Parenting is fun!

I am pleased to say that since my last post Emily is growing and changing so much but her need to touch everything and pull everything off shelves has slowed down. It may have something to do with the fact that most rooms in the house have closed doors during the days now, to avoid mishap throughout the entire house!
We headed up north to visit Trish, Sinka, Sammy and Henry during the school holidays and also visit with our friends Carl and Denise and their two boys. Here is a picture of Carl and Bryce and their protege's at the foozball table. It is a bit dangerous for little ones to play as they handles are exactly at head height for them and Liam actually got taken out by a rogue move by Emily or Bryce when trying to defend their goal!

We had a really nice time visitingthe Sinclairs at the farm and Emily loved being around all the animals (dogs, cats, chickens, lambs, sheep). It was nice to get away, especially after having not had my usual "mom" break from Em by teaching at school. It was also really cold and rainy for much of the holiday so being cooped up inside with the fireplace and a 15month old made for some tiring days.
Em is really enjoying her little trike. She motors around on that thing pretty quick now and enjoys going downhill.


Its also neat to watch her start to get shy around other people. She is recognizing that things she does without thinking around Mom and Dad might look silly in front of others, and chooses to shy away. It is very cute.

We took Emily and Mia to Lindale to see some of the farm animals yesterday. The girls enjoyed getting up close to all the animals, although the lambs were a bit intense for our lil ladies. Especially when Cheryl and I got to feed the lambs their milk from a bottle. Those little sheep were extremely energetic sucklers and it made Em a bit freaked out. She didn't let go of me the whole time I had the bottle in hand.