Friday, March 12, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Big day - Oliver learns to whistle!
Couldn’t get over this tonight at the dinner table, Oliver looks at me and starts to whistle! Wow. I think I was like 12 when I learnt to do that!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
But not looking too shabby either :) I’ve just started experimenting with a new Iphone app - pretty nifty pictures. I really like this one - although it took a few goes!
Tags: Sal
Monday, February 22, 2010
I’m not going to spend too much time talking about my birthday this year, but suffice to say Steven took the book and threw it out of the window. I’ll just say 6 great friends, a limo, Puppetry of the Penis, and dinner at Bazaar. There I’ve said it. The rest I’ll leave up to your vivid and sordid imaginations!
Tags: Sal
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sometimes the things you wonder about with your kids - what they are “getting” and “not getting” and at what age, is simply a matter of what they are developmentally ready for. I used to wonder when Oliver would “get” drawing - when he would move from just experimenting with colors to actually putting together an image with some intention around it. Suddenly, age 4 and a half we are here.
Here’s a selection of art projects from the Kydd house…
Oliver's Self-portrait
Lola's Sparkles
Oliver Self Portrait - with glasses
T for Turtle by Lola
Spontaneous gift for Mama by Oliver
Lola - Learning to write her name
Robot by Oliver
Friday, February 5, 2010
Mum has been visiting these last couple of weeks and we have had such a blast. On her last day we decided to be reckless and on the way to driving the kids to school I announced we would blow off school and take ourselves off on an adventure! Well not the most responsible thing to do you may say, but it is only preschool after all.
So around we turned and headed off home to pack up and head out to Joshua Tree, or Pioneertown to be exact. I’d heard about Pioneertown from a good friend who has been a bunch of times. It was just as I imagined it, like some scene from an old Western. Single dusty road, mock Western buildings on each side, small ramshackle hotel…
Well the hotel looks a lot nicer on the website is all I can say. It was cold as anything and they only had one room that was clean, despite showing ten rooms available on their website before we left. Moral of the story - it always pays to call ahead.
We ended up at a really nice Best Western - a first for me. It was comfy and the kids loved it. I got take out pasta from Sizzlers (yuh!) and some new PJS from Walmart for Lola (another first).
All in all we had a great time. Got to go to the park, climb some rocks and then head gratefully home.
Tags: Granny, Joshua Tree, Pioneertown
Monday, February 1, 2010
I can’t believe our little girl has turned 3. Coming in at a healthy 32 pounds and 36.5 inches, she is growing every day and is crazy smart.
We celebrated her birthday with a fantastic party - you can see the photos here on Flickr. A lot of folks, a lot of kids, with our core group of friends who stayed on at the end whilst the kids settled down to a movie - perfect.
Here are some of Lolie’s gems:
besert - dessert
comfyball - comfortable
psghetti - spaghetti
scrambridge
antidotics
She is also writing L for Lola, O for Oliver and T for turtle.
The list goes on! I love you my girl. You really are a girl of passion, joy and wit.
The world will be your playground.
Tags: Birthdays, Language, Lola
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Every time I go to the beach with the kids we have such a memorable time. I feel glad to be in Venice, glad to be near a beach full of such diverse characters, I feel glad they get to experience this and I get to be with them. It’s such a juxtaposition of colliding worlds: parents with strollers, guys playing basketball, kids hanging out at the skate park, homeless men setting up camp for the night, surfers and tattoo artists - you name it it’s here. Then you are running along the shore, splashing in the waves, careening down the sand dunes… You stop to take a breath and look out to the ocean and for a moment you are somewhere else and it feels just great.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
I don’t know what it was about the holidays this year but there was something magical in the air. We had Meme and Loring with us on Christmas morning, the kids of course were beside themselves with excitement!
We went to Mass the night before which was great. I’m not a Catholic and not sure if I ever will be, but certainly lately I’ve been feeling the need for something a bit deeper and more meaningful in my life. I’m not sure of church will be it, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and it was a tradition I hope we will continue for many years ahead. The service was interesting, I felt welcomed, and it felt good to be part of a diverse community - mixing with people of all ages which is not something we often get to do. Oliver slept through the entire thing and Lola was captivated!
Christmas Day began with gifts and breakfast. This year I felt more organized than in past years and don’t feel we overdid it on the gifts. Lego is starting now to click with Oliver and it’s great to see him so absorbed. Lola got a wee kitchen (which Oliver loves too) and a toy piano so she can pound away when I’m practicing.
Cerentha, Brian and Morgan came for dinner, together with Cerentha’s and Brian’s kids Jack and Lu. Dinner - roast lamb went on for a good six hours - perfect. Good wine, great company. I think the fact that the kids are older just makes it all the more easier and more fun too, as you get to dive into the traditions of Christmas together.
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