A rare treat

Helping to make cupcakes and yes they are chocolate buttons that he's mixing in and NOT sultana's, a special treat for a special boy.

Chalk time

Revising an old toy kept us amused today where it rained on and off all day!

Asleep

THis is now Aston falls asleep every night, after I lie in bed and read him his books, he grabs hold of the BtB book and away he goes. He also talks in his sleep alot, I hear him laughing, saying 'no five more minutes' or 'five minutes not up yet' or 'let's get busy' or mumbling something about diggers and scoops almost every night.

It's hilarious

Big slide sandpit park

Another current favourite, especially on a Sunday morning, they have a pretty cool sandpit with clean sand which I love



A couple of ultra big slides which Aston loves,



And an awesome bike track with traffic lights, crossings etc, unfortunately the below picture is an exact insight into Aston's current bike riding interest, a consciencious, stubborn and complete objection to the concept.



He know's how to ride, puts a fair bit of speed behind it when he's prepared to have a go, is not so great with the steering, but continues to get off the bike saying, 'time for a rest now - you push it' after about 3 mins of riding.

Who's child is he?????

The house has been rendered

And here is Aston showing it off with a Yoghurt Ice block in the sun on the front steps.





Just needs painting now! Any takers?

A current favourite

We've been doing a lot of swimming lately, finally we registered Aston at Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre where for $7 a week he and one adult gets multiple entry to the swim centre and one swim lesson a week, and because it runs all year and they automatically enrol you in the next season of swim classes it's not the stop-start summer thing we were doing before.

It's better for Aston as well, given his personality is a funny mix of shy and showy - one thing I notice with him is that it takes a long time for him to warm up to something, before he'll really think about participating, so as expected, it's really only been this second season of swim lessons where he's shown a willingness to participate, listen and learn.





Playing in the water of course is an entirely different thing, if its with Mom and Dad and playing in the water he has always loved it. In fact he loves any opportunity to turn on a tap, play with water or make a splash.

Plenty of Swimming actually