Swim lessons

Owen has started swimming lessons again. Today he had a lesson all on his own and Nicole worked him really hard as he is a bit of a lazy swimmer and would prefer to "snorkel" around the pool than kick his legs and use his arms. Erin loves to play with the figurines beside the pool while he does his lesson.

Owen's taste buds

Owen really battles to eat peas and beans and most times I have to manipulate him into eating them. However, I have found some baby peas that are sweet tasting and that seems to do the trick although he does not like them in large quantities. It must be a particular taste in green vegetables because he eats broccoli without too much of a fuss. Before he even starts his dinner he picks them out and puts them on his placemat as he cannot stand them being on his plate the whole of dinner time!

Reception Christmas Concert

It was Owens Christmas Concert. For weeks I have heard the song "C" is for the candle on the christmas tree, "H" is for the holly leaves as green as green can be, "R" is for the Rudolph nose so shiny bright, "I" is for the icicle twinkling in the light, "S" is for the stars shining up so bright, "T" is for the tree standing up so high, "M" is for the mistletoe where everyone is kissed, "A" is for the children that make up the christmas list , "S" is for old Santa who makes everyone his pet we bring you all of this in our christmas alphabet. All the children did a lovely job of the production and sang so well! The costumes were provided by the parents and the hats were made at school. The concert was well attended by parents and family and lasted 30 minutes. Afterwards we were able to take the performers home in their outfits. Owen had a blast and kept peering into the audience to see where we were.

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Happy Birthday Owen

Owen is 5 today! How the time has flown by so quickly. Because it was a school day we got out of bed earlier than normal so that Owen could open his present and I could finish the 27 cupcakes that were for his class and 2 teachers. I went with his party theme and put no entry signs on each cupcake. He was thrilled with his container of Meccano that Grandpa Roly had recommended buying for him many years ago. Secretly I think he was more interested in when he was going to eat his cupcake!

Owen's 5th Birthday Party

At 2pm about 20 children and their parents descended on the Le Majestic Gardens Clubhouse to celebrate Owen's birthday. Most were from his school. His theme was traffic related and he chose the design of the cake. In the days before we made a traffic light piñata that was filled with sweets, cut out endless numbers of printed road signs and made traffic lights. The trusty faithful "pass the parcel" started as the warm up game. We invited Paul, the magic man, to entertain the children with his tricks. They loved it but one little boy didn't particularly like the cockroach trick and had to be reassured it was not a real one! Brendon had arranged a tyre race (discarded tyre's sourced by Brendon and Douglas one night in a vacant plot down the road) and an egg and spoon race. The tyres were spray painted black so that the dirt did not come off and mark hands and clothes. After all the activities there were lots of hungry mouths and the food disappeared in no time. Hotdogs, jellies with worms, fruit platters, crisps and pop corn were devoured. After this it was time for the cake and Owen was so excited his grin was enormous. The last parents left at 5.30pm and Owen was desperate to open his gifts. But during clean up time Owen shot out of the clubhouse and promptly puked on the steps. Maybe one too many jellies I would say!