So what did Marcus get for Christmas? You can see a lot of it here - all the track and all but 3 of the trains he got for Christmas. So we spend lots of time putting them together, taking them apart, putting them together and driving the trains all about.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Self-portrait
This is my new favourite picture of me and Marcus - a self-portrait, with Marcus, in the dining room.
Xmas 2007
Marcus had a great xmas this year with loads of presents. We went to New Plymouth and spent xmas with the Woodhead side of the family. He woke up in the morning with his stocking that he'd put on his bed (or, as he called it, his 'blue gumboot') full of presents. There were more in the lounge and more from nana and granddad. Presents included: loads of Thomas the tank engine tracks, trains, books (including Thomas books) (yes, there's a merchandising theme here!), clothes, a clock puzzle. The best present that he was obsessed with were the $2 pack of balloons we picked up at the supermarket the day before!
It was a very exciting week and Marcus coped very well. Rex the dog, though, did not appreciate his home being invaded! And Marcus wanted to have every sleep with his trains.
And then when we came home there were more Thomas presents, with the best being Thomas socks!
Click on this link and it'll take you to a slideshow of 12 photos from xmas day.
It was a very exciting week and Marcus coped very well. Rex the dog, though, did not appreciate his home being invaded! And Marcus wanted to have every sleep with his trains.
And then when we came home there were more Thomas presents, with the best being Thomas socks!
Click on this link and it'll take you to a slideshow of 12 photos from xmas day.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
News
I know its been a long time since we were last on here (about 9 weeks) so an update on our lives is in order.
The big news is that Marcus is now going to be getting a sibling. Shelley is due in mid-March, which is very exciting. WE've told Marcus that mummy is growing a baby in her tummy. We're not 100% sure if he knows what we mean, but a great friend of ours has sent a book that helps to explain it. Marcus likes the book very much.
Marcus is really into trains at the moment. He's discovered in the last 3 days Thomas the Tank Engine, and unbelievably (or maybe it is believable to the other parents of toddlers) he now knows all the characters and what they do. So we're now buying Thomas books and engines and he noticed something on tv for the first time - an ad for a stage show of Thomas in Wellington later this month!
Shelley's off to Dunedin this weekend for a well earned break. It'll be the first time she's ever been away from Marcus so it'll be a test, particularly of her faith in me!!! It'll be okay, as Marcus will only be able to eat pizza for 2 days ;-)
I'd love to say more, but I really need to get to bed. I promise to put more photos up this week.
Karl
The big news is that Marcus is now going to be getting a sibling. Shelley is due in mid-March, which is very exciting. WE've told Marcus that mummy is growing a baby in her tummy. We're not 100% sure if he knows what we mean, but a great friend of ours has sent a book that helps to explain it. Marcus likes the book very much.
Marcus is really into trains at the moment. He's discovered in the last 3 days Thomas the Tank Engine, and unbelievably (or maybe it is believable to the other parents of toddlers) he now knows all the characters and what they do. So we're now buying Thomas books and engines and he noticed something on tv for the first time - an ad for a stage show of Thomas in Wellington later this month!
Shelley's off to Dunedin this weekend for a well earned break. It'll be the first time she's ever been away from Marcus so it'll be a test, particularly of her faith in me!!! It'll be okay, as Marcus will only be able to eat pizza for 2 days ;-)
I'd love to say more, but I really need to get to bed. I promise to put more photos up this week.
Karl
Tip-toeing in the tulips
The tulips are in bloom at the moment and we all went and visited the gardens to see them last week.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
New favourite toy
Marcus' new favourite toy is this train set given to him by his nana and granddad from Cromwell. He's worked out how to put his slippers under the track to make a hill and likes to make tunnels and take the track apart, for mum or dad to put it back together again.
Ready to go...
One day a week Marcus and mummy go to the supermarket to do the shopping. They take daddy to work (and go to a cafe first).
"That's all the cars you've lined up"
Marcus is sitting on my knee right now and looking at the photo saying "That's all the cars you've lined up" (he still hasn't yet worked out the difference between you and I and always refers to himself as "you"). His favourite activity with his toys is to line them up like this.
Marcus spells his name
Last month Marcus spelt his name for the first time (at 2yrs and 4 months). He was sitting in front of Shelley and Angela and started pulling out the letters from his box of letters and then lined these up on the stool and said "That spells Marcus".
Saturday, June 09, 2007
What does Marcus like to do?
Marcus is very ordered and he loves to order things.
I'll often get home at the end of the day and there will be something lined up somewhere in the house. The magnetic letters do wonderful loops around the fridge and up and down.
The "knifes, spoons, forks" will be lined up, in a row or next to each other.
I'll often get home at the end of the day and there will be something lined up somewhere in the house. The magnetic letters do wonderful loops around the fridge and up and down.
The "knifes, spoons, forks" will be lined up, in a row or next to each other.
Marcus building letters
Marcus got a new favourite toy last month - magnetic letters. Marcus is sitting next to me now saying "Marcus building letters!", hence the title of this photo. He knows all his letters and numbers up to 12.
Monday, May 07, 2007
It's been a while
No, we haven't disappeared from the face of the earth. I promise to write some stuff up in the next few days, but in the meantime, here's a photo of Marcus and me taken by our friend Russell when he was with us in February. Russell was such a hit that Marcus still talks about him (the spare room is Russell's room, the spare bed is Russell's bed, the other side of the back of the car is Russell's side)!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Happy Birthday Marcus, #2!
Today is Marcus' 2nd birthday. His presents from mum and dad were the easel/chalkboard, bubble bath, books and bath crayons. He loved them all, especially the books. He got an activity centre from his grandparents in New Plymouth in the weekend (he went up to his Aunty's wedding). And he got great toys from friends who came to his birthday party and from Aunties Rhonda and Joyce in Dunedin. He was so excited by Joyce's gift - he loves lego and she sent him some more. When he looked at the box he started yelling "Lego, lego, lego!" and couldn't get it open fast enough!
Ayesha, Toby, Hannah and Jasper came and played with him for his birthday party. They had a ball, eating birthday cake and chips and crackers on a fine sunny wellington day.
It's hard to believe 2 years has passed - every day now really is fantastic!
Ayesha, Toby, Hannah and Jasper came and played with him for his birthday party. They had a ball, eating birthday cake and chips and crackers on a fine sunny wellington day.
It's hard to believe 2 years has passed - every day now really is fantastic!
Doing the birthday circuit
We know lots of people with kids born around the same time as Marcus. Here we are, at the start of the birthday circuit, for Toby (bottom-right in the photo) and Hannah's 2nd birthday. They're Marcus' friends - he says their names all the time and plays with them nearly every day at the park.
Cute
Marcus really is fantastic at the moment. He is very playful, he loves his mum and dad unconditionally, he's starting to talk and says a lot and he's great fun.
Birthday hijinks
Here we managed to get Abigail, Marcus and Annabel to sit down in the same spot long enough to take a photo!
Yum yum
Recently Marcus had a party wtih his friends Annabel and Abigail, who were born on the two days after him. Marcus had banana cake which he loves. But this time it had chocolate icing!
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