Day 289 - Olivia

Tonight I captured this quick photo of Olivia - she is becoming quite camera shy, so lately I have been getting photos of her beautiful ears and neck, unless she is feeling photogenic. As you can see eating dinner is a finger affair in our house - unless there is gravy, then she uses her fork to scoop it up.

Day 288 - Giddy Up

Today we planned a day at the races with my dad as his present for Father's Day. Morgana, Isabel, Matt, Melanie and Dave came along as well. It was a beautiful day to spend at the races. The girls had a great time - Ava on the jumping castle and following Isabel around, Olivia drawing and also following Isabel around. There was a few moments of horse race watching - in today's photo I distracted Ava from the big race which she was watching with her dad.

It was a wonderful day, with wonderful company - some wonderful gambling results for some as well. Looking forward to planning another very soon.

Day 284 - Emotions

Emotions are so varied in the afternoon at our house. They range from extremely happy through to devastatingly tired and sad. This afternoon when I picked the girls up from school this afternoon, they were indeed very happy, as usually today is a Daddy pick up day, it was a nice surprise that I got there first. While enjoying an afternoon snack of strawberries, I tried to capture as many different emotions of the girls. I think Ava's surprised face is my favourite.

Day 280 - My little shadow

Today we went to Meagan's house to celebrate Dave, Josh and Bianca's birthday. When we came home, I got into come comfy tracksuit pants, funnily enough, my little copycat did the same. Olivia has been my shadow for the last couple of days. She has been doing everything I do and I can't seem to do anything without her! Funny how things like this come in waves, Next week, no doubt she will be Shane's shadow.

Day 279 - Enjoying the Weather

Sometimes it is really hard to choose just one photo for the day. Today we had a very full day. We went to the movies to watch 'Tinkerbell - The Secret of the Wings', had lunch with Shane in the city- including a ride on the merry-go-round, played outside and went for a walk to the shops. The three of us had a wonderful day together.

Today's photo is a collage of all the fun we had while we played outside in the beautiful Spring weather.

Day 274 - Fun times

With beautiful weather in Bingara Gorge, we decided to head out for a little lunch and then a play in the park. We had a great time, me getting lots of manual practice and the girls having fun at the playground around the corner of their house. It was one of our best visits to the beautiful Pearson family, mostly because the girls are really coming out of their shell and instead of hiding behind our legs or holding our hand, they happily hugged Neri and Andy and held their hands while out and about instead of ours. It truly is love - from all sides.

Day 271 - Sleeping Beauties

When the girls are asleep I find it the best time for a spot of relaxing. Currently when I am enjoying my cup of tea and possibly a treat before bed, I am usually found playing the Song Pop App on my iPhone. This collage fitted in well with todays photo theme of love/hate. I certainly love bedtime, while I am pretty sure some days the girls hate it - one day, they might come to love it!

268 - A Walking ad for Bleach

Today was the first day of school holidays - with a few odd jobs on our list of things to do, the girls got some quality time outside. I possibly should have thought about dressing my daughter in white. Particularly when she thought washing her car with the dirt was a good idea. This is the end result - I think it is rather ironic how happy and proud she is looking in this picture, completely opposite reaction to what my reaction was.

Day 264 - Musicians

There is nothing like a little music in your house. I am sure that I wouldn't mind if they had a little tone and rhythm. The girls had a wonderful afternoon playing with their instruments singing songs like 'Hey Diddle Diddle', 'A.B.C' and even some modern pop classics like Maroon 5's 'Moves like Jagger'

I wonder if this musical development is a sign of things to come... maybe they will be my key to being rich and famous. I am sure that they both do indeed have the X Factor.

Day 261 - Swimming Lessons

Tonight was the last swimming lesson for Term 3 - safety week. Swimming lessons are sometimes the funniest 30 minutes I have all week. Aside from being funny, it was a very serious topic as well. Watching the girls float around with their life jackets around their ears, trying to keep their feet pointing down rather than allowing them to kick to the surface like they normally do, was definitely something I wish I had captured on video. They saved each other with their noodles and life jackets and sometimes they didn't want to save one another.

I look forward to many more adventures of swimming on Monday afternoons next Term.

Day 259 - Kitchen Helpers

Today we caught up with friends - while we had a lovely lunch and a catch up, we also discovered through the help of Debbie the skill our children have at washing dishes. They are both possibly happy that we have a dishwasher, but I am sure that I can keep some dishes aside for them to happily wash up.

Day 258 - Favourite

Favourite: most liked; preferred above all others.

Suprisingly I am often asked if I have a favourite twin, of course I do, it just depends on which day it is! What my favourite thing really is - the bond they share. They don't always demonstrate it with the sibling disagreements they have, however mostly they are just in love with one another. Best Friends, Sisters. Could it get any better than this?

Day 253 - Picnic

Today we enjoyed a beautiful picnic in the sun. The girls are getting into the warmer weather playing outside and having a wonderful time. Olivia is getting right into the warmer weather with a request to wear her skirts every day.

It was a lovely afternoon playing together outside - hopefully the warmer weather continues on the weekends when we get to enjoy it most.

Day 250 - Everyday

Everyday these dolls are carried around from room to room. Usually they begin the day in our bed, moving on to breakfast with the girls. While they are at school - they are usually wherever the girls leave them. Today, they were left on the couch ready and waiting for them to come home.

It is nice to know Jemima is still a favourite.

Day 245 - Spring has sprung!

We all know that Spring brings along warmer weather and we thought why not get out and about in the garden with the beautiful weather we had today. Shane planted some seedlings while I planted some flowers, with the help of our mini gardeners who enjoyed digging and watering their dirt.

Hopefully they don't pick the tomatoes or strawberries as soon as they see them!

Day 239 - Family Sunday

As per usual it was a beautiful Sunday when we were catching up with the beloved Simpson and Stubbs clans. There is always trampoline fun, tree climbing and of course, far too much food to sit and enjoy along with the fabulous company.

Day 236 - Pair

What a crazy pair I have! Ava was busily eating the whole strawberry that Took gave them on the way out of the door at daycare today. Olivia as you can see, ate it so quickly she was ready for a beautiful smile on our walk out of daycare and up the hill to our home.

To inject a little inspiration into my blog this month, I have decided to play along with the challenge presented on Fat Mum Slim's blog (www.fatmumslim.com.au) and for today the theme was Day 23 - Pair

Day 232 - A Beautiful Moment

We spent an afternoon together having lots of fun and laughter today, and even though the girls bicker a fair amount of the time, it is capturing these beautiful sibling moments that just melt my heart. I just think that Olivia and Ava are incredibly lucky to be growing up with their best friend.

Day 231 - Playdough

I like to think of myself as a hands on mum - maybe not as often as I'd like, however spending an afternoon rolling, moulding, smoothing and recreating playdough with the girls was very relaxing. I certainly don't get the playdough out as often as the girls would like... it is holidays soon, maybe I will endeavour to do more then.

Day 230 - Triple Bath time Fun

Tonight we had a very long and over due catch up with the Agius family. While we were there the three gorgeous kids had a wonderful time in a bubble bath together. It was lovely being able to sit and chat happily together after enjoying a delicious meal together. Really can't wait for the next one - now to just find the time before the newest member of the Agius family joins us.