Trains, trains, and more trains

Did I mention Rhys got trains for his birthday? Well...here is the proof! When Mum was here we must have set the train tracks up everyday in a different configuration. As you can tell by the first picture, the adults had as much or more fun than Rhys!

Rhys's Second 3rd Birthday...

We had our meeting over the Sunday after Rhys's birthday and I made another cake (this one was much less time consuming!!) and found a cute No. 3 sparkler for the candle. Rhys wasn't so sure about the sparkler...he was kind of afraid of it!

Catching up!!!

Well I have a fair bit of catching up to do! Life has been going along quite busily for a while now. I can't believe it's August already! Convention is just around the corner for us. Here are some random pictures of Rhys (mostly) from the past few weeks.

Reading with Rhys before the meeting

Rhys chasing bubbles

Reading Hairy McClary to Rhys, Kyana, and Lila...love my face in this one...not sure which part of the story that was...
Daddy blowing big bubbles for Rhys

Rhys's new hat...Paddington Bear anyone?

I love this one! Rhys really wanted to hold my friend's baby!

Rhys helping Daddy "fix" the car

Rhys's 3rd Birthday!!!

Rhys's train cake

Making animal faces out of paper plates

getting ready to eat cake!

Rhys having some cake

Animal faces hanging in a row!

Eldon blowing bubbles for the kids

the chief clapper

Just one example of the openning-presents faces

Rhys got lots of train stuff...and we adults have been enjoying playing with it when he's in bed!

Time with Nana P

We are having a great time with Mum P here! It was very nice that she could come over and share Rhys's and her own birthday with us!

Mum with a candle in her vanilla slice!

Taking advantage of the cool benches in the restaurant
Best photo we could get of Rhys and Nana together on her birthday

At the big day out, which we accidentally went to (didn't even know it was on!)

Having lunch in the park

Ni-nite in the laundry basket

Love swinging!!

With Nana here we have another pusher!

New Meeting Toy

Just wanted to share this new meeting toy for Rhys! My friend Danielle is a great seamstress and she got this idea from someone at convention. It's basically a bean bag with toys inside and a vinyl window. Going to try it out for the first time tonight!

And of course I couldn't go without putting up a picture of Rhys! He is outside getting absolutely soaked in a rainstorm!

Best Friends!

Just hangin' out in Rhys's tent with our snack cups!

Full of hot air?

I'm a big boy now...but I still require my dummy!

Well, we've done it...there's no going back now! Rhys thinks his new bed is pretty cool and so far he's done really good. Tonight is only night #2 so I may be changing my mind on that. He did get up and play when we put him down for a nap today but one stern talking-to was all he needed. Anyway, I'm pretty excited about the change...now we only need to potty train and take away his dummy....now you know why I picked the easy one!

Little update...

Just the smallest of updates...we are doing well. Summer is fast approaching, although we have had an odd few days of cool weather and rain which is just fine with me. Rhys is talking like a champ although everything is No right now which can be quite annoying.
His favorite sayings: "Oh No Bro!" some of our friends taught him that one
"Amazing" out of the Gruffalo
"I'ceam? Oh, No, Ok" which is his lines and my lines all in one. :) He often has a whole conversation with himself saying both sides.
He loves to sing the ABCs and he's getting clearer all the time. Also loves The Wheels on the Bus, and you can't get away without doing allllll the verses!

Our camera is not working too well so sorry these pictures aren't too good of quality. Best I could do! :) Rhys sure enjoys his watermelon!

"Helping with the washing"

Potty Training 101

Please excuse the nudity....we are potty training in our household. Rhys did 2 pees the other day...which apparently were a mixture of good luck and sitting long enough on the potty as he hasn't repeated that yet. Mom and Dad R sent him a new toy, Fridge Phonics, which it is the current favorite closely followed by the caterpillar which sings 26 different songs. He is becoming quite the singer....hopefully I'll be able to show you if my video uploads!
Sorry this photo has lines in it...our camera is playing up. Reading to him so that he'll stay sitting down!

Singing the ABCs!

Rhys's 2nd Birthday Party!

Well, it happened almost two weeks ago...time I go the pictures up! I made Rhys a farmyard cake...which was supposed to have a barn as well but things didn't go to plan with that one. He was very surprised when he realized we were singing to him!

Daddy giving Rhys a horsey ride
Thomas pop-up tent which he loves!
Eva wanted to help Rhys...and he needed it too...didn't have a clue what to do
Mommy finally had to coax him into opening his presents

Rhys and friends....

Well, I am officially behind and need to get my act together! Rhys has turned 2 (on Monday) and I haven't posted a single thing for ages! We are having his party on the weekend so pictures will come then. We've been having beautiful winter weather here...clear, blue, sunny skies and cool. I wouldn't mind it if it was a few degrees warmer as I have a sum total of three long-sleeved shirts, but I'll survive. Won't be long and I'll be wishing it was cooler...

A couple weekends ago we had the Morrisons over for lunch and Rhys sure enjoyed himself when the boys got out their scooters. They have four boys, youngest is 4, so Rhys loves following them around. And they are all really good about playing with him. They even let him use a scooter...a bit big for him, but he had fun!

Rhys with Harry, Zach and Darcy
Harry is 4 and is "definitely bigger than Rhys"....his brother give him heaps because he's the youngest.

Sam, the oldest, trying to teach Rhys how to ride the scooter

Zach giving Rhys a ride

Rhys's other special playmate, Eva! They sure are enjoying each other now. I think Rhys was teaching her how to bang on the mirror....such a good influence he is...

Rhys is so grown up...sitting on his little couch eating a whole apple, seeds, stem and all...but every time I asked him to look at me, he leaped up and ran for it....

one of the better ones...

On the slide I got from the toy library for his birthday. He gets a zap every time he goes down, so now he's decided that sending his toy trucks down is much more fun!

Stay tuned for two-year-old birthday pics!