The shiner

Moms I need your advise here....Jaime has the nak of falling and whacking his head smack bam in the middle resulting in a 24/7 bruise...how do I teach him to be careful?

Jaime and his girls

Today we said our good bye to the 2009 Moms & Tots year. We celebrated the session with the usual songs in the beginning...however Jaime was little preoccupied with a young lady called Willow. Now to fill you in with the history Jaime has been working on her sister Amilee for the part 2 terms but boy the older sister arrives and he dropped poor old Amilee like a hot potato and attacked Willow. Poor girl didn't know what she was in for lol!

Later on that afternoon Jaime got the boot from Willow and guess what Mr player was back in the love boat with Amilee...mmmm his father would be proud me on the other hand am not letting him out the house till his 21!

Mom's & Tots Christmas party

Who said I has issues with texture?

Jaime's favourite place in our house...aha outside nope not playing on the huge grass patch specially grown for soccer practice and cricket and picnics but rather he much prefers the dull, dry hard dark brown sand right at the very bottom of the garden

Bob the builder

My dad and uncle Abel have decided to build something, just for fun, to keep themselves occupied. My mom decided Tiago and Jaime needed to see Bob the builder in action. The result...

My dad and uncle Abels little bit of fun on the wild side

Jaime & Tiago ...mmm up to no good!

Jaime waiting in anticipation for the blast...they used dynamite to blast the deep rock surface in order to start foundations

Tiago standing tall in front of the digger

The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love that of children

Most of you will know how hard its been, and the road we have travelled to get Jaime to eat. Eat anything whether it be milk, formula, puree, solids, texture you name it. Well on numerous occasions people gave me advise this been one of them...

"Empower your child by giving him a choice and a chance. Let them learn to make their own decisions, when appropriate, and learn to trust their feelings"

So this is what happens when I follow other peoples advise....

(pasta and chicken in his hair)

(now you know how it got there)

(check the mohawk and the cheeky grin!)

I just need to learn to let go....

Our 2nd attempt at swimming lessons

Today Jaime attempted swimming lessons for the second time... this time round things are very different ie Jaime is about 4-5 kg bigger, he is alot more alert, has way more head control and I'm a lot more chilled out in the water. All of these point contributed to a successful first 'lesson"

The first lesson was pretty chilled, granted I know the teacher personally so we chatted more than swam lol but the whole aim was to get Jaime comfortable in the pool, used to the temperature, used to Enid and the new sensation of the water. We did do a few exercises as a tester which Jaime enjoyed thoroughly. So I'm really happy that we've finally joined the swimming society!

strutting his stuff around the pool

Entering the pool....

ok ok the intro to the pool was not quite "exciting" to Jaime... think he was remembering the first attempt...refer to pics below

but pretty soon he got used to the warm water, the toys, Enid ...

check out my Olympic swimmer!!

kicking his legs while lying on his back



pointing at the birds and fish mobiles on the roof of the pool

The first attempt... August 2008. Jaime was 3/4 months old.

Geez my little boy how much has he grown hey? today was fun cant wait for Tuesday!