Dan's work xmas party

Tyler saying the bracha

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The month of concerts

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!

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

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

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