Kids Half Yearly Update

Keira

Our big girl Keira Olandina is growing up into a beautiful little lady who always makes us laugh - even the twins. At 2 years old she's had to grow up pretty quickly having two baby siblings to share mummy and daddy with. She did ignore them for 2 days and she finally accepted them when they came home! Now at 2 years and 7 months she is, in our eyes becoming a little lady and not so babyish anymore. Of course she will always be our baby but she can now dress herself, feed herself, put on her shoes, run little errands for us like putting things in the rubbish or grabbing things for us . We still need to toilet train her but we've been advised to wait until Spring when the weather is warmer. We were initially worried about her lack of English vocabulary but she surprises us everyday with new words and she loves to read and learn so as we spend more time teaching her, we anticipate that she'll be talking non stop - something to look forward yet dread at the same time haha

Keira is so active, loud and independent. She is real Daddy's girl and the two have gotten even closer since the twins. She can be a handful but I guess that's just the age she's at. She is affectionate, loves hugs and kisses and we love to see her being so attentive and loving (sometimes a little too much) to her baby siblings.

Keira loves:

Dancing - especially to music by Beyonce, Jessica Mauboy and Timomatic

Singing - favourite songs include Happy Birthday, You are my Sunshine and nursery rhymes

Reading - Cat in the Hat and library books

Watching DVDs - favourites include Wriggles, Hi Five and Sparkles and William

Housework - washing dishes, hanging the clothes, folding the clothes, cooking, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming but at the moment, as much as I appreciate her help sometimes it creates more mess!

Colouring in, wearing dresses, hand bags, dressing up, wearing big people's shoes (especially mummy's), anything sweet!, pasta and noodles, bubbles and playing with water

Dislikes - anyone brushing her teeth, getting her hair blow dried, getting her hair done, getting her hair cut, rinsing shampoo out of her hair, cereal, the dark, bread crusts and unpeeled fruit

 Montana

 At 6 months, our gorgeous Montana Rose is a very clever little girl. Even though she was the smallest of all our babies, she has really blossomed and has caught up, if not pass her twin in weight and height.

She is practically crawling already, babbles non stop, is very adventurous, very attentive to everything around her, the last to sleep yet the first to wake up, loves her food, is a little 'thinker', a Miss independent who knows what she wants and lets us know it! It always seems like she is in a rush to grow up! She doesn't like loud noises, is cautious with people and she really loves her mummy and is another daddy's girl.

Lucas

Our youngest by a minute and our only son, Lucas Orlando Halo is a real mummy's boy. He loves his daddy too but his mummy just a little more! (for the moment) He has the most softest, silky skin, is so friendly and is very smiley with everyone he meets although he's not so independent and prefers to stay close to mummy and daddy. He loves being held, loves his sleep and is pretty comfortable to grow at his own pace. He is a happy go lucky little fella and not much bothers him. He used to be a cry baby but it may have to do with his foot when he had weekly casts for the first 8 weeks of his life. Before we had children, I told Damo that I always wanted a daughter and if I never had a son, it wouldn't bother me and now I just can't get enough of our handsome little man. Damo teases me all the time about what I said and now I have to eat my words because I can't imagine life without this little man in our family!