Happy New Year 2012: The funny things you say

I was glad to see that I had written down how we felt moving into our beautiful home. Now four months on, we are starting to relax especially having had our first Christmas together and David was able to spend a over a week at home. The kids were wonderful being ages two and four, they were so excited about Christmas and Santa as well as the Christmas story. Maia wrote to Santa and both kids wanted bikes for Christmas. And so I went to the bike shop with Maia to get her sized up for her bike saying that the elves may not be able to make it, but at least Santa has your measurements and the lady at the shop, Meg, she told Maia that they didn't sell the bikes they just fit them after Maia said she wanted to take it home that day. Mike, Mom and Dad came for Christmas and we had the nicest Christmas ever. We went up to Kiama fish market on Christmas Eve and got some lovely fish for Christmas Eve and dinner. It was really, really lovely time together as a family and we had a great visit with Mike going to Green Patch Beach, Huskinsson for a vegetarian lunch at Pilgrims and then inland from Kiama to Carrington Falls and to a nearby waterhole, Nellies Glen. David and I walked to our local pool with the kids for an afternoon swim, teas at the Berry tea shop owned by a lovely couple Paulina and Clifford and just time together. On New Year's Eve, we went to our local show ground and saw some amazing fireworks. They were going off above us and it was the most spectacular display I have seen being that it was three dimensional. The kids coped well with the loud booms and David just had to cover Kiran's ears and Maia was curled up in my lap with her fingers in her ears. They really enjoyed it and we have enjoyed our time together. It was hard to see him go off to work actually as we had such a great holiday here at home. We feel so much more relaxed going into this year and it just feels so good to have some time to settle in to being here and taking it in and really feeling like we are home.

Kiran turns two this Saturday and we will have a party for him on Sunday. We are very excited about celebrating him and having a little birthday celebration for our boy.

It is so funny to hear some of the things that the two little people say and I always thought that I would remember word for word those funny little moments, but then I would forget and so I have started writing them down in a book. I will list them here so that they don't get lost somewhere and as time goes, I will hopefully continue to give little snippets of our life:

October 8, 2011: Sunny cat was welcomed to our household and within 24 hours made himself comfortable and was roaming around the house. We are so pleased with him and his wonderful nature with the kids. Maia and he are really bonded and he just loves being with her. Kiran loves the cat, but when Kiran is bored he started to get into mischief which often involves stepping on Sunny's tale or squeezing him as he says or pinching him, and when we yell at him and tell him not to, he often will look at us and laugh. The majority of the time he is good with him and the kids just love our little fury friend.

November 20, 2011

Kiran (22 months) on the change table looked up at the ceiling and said: "Ocean in the sky."

November 30, 2011

Maia (4) in the car in the backseat while I was driving to Kiran: "Kiran you are going to be my husband. And I am going to stay with you forever. And you are going to stay with me forever."

Kiran (22 months): Kiran dropped the wooden block on his toe and then explained, "Dropped blocks on toe." Kiran points to the corner of the block and said, "Right on the corner there."

December 4, 2011

After the Christmas parade in Berry, we were in the tea shop having a cuppa and Frank Sinatra was playing. Kiran (23 months): "Not like that music." David: "You don't like Frank?" Kiran: "Not like that Frank." And then he started singing the Hindu Chant Om Gam."

December 17, 2011

We were at Maia wildlife park and looking at a White Peacock and Maia declares excitedly, "Look Mom, there are Ants!! I wonder how they got there?" It was so funny to hear the joy in her voice when seeing ants crawling on the enclosure of the peacock's cage.

Later that day, Maia expressed concern that Kiran may wake up when Santa comes down the chimney and he won't be able to deliver their presents.

January 1, 2012

Kiran: I want to kiss an angel. I want to kiss baby Jesus.

Maia: He's already dead, Kiran.

(David and I just burst out laughing.)

January 2, 2012

Maia: I'm making Christmas cards. Me: We can mail them. Maia: No, no, we're NOT. We are going to fly around the world in an airplane and land on the roof like Santa.

Kiran at 23 months can sing the ABC song in its entirety as well as other songs such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. You are my Sunshine. Verses of Almost Heaven West Virgina and has learned other songs over the Christmas holidays. He is just amazing us every day and has started to potty train at 23 months. He will ask to use the toilet and is so excited that he is doing something in the potty that he will get up and down each time he does a bit of poo or a wee and asks for everyone in the house to come and take a look.