Miro and Tai play for hours together
In the garden, with dinosaurs, among the sheets.
26 March 2012
Every morning Miro asks if it's Preschool today.
Today it's sadly only Monday
But he still earnestly practices letters.
25 March 2012
A marginal step up from the pet mouse "Jelly"
That Miro keeps begging us to buy him,
As he loves Tom and Jelly so much!
24 March 2012
Miro telling tall tales
About dinosaurs and pirates
To a captive audience of Tomas and Tai
On our camping trip to Cockatoo Island...
23 March 2012
As the sun sets over the Harbour
Miro pulls Bandoo's suitcase behind him
As Tomas runs through the campground to meet him.
Our first night at Cockatoo Island!
22 March 2012
After Miro's beloved preschool
He loves to conduct the ritual
Of asking for blu-tack, and choosing the best spot
To hang his newest artworks.
20 March 2012
Like this!
(It's a monster who hurt his hand and is crying, holding a baby
And was drawn especially for Reuben)
He also drew an aeroplane with lots of windows
And wrote his name very nicely at the top!
19 March 2012
18 March 2012
A Sunday of splashy fun with Vicky!
Miro swims earnestly, little mouth clamped smiling
And nose pointing upwards, kicking furiously.
16 March 2012
An exciting Friday afternoon, where plans
For the beach are blown away by the chilly lips
Of a coming winter. And so instead,
We take the car ferry to our favourite park
And the boys clamber apples and blissful.
13 March 2012
Any time the babies are in the Svedish room
Miro considers them cuddle fodder
And begs for a hug and a photo.
12 March 2012
Having a good old yarn
Over sausages and chippies
At Archie's place...
(First time in months!)
11 March 2012
A lovely Sunday BBQ with the smell of grass and warmth of sunshine;
Sausages and salad on funny plates
When Aunty Sloane and Uncle Kent come to visit.
The most fun part of the day is when
Uncle Kent squeezes into the back with Miro.
And the saddest part is when
They take the aeroplane back to Melbourne without him!
9 March 2012
His face so full of wonder and excitement
At the prospect of taking the ferris wheel...
And later, pure happiness !
8 March 2012
While nobody's watching
Miro finds an envelope today
And writes his own name for the first time
As well as drawing a dandy little fella right beside it.
Papa and Mummy are so excited!
Miro is pretty blasé.
4 March 2012
Ever the negotiator,
Miro constantly finds ways to meet us in the middle.
Recently, we've decided that the bedroom and garden are play areas,
And the lounge room must be left pristine;
Tired as we are of a house strewn top to toe with toys
And squealing boys!
So when Mummy asks Miro to clean his room today
Miro says, quite savvily,
"But you said we could make a mess in our bedroom!"
"Hmm, not quite," Mummy says,
"It's not nice for Matai to have his dodo in this chaos."
"But Goo *likes* the mess," says Miro breezily.
"My put him to bed. Ok?"
3 March 2012
A South American lunch of Peruvian food
After visiting the photographic and Dr Seuss museum
Makes us decide to eat churros for afternoon tea
And who better to invite than Ms Vicky Cristina Barcelona!
The next two hours can only be described as Wild
As Miro and Vicky scream and run their way around the cafe
Until we are forced to release them outside, and into the Broadway playground.
2 March 2012
Miro loves his preschool so much.
When he gets home, he shows us his very special painting
And three cotton ball watercolours he couldn't bear to leave to dry.
1 March 2012
Knowing how much Miro loves pirates
Nanny buys him and Tai a pair of swashbuckling outfits
And they pounce around the garden.
Alas, their understanding of what pirates do
Tends to be a kind of cross between builders and gardeners,
Holding cutlass upside-down, cutting and hammering things
And generally being helpful around the garden.
29 February 2012
A rainy day is made fun
By Granny and Pop's warm arrival
With boxes and textas, gateau and moketani,
And tables and chairs to be constructed,
And puzzles to be puzzled over.
Miro is consumed by giggles at the balloons they bring
As Granny puffs them up, and then they zoom off with farty sounds.
Later he draws on them too!
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