We went to William’s birthday party at the St Kilda Adventure Playground this morning and everyone had a great time! Alan met us there after a run hence his sporting attire! It all got too much for Charlie on the bike ride home and he fell asleep on Alan’s shoulders (he had been up since 5 this morning).
This week Ella went to her first ballet class with her little friends Eve & Matisse. They loved it!
These are pictures from one a playdate at Eve & Ewan’s house a few weeks ago.
Amanda came over with Olivia & Sophie this afternoon for a long overdue catchup and playdate. The kids had great fun dressing up!
These are just some recent pictures I forgot I’d taken on my phone….
We took a trip into the city on Thursday morning to get Ella shoes for her first dance class on Monday – she & Charlie love going on the tram and Ruby & Poppy were on their best behaviour! Here’s some pictures of them playing on the steps of the QV building and beside one of their beloved Bumblebee Trams.
At the start of the week the weather wasn’t great so we were forced to play indoors, Ella decided to occupy Poppy for a while and you can see that Poppy was delighted. Charlie joined in on the action at one stage making them giggle with his antics.
Just like every other in the Donaldson house, last weekend was busy. On Saturday Mhairi & I took Ella (and Poppy) to the Barbie expo – she loved all the pretty dresses but the highlight for her was designing and taking home her own Barbie! Charlie had emptied his piggy bank and was insistent on buying Mater from cars so Alan took him & Ruby shopping. We all met up afterwards with Auntie Jil & Uncle Dave too for a few drinks in the pub.
On Sunday Auntie Mhairi & Auntie Jill took Charlie to the zoo while I took Ella to Archie’s birthday party (one of her friends from kinder). It was in the park and because it was a cold, wet morning we kept having to run for cover. The kids didn’t mind at all! In the afternoon Alan took Ella & Charlie out to watch St Kilda v Geelong with Mhairi, Blanche & Tim.
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A few weeks ago I did the 10k in Run Melbourne – running is definitley an escape for me and I really enjoyed it. Dora ran with me and Maz & Blanche ran the 5k. Despite a hangover Alan brought our troupe to meet me at the finish.
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The last few months have been great fun watching Ruby & Poppy start to respond more to Ella & Charlie’s attempts to entertain them. Charlie in particular is always up to something which his baby sisters find highly amusing!!
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