Just hanging around in the billycart,
In what Miro calls the "real garden".
(As opposed to the verandah, where he now makes out
That we somehow unreasonably forced him to be
When we told him to play outside!)
12 January 2013
Miro's first pet: a caterpillar
That promptly scoffs all the salad
And quadruples in size in a week!
9 January 2013
Miro has his happy little voyeur face on
As he watches another mother draw stick figures for her children...
And later is the best big brother,
Helping Bastien not squash too many grapes,
And not fall off the table!
8 January 2013
When Mummy returns home with some new T-shirts for the boys,
Miro is so thrilled that he tries to fold each one.
Then Nanny shows him how to fold them like the shops do,
And he sets to task, folding them with quiet pride.
7 January 2013
Miro's face on being told
He will need to eat his salad before we can have the gallette...
And after, with le petit bonhomme
When Maman is proclaimed La Reine !!
5 January 2013
After a delicious Yum Cha with Archie and Tomas,
Miro loves our afternoon at the pool,
Paddling around with his bubble on, learning to dive,
And curious about why his three brothers are not as enthusiastic!
3 January 2013
Whiling away the morning
Under the sprinkler...
(Bastien obsessed with it,
Thinking it's a giant ball!)
2 January 2013
We start the morning with playground, pirate lights and pillow pets,
Followed by babycinos with beloved Aunty Sloane...
Followed up by a parade of funny hats at Bondi Beach
Where Miro musters only a petit smile,
In the aftermath of a meltdown about ice-cream... (!)
Then, we wander to Watson's Bay
Where we discover the most majestic fig
And Miro rides its elephantine boughs.
1 January 2013
After four days of camping,
We are all the very best of friends,
And lovingly take the ferry back to the mainland.
31 December 2012
As the year ticks over into our final dusk
Miro, Archie, Matai and Rose
Play calmly with Christmas sticker books,
Delighted in their creations.
30 December 2012
Today is the commencement of hours upon days of fun
As the children pull each other around on Steve's trolley
While Archie calls "Next Stop! All Stations!"
Later on, after cold showers and new pyjamas
Miro and Archie can't stop laughing
As they play soccer with Papa.
29 December 2012
Today, after an enormous walk 6km up and down the hill,
We come down with sunstroke, Miro worst of all.
He feels better after he's sick, but we spend the rest of the holiday
Drinking as much brown Basin water as we can handle.
28 December 2012
Miro is so helpful when we arrive at the Basin,
Diligently donning a headlamp
To pump up all the air beds
Till his arms "don't work no more"!
27 December 2012
Stevee throws Miro away with the dirty laundry...
Including one very swish new Octonauts quilt cover!
26 December 2012
Today we watch the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
From beautiful Bradley's Head
And later picnic in the calm rushes,
Exploring rocks, bushes... and Pierre's iPhone!
24 December 2012
On the night of Christmas Eve, Miro is beside himself with excitement
After having run the gamut of emotions in the lead-up to Christmas,
Such as "how will Santa get down the chimney if they're all boarded up?"
And, "what if Santa doesn't get me the Dieselworks?" (panic threatening to overcome him).
We leave out the carrots for the reindeer,
And as Mummy takes the rubbish out, she thinks she sees Santa streaking across the sky.
But there is one more thing to do before bed: clean up their toys.
"You need to put all your toys in the box,
Otherwise Santa might think you've got too many toys
And not want to leave you any more," says Mummy.
In a flap, Miro runs around the loungeroom collecting his toys
And strews a blanket over the box for good measure.
He examines it a little while, then sighs heavily and looks woebegone.
"It's no good," he says. "Santa knows everything.
Santa will know I've got too many toys."
23 December 2012
Present-opening frenzy!
As the boys discover a present stash
From the twins' birthday, the day before...
22 December 2012
Miro and Tai spend the whole day playing with special friends
At the First birthday party of their little brothers.
21 December 2012
Today we go to Darling Harbour
For something fun to do.
We watch great dinosaurs of crocodiles
Move slowly through the water...
And when we're at the playground,
Miro takes such good care of Tai on the giant slide,
Helping him up with a caring hand,
And sliding down with his arm around him...
Unless he slips away!
19 December 2012
Today we have a grand time showing Michelle around Sydney,
And are lucky enough to spot some giant lizards on the walk to Cabbage Tree Bay!
Unfortunately Miro is soon initiated into Aussiedom
By having his ankles wrapped by a large, nasty bluebottle...
Sending Mummy carrying him howling across the sand and back to the kiosk
For some vinegar, ice and lot of love.
16 December 2012
Today, Miro swims for the first time with just a bubble,
And loves paddling up to Bastien to give him a kiss.
15 December 2012
Christmas lunch
And a triple birthday celebration
See the chaos of life
Rearrange into a beautiful symmetry.
11 December 2012
Miro is now the proud owner
Of the biggest (size 3!), clumsiest rollerskate shoes,
And loves them to bits, all around the house.
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