party number 2 with her little friends

Flower girl Sienna

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We call Sienna our little flower girl. She is totally in love with flowers and is always pointing them out on our walks or at the park. Even in our in our lounge room she'll point to the flowers outside and say "flower", and she keep saying it until we get one for her. I wonder if this is the start of a lifelong love affair with flowers. She's walking everywhere now and mimics everything you say. Apparently she's at the talking level of an 18 month old, a far cry from our late talking Tyler. Two extremes! Tyler on the other hand talks non-stop, 24-7 and has the most gentle, outgoing nature. She's loving her dress-up sticker books at the moment and is knows her entire alphabet. Here are a few snaps of the girls in may/June 10.

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Rainy days

2010-05-27T17:47:00.004+10:00

Tyler is 3 next month and so ready to start preschool. She is such a social butterfly making friends wherever she goes. She loves holding hands, playing dress ups, playing with playdough reading, playing hide n seek, counting and playing with her sister. She loves singing and dancing, especially to Playschool songs.

Sienna is 13 months and has started walking. She literally just stood up and walked across the room without any prompting or coercing. She is already talking and has at least 50 words up her sleeve. She easily communicates what she wants and needs to me which makes life a lot easier. She is a busy little bee who loves reading and often drags her books around the house.

The sweetest thing is when Tyler decides to read one of Sienna's books to her... I could just watch for hours.

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Out 'n about in May

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Our Fijian holiday - May 2010

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It took a while to get there but once we arrived at our island resort in Fiji we were in heaven. Hello palm trees, beaches, amazing food, sunshine, swimming and carefree living! The girls had such a great time with so many activities in the Bula Club and a personal chapperone. It was the perfect place to relax and unwind and that's exactly what we did. The piccies say it all really and I am sure we will be back again!

The view from our bure

Our lounge chairs

Our bure

Tyler nearly 3!

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Sienna's first birthday

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Our baby girl turned 1 on 16 April and we threw her an awesome party to celebrate. The baby farm animals came to our house with goats, lamb, ducks, chickens, a piglet and a calf meandering around our backyard. The kids had the most amazing time and it truly was one of the best parties ever. Sienna was such a happy girl and really enjoyed all the people, attention and animals. I loved making the cake and am very proud to say I made the whole thing... right down to the farm animals on the cake... took ages but such fun!

Sienna's just started standing on her own unassisted and is talking so much already. She has at least 20 words and can parrot so much already. She loves books, playing with all her toys and climbing stairs. She's actually amazing at climbing... climbs up slides, ladders, stairs really quickly and without much help from me - very coordinated. She's a confident, happy and CUTE little girl.

Sienna's cake - proud mummy

Feeding the baby goat

"Happy birthday to you!"

Loving the singing!!

Bye bye animals

New Zealand trip April 2010

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We were lucky enough to be invited along with Dan and his boss, Les on a business trip to New Zealand. But the lucky part was that we got to fly on the new Emirates A380 airbus... FIRST CLASS! It was the most amazing experience and the kids were really well behaved too. Auckland is a beautiful city, and although we were there for only 4 days, we found it be really pretty and quite similar to Sydney. Although the food and coffee was average. And there were so many hills, I almost died pushing the girls around on my own for the first day and a bit. But all in all, it's always nice to get away. And the kids had a great time!

Our nature-loving tree hugger

Tyler in her own first class suite

Personal mini bar

Sienna and I in ours

Dan in his first class suite

Dorothy the Dinosaur concert

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Yep, it was sheer joy when Dorothy hit that stage. Tyler was soooooooooo excited, and was dancing and singing to all the songs - she had a great time. Tyler and Holly looked very cute with their dino tails on! And Sienna was crawling all over the place, keeping me very busy! She did get very excited when Wags come on the stage.

Our girls in March

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Sienna 11 months
Tyler 2 3/4 years

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Hello Autumn!

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My favourite people
Sienna's almost 11 months and Tyler's 3 months off her 3rd birthday!

Buried in the sand

Loves showers

Sisterly love

Eating sand

Building sandcastles with daddy

Unky Fu and the girls

Turning pages of her books - her favourite thing

Cuddles with Zaidsy

Special time with Aunty Kase

Feb 2010

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Sienna's first birthday is just around the corner and I can't believe how the year has flown! The girls are becoming such wonderful friends and playmates now, and I am loving this. Sienna is crawling, standing and pretty much into everything and anything. Tyler is still loving her ballet and her dinosaurs but most importantly she's talking like a trooper (much to our delight!). She's counting, reciting the days of the weeks, singing her favourite tiger song and is a very affectionate, social little girl. Everywhere we go she makes a new friend and especially loves big girls. Sienna is chatting away as well and we think she learns so much from her sister because she picks things up so quickly and is already doing most things very early. We're sad that summer has come to an end but look forward to Si's first birthday and our holiday to Fiji!

The many faces of Sienna

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Which is which?

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Tyler @ 10 months

Sienna @ 10 months

The similarities are remarkable...

Almost 10 months

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Tyler's first ballet class

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It's officially an obsession. Ballet, ballet, ballet is all we hear and when she stepped onto the dance floor for the first time, she never wanted to leave. She loved every minute of her first class following her teacher Miss Kate everywhere. It seems she's a natural!

Ballerina Tyler

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Tyler is starting ballet this year and is totally up for it! She cried taking her ballet shoes off in the shop and has been "practising" her ballet moves around the house at least every hour since. She says "Tyler ballet" and holds onto the pretend bar and does these amazing leg movements that leave me wondering where the hell she learnt this from. So far ballet is a hit and we have not even been to the first class yet.

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Jan 2010

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Summer lovin'

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Luna Park, barbies, parties, meeting cousins, Wiggles concert, Dan's birthday, beaches -- so far it's been a great summer and the girls are having a ball with daddy home. Such a treat!

Our South African cousins and aunties - The Kupers, Heather and Jenny - came to visit and we had such a wonderful time getting to know our very special family who unfortunately live so far away. Such a shame we don't live closer as all the kids got on like a house on fire and it's quite sad that my kids are so far away from them all.

We're successfully toilet training Tyler (so far it's only been 1 week and she's got it!) and it's been so much easier than I imagined. I guess, once they get it it's easy. So far we've had few accidents and she's doing great. Very impressed with how quickly she's gotten it! Sienna's started crawling and she's a very talkative little thing with a huge personality. She can clap her hands and wave hello on cue too.

Drywors afternoons

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They have South African blood obviously, because the meer mention of the word "drywors" sends both girls into a spin. Especially Tyler. We are loving our arvo walks, drywors in hand, and daddy at home. Such a great summer holiday we're having...

Tyler 2.5 yrs

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Tyler's got a BIG personality these days... constantly chirping and demanding the world's attention. Her gross motor skills are unbelievable and she can dribble a ball across the backyard, catch and throw amazingly well, navigate big hills and stairs with ease! And she's almost swimming on her own. Proud mummy... my little baby is turning into such a big girl.

Sienna 7.5 months

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Sienna is such a playful little munchkin. She's started crawling and has two little bottom teeth. She's loving solids and has made my life so much easier by eating whatever we eat. And I mean, spag bol, risotto, fish... whatever. She absoluely loves her sister and the two of the laugh at eachother all the time. She's also started babbling a lot and we thought she would be the quiet one. I am starting to think not!

Family getaway

2009-12-07T19:37:00.007+11:00

This holiday was up there with the best. The weather was perfect, the girls had a ball and we snuck in lots and lots of relaxing time on a breathtaking plot of land 3.5 hours north. Villa Lago did not disappoint second time round. Sienna tried her first ice cream, Tyler had her first swim without armbands and Jordy truly wore herself out with all the swimming! Hard to believe that Dan and I polished off a bottle of wine every night for four nights. Tyler loved feeding the fish and the birds, and spent hours in front of the pond trying to entice the fish to eat more and more and more bread! All in all, we had a great time.

Happy 4 year anniversary

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Make a Smilebox photobook

Summer time

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The story so far...

2009-11-01T09:59:00.004+11:00

We've had a busy month with the kids. Tyler has been having lots of playdates and is enjoying socialising with her little buddies. Sienna is rolling everywhere and looks like she's trying to crawl by lifting herself up and pushing backwards. It's just mad to think that she'll be 7 months in 2 weeks! I celebrated my birthday with a fab day (besides the fact that we were all sick). Breakfast with my babies, arvo tea with my buddy and a special dinner with my hubby made it a cracker of a day! Another year on...

Tyler's starting kindy on Tuesday morning :( and is really enjoying her new playgroup. So many kids and toys, she's totally in her element! Her fave books are Alexander's Outing and Where Is The Green Sheep? She wants to read these books over and over again. Am absolutely loving this warm weather... any excuse to get into the pool really?!

My princesses Oct 09

2009-10-25T10:53:00.000+11:00

Sitting up

2009-10-10T13:00:00.004+11:00

The girls really are growing up so fast. Sienna is sitting up all by herself these days at 5.5 months and is so alert. She loves going for walks and is still enjoying solids although I think she's ready to try something more adventurous as she eyes Tyler's lunch and dinner all the time. Tyler is becoming very chatty with new sounds and words emerging daily. She's loving reading at the moment with "Where is the Green Sheep" being a favourite. And I don't say favourite lightly. She'll insist on reading it over and over for an hour solid. It's love!

October 09

2009-10-08T18:48:00.002+11:00

Which is which?

2009-10-07T19:00:00.003+11:00

Tyler and Sienna at 5 months in the same dress.

Chilling with my baby

2009-10-01T14:52:00.000+10:00

In the pool September 09

2009-09-25T14:07:00.005+10:00

My spring flowers

2009-09-19T13:40:00.001+10:00

Sienna's 5 months now... Tyler almost 27 months. Sienna's started slugging around the floor looking like she could start crawling soon. This child has done everything early! Slow down little Si mummy's not ready for you to grow up just yet. Her first tooth is making it's entrance and she's a happy, talkative little cherb. Tyler is amazing in the water - confident and happy to swim with her armbands on her own.

First tooth

2009-09-13T11:13:00.002+10:00

Sitting outside in the sun on this freakish 31 degree spring day, I spotted the emergance of Sienna's first tooth! Pretty early seeing as she'll be 5 months on Wednesday. AMAZING!