The Wild Things : January 2014

Monday, 27 January 2014

Favourite spot!

There was one rare maybe even magical day in the last month when we were all healthy. And it literally only lasted a day. So treading lightly to not to give the germs any ideas we went to one of our favourite spots, I was keen to photograph parts of it that I haven't captured before...

Because there is always something new to find in the familiar...

And I

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

6 years old

Just before Christmas my first born turned 6.

Which is unbelievable.

To mark 6 years I thought I'd write 6 things I love about Isaac...

His ever expanding imagination
His creative spirit always building, creating and drawing. Covering every spare space of floor and piece of paper in the house. And I mean every single piece
How much he loves his brother
His sense of fun and jokes that don't make sense
His wild energy And about a million other things...He woke to balloons as is our new birthday tradition...

The dinosaurs awaited him with his gifts...

Instead of a party this year we decided to go on a trip. Isaac wanted to go on a dinosaur safari but he also wanted to be a caveman. This was a tricky ask but we found the perfect place which combined both things.

Need I say more...?I will say more though.The boys went nuts for the models...

And this is something your eyes did not need to see...

Sorry about that. Man boobs aside, the best bit for me was the caves...

They were spectacular and decked out with festive lights...

Can you see the famous witch silhouette in the rock?

I also enjoyed some of the small things in the surrounding greenery...

(I can't tell you how much I wanted to be a mermaid when I was little) There was small old school amusement park style attractions. We genuinely got lost in the mirror maze...

We also got to see Santa there.

When Santa found out it was also Isaac's birthday. He gave him two presents, one for Christmas and one for his birthday. I thought that was a nice touch. It was a great day. Again let me say. Sorry about the man boobs.

Monday, 6 January 2014

Christmas Pics

The boys were poorly over Christmas and consequently so was I over New Year. That is why this post is belated and not as many photos were taken. Strangely it didn't deflate my Christmas magic at all. Just like in 'The Grinch' Christmas came anyway. We enjoyed the time together with lots of cuddles and laughter despite high temperatures, buckets of snot and persistent coughing. The boys loved their gifts and somehow Santa just knew exactly what they wanted. So in the words of Julie Andrews: these are a few of my favourite things...
How the light shined through my orange slices. It made me feel festive every time I entered the kitchen. *sigh* little things...

Making snow flakes. Same feeling (see above)...

Paper chains...

A new tradition that started this year suggested by a friend of mine.

The Christmas Eve Box: Containing essential items to bring out the Christmas magic...

They loved it...

Including 'The Christmas story for bedtime. Festive PJ's that I was WAY too excited about. Candy Canes. A Magic Santa Key because Isaac was concerned about our lack of Chimney and how it must be extremely difficult for Santa to break into our house every year. Bedroom sign. Paper chains. Santa Claus the movie. Magic Reindeer food (ingredients oats and glitter) and torches to aid the distribution of the reindeer food outside...

Distributing the Reindeer food...

This moment...

I was outside photographing the very quick throwing of magic Reindeer food because Lucas was struggling and needed to go to bed early. I stopped for a minute and looked into our window. And I saw Christmas. Even though the very poorly boys spent most of the day laying on the sofa watching movies. And even though we couldn't do our usual Christmas Mass/Village Christmas lights tour. Even though, even though...
Christmas had come anyway.