Family Trip to the Park

Today was such a lovely day that we decided to take a family walk and stop at the swings half way. It is our usual walk with the family. We take the dogs and head off into the Papakowhai forest. The dogs get a good walk and the kids get a play at the park.

Today I realised (again) that our kiddies are quite different from each other. Emily has always loved the swing. Even from a very early age. These days she loves to go super high (which scares her Mum somewhat) so going to the park with Daddy is much better because she goes much higher.

Declan on the other hand isn't that interested in the swing. In fact today he was more interested in his buckle...... 

or his big sister.

 

Then Daddy tried the slide and again.....not much emotion there either.

Emily decided that Sophie (her baby) really wanted to have a slide so she climbed over the tricky bridge with Sophie in her hand, so her little baby could have some fun! Of course Sophie loved the swing too.

Declan was more interested in the squishy mat on the ground! Funny boy.

Not much has been happening lately at home. Lots of sleepless nights (with both kids coughing) and little challenges with Emily. We have started a star chart for her and it has been working. She gets a star if she 'Eats all her dinner', she 'Goes to bed on time', she 'Stays in bed' and she 'Brushes her teeth'. 

Emily has also been a little sensitive when it comes to her beautiful curly hair. If anyone mentions it she gets kind of upset and mentions she wants 'Down hair' - long straight hair. Nana told her the other day that she has lovely curls, just like her Daddy. Her response was "I don't want curly hair, I want down hair like Mummy". One day she will realise that everyone always wants different hair to what they have!

One funny thing that Emily said this last week after we visited Great Grandad at hospital was that she has 3 Grandads. 'Tickly Grandad' (Jo's Dad), 'Normal Grandad' (Matt's Dad) and 'Other Grandad' (Jo's Grandad, and Emily's Great Grandad). So cute how they work out the differences sometimes! 

We are also very pleased to say that we don't have any family members in hospital anymore. Great Gran (GG) came out of hospital 1.5 weeks ago after spending 3 weeks there. Great Grandad came out of hospital on friday after spending nearly 2 weeks there. We are thankful they are recovering and resting at home and hopefully are a lot better really soon!

Have a great weekend.

xox