Ribbing

At the moment sebastian and Derek are taking turns to tease each other about one direction being the other respective persons favourite band. Seb was pretty pleased with himself when he found this at the shops. I would not concede to giving him money to buy it as a joke for Derek but I was cheap enough to take a picture. He loves a good gag that boy.


-written from here

what you have all been waiting for

We did it, first day of school done. unexpectedly - there were tears from both Sebastian and me.


Just time for a little pick before we head off



so far so good. He likes his teacher, has made some friends and is learning at a great rate of knots. He is loving a website for maths homework and borrowing Asterix books from the library. He is living on thin air - barely touching his lunchbox and taking a long time to go to sleep at night -coming down from the adrenalin buzz. School is going to be fun

Mum take some photos of my star wars moves

I think Im gonna love school

Here in Brisbane most schools as I understand it contract out their stationery supplies and you order your box from the company - no last minute dashes in early feb choosing textas and pencils - they all arrive prepackaged with your requirements in early Dec ready for next year - Sebastian was so excited about his school things arriving - we checked them 3 -4 times, and I found him lying on top of the box like this the next day. Next Stop uniform central.

a hard days work

Friday saw a thorough cleaning of the deck. Child Labour. Sebastian was the most enthusiastic constantly reminding me of what a great job he was doing (mothers son much? need a little affirmation and praise?) Elliot was the foreman pointing out what Georgia was doing wrong.
Elliot also said about 500 times "I got same mummy" He and I had the same washer - he thought that was grand
the reward was iceblocks at the end

The Handsome Prince

Before I have blogged about Sebastian being le petite prince however this time he was a prince for real in the Christmas song concert at preschool. There was a princess long ago long ago long ago there was a princess long ago long long ago.




Here is the prince ready to wake up the sleeping princess by gently kissing her repeatedly on the shoulder and back








He tells me though that he isnt really going to marry the princess - she is marrying Isaac and He will marry Gina - its all sorted.
There is such sweetness there

monkey 1 and monkey 2

things we can do

No1: - get elliot out of bed and take his nappy off and put him on the toilet

- starting to recognise words

- ride my scooter for 5km

- swim underwater and float on my back

- help people with puzzles at preschool - they call me the "puzzle helper"

No2.

- run fast

- do wees and poos on the toilet

- jump with two feet

- say 3 -4 words in a sentence

- get my own drinks from the water cooler

- climb up onto the top bunk (arrrrghhh!)

- not sleep past 6am

obstacle course

Sebastian has a fascination with mazes and obstacle courses at the moment. During quiet rest time one day he set up this creation in his room, including 2 helterskelters 1 ironing board, several boxes and pieces of cardboard and a board with hooks on it. Hooray for imagination and creativity

Hair do

the outcome

Sebastian did all his jobs. he got to choose 3 superheros. This was a dilemma as there were four he really wanted. But he chose, Superman, Batman, and the Flash. He was sad about not getting Aquaman but left the shop in a very grown up way. Derek was so proud of the way that he conducted himself that he went back and got Aquaman unbeknownst to Sebastian and he got it later. He was pretty excited. Lesson 1 in not getting what you want when you want it, saving money, and waiting for things complete.

He loves the Superheros so much. So of course when it was Lachlans birthday recently he wanted to buy all the Superheroes for him too.

the deal

we have made a deal. Sebastian will unpack the dishwasher for 5 days ( only the plastic stuff) and will receive $1 to add to his $20 that he got for his birthday to buy... superman, batman and the flash from the toyshop all in one go, at the same time. He is $1 short. he thinks its a good deal, we shall see if he still thinks that when it comes time to do the work. maybe this is an introduction to pocket money or on the flip side not always getting what you want?

the actual birthday

the day was spent half at preschool. He was sent home with 39 deg temps. but perked up with a dose of panadol. So we continued with our "family dinner"Please note the much prized superman jamies, and the ben 10 socks. Ben 10 undies will not be shown in light of public decency. roast chicken and chocolate cake were the birthday dinner requests

More Silliness

boys at easter 2

easter at preschool

first of many

Sebastian had his first morning at preschool on tuesday. HE LOVED IT! no tears, just a quick see you later mum and dad. here he is happily digging in the sandpit with new friends. its going to be a good year

cupboard

although this might look like a sudocreme incident, it is not. Sebastian helped me do some of the painting on my cupboard when I say on the cupboard I mean on the back. he had a great time and is very proud of his effort. the doors are yet to get finished and put back on

must play...so tired

more pics of Sebastian asleep - this time amidst all his favourite things, hungry hungry hippos, snakes and ladders and Buzz and the Kangaroo game. Precarious sleeping!