Happy to you too!!

So i had my birthday and it was terrific. I got LOTS of pressies and emails and calls from all over!!! Best of all it was really the first time that Bax has realised that it is my birthday and so he scribbled in a card and sang to me and said Happy to you about a billion times. And I went into work late and we had breakfast together - the four of us - in mt Edne before kindy. And bax was so happy at having had cake and fluffy milk and pancakes for brekkie that he literally skipped into kindy saying bye at the door and ran off to hang up his bag.

A quick snapshot: i realise that i haven't really let you all know where the kids are up to for a bit so here goes.

Bax knows all his colours. He is speaking in almost real sentences but he is very deliberate and has realised that we don't really talk in real sentences but more in a kind of very fast short hand so he is picking that up too - he trys to talk quickly and it all comes out very clipped and missing syllabels. He can count from 6 to 9 but we haven't taught him this and he has no real idea of what it means it's just like a little poem. He can dress his top half but finds it tricky to put shorts on.

Izzie is very keen to walk. She stands up but still has to hold on with at least one hand. she has a little wooden trolley that she likes to push around and she can walk for ages with that. If that's not available she pushes a chair around. She can even push the trolley when Bax is in it. She can feed herself breakfast but there is a pretty substantial clean up procedure prior to this activity.

Got all that?