Saturday, 7 October 2017

April pics

Here are a few random pics off my phone from way back around April....

Every now & then (always when Dad's away!) I have a turn at doing the boy's haircuts :) I don't know why I even bother though cause it's always the BIGGEST drama as you can see below....this was trying to get a pic of the little dog that Spence had brought home from school & had a get a photo of & write a story with - man I hate it when that book comes home haha











One afternoon when I was silly enough to let the boys bring 
a friend home each :p

Mac's birthday message on the mirror

Love those afternoons where they conk out after school (as long as it's not for too long that it screws up bedtime!)

This guy with no gel in his hair

My tyre the day I was reversing out the driveway to work & Ella our old neighbour backed into us!


More afternoon conk outs - I don't know why we had so many that month?!


Spence eating "cookies" (falafels). He'd never really liked them before then, but when he came into the kitchen that afternoon & thought I was making cookies he wanted heaps of them & has loved them ever since. Yusss!

Spence's 1st class pic. I was too cheap to pay for an actual copy so tried to take a quick pic of the one in the classroom but the teacher was there so I felt a bit embarrassed. Oh well at least Spence will still have a very blurry idea of who was in his class in 10 years time haha

Celebration afternoon tea for a certificate or award in assembly. 
I can't remember what it was for though cause it was too long ago now!! 

Doing the Takapuna Beach Easter Egg hunt where you had to run around Taka getting different things signed off

With their little treaty bags at the end of the hunt

I bought some aniseed wheels at the old lolly shop for my treat & 
the boys wanted to try them out

Picnic at the Auckland domain (on our old family picnic blanket which is 
way too small for a family of 8 haha)





Mac with the new scooter he ordered online with all his birthday money 
(turned out to be the best investment EVER with all the use he's got out of it!)

Mac's blurry class photo (I think he was away the day it was taken so don't bother looking for him lol)

Just a regular thing on this kid's legs!

April school holidays at Albany skate park

Sunday arvo walks at Taka beach xxx

School holiday trip to the museum

Sleepover with Miss Ella Bella trying out a fishtail braid



Skate park with Indi

Heading home with the sweatiest kid ever


Mac on his 1st & 2nd to last day of the medication we trialled him on. It turned him into a zombie 
who dragged himself around the ground all day so needless to say we didn't pursue that one any further

And that's a wrap for April! :)

Sunday, 4 June 2017

Mac's 9th birthday & Dall's 3rd birthday celebrations

My biggest baby went & turned 9 back on the 2nd of April so since his actual birthday was on a Sunday (which he was not at all impressed about!), we had to start our celebrations on Saturday night with a food court dinner with the Hekes & then off to watch the new Beauty & the Beast movie. 

It was $5 BK meals for all the other kiddies, but my Big Mac chose a big Mac for his special birthday treat :)

Saying goodbye to Aunty Mell & Faify when they headed off to the Women's conference

He actually went with the new Chicken Big Mac - look at all that delicious big mac sauce!

At the end of the movie with Uncle Jo :)

Last man standing on his pre birthday night after Spence & Faify crashed out

Last photo as an 8 year old!
After he crashed out I put up a few decorations for him to wake up to. 

I saw this great idea on pinterest & wanted to start this tradition too so that I have a record of all my beautiful sleeping kids faces from now until they leave home. I guess at some stage these faces won't be quite as cute & will start growing mos, but they'll always be my precious babies & there's nothing sweeter than seeing them asleep haha!

Then this was another cool idea that I saw & loved so just had to copy...

Pancake brekky as requested by the birthday boy....who then walked away without really eating much because he said they were too sweet! I'll have to remember never to bother again for him cause pancakes for brekky with a 9am church start is a bit of a push!

My beautiful 9 year old birthday boy xxx

Since Faithy babe hadn't been able to come to Beauty & the Beast with us the night before, she got to stay the night & come to church with us instead :)



The bros xx


Burgers & wedges at the Hekes for Mac & Dalls birthday dinner

And cupcakes for dessert

At some stage in the afternoon, the little 3 year old birthday princess petered out from all the excitement

Just had to put this one in for Mell - oh & just realised I probably should've cropped Spence out first lol










The 3 amigos - Mac is so blessed to have these 2 special girlies to go throughout life with. I hope they always stay close



Pink cupcakes for the birthday girl when she woke up :)