Mt Baw Baw

The Goldens hit the slopes over the last couple of days at Mt Baw Baw! Well, ok, maybe we weren't quite snowboarding or skiing... does tobogganing count? Needless to say Heidi was pretty oblivious to it all, and just used the opportunity to completely decline all her naps. (She also woke 6-7 times per night!) Juliet wavered between having heaps of fun to collapsing in a hysterical heap of toddlerdom. Unfortunately the snow was too icy to make our much-talked about snowman, which was a disappointment. She did like the toboggan in small doses though. And we did discover she suffers from car sickness. Oh boy... does she ever. James is cleaning out the car this very minute.

We're planning on trying to go back every year, even if it's just for a couple of days. Once the kidlets are out of baby/toddlerdom, it will become easier! That's our theory, anyway.

Our cottage:

Juliet enjoying her obligatory babycino:

Snow bunny:

Heidi & me:

Juliet & me:

Happy Birthday James!

It's James' birthday today - happy birthday! We're having a family lunch on Saturday to celebrate. I gave him a rather odd present of a ride on a military tank. He seemed genuinely enthused though! I don't have many photos of him with both the girls unfortunately - here's the most recent one I could find:

In other news, the girls had their first bath together last night. Juliet was especially keen to wash Heidi (rather vigorously). Being the placid and accomodating soul that she is, Heidi didn't seem to mind too much.

I've cancelled our sleep school visit for tomorrow, as things are getting better on the sleep front since the nurse came last week. Heidi still wakes 1-2 times overnight but usually resettles without too much of a fuss. Some nights are worse than others of course, but on the whole things are looking up.

Tomorrow's the day!

After postponing from last week, the sleep nurse is due to come tomorrow. She only spends an hour here, but I'm also enrolled in her overnight program in a week and a half. So if tomorrow doesn't fix it, surely that will. The end is in sight! Heidi is still very happy and has no idea she's causing such mayhem.

Juliet, on the other hand... let's just say that Ebay is looking tempting. She's really hit the terrible twos with a vengeance. She is constantly testing the boundaries and trying to get a reaction from us. I'm not very good at not giving her one either unfortunately - she really knows which buttons to push. However we expect to see her with an Oscar in her hand in 20 years time, the way she carries on. This morning she was standing between her bedside table and her bed yelling, "Me Stuck! Me Stuck! Emergency! Emergency!"

We went to the zoo on the weekend but due to being two years old, Juliet was unable to sit still or not pull a funny face for the camera. So I thought this one pretty much summed her up at the moment:

We've found her on/off switch, but the volume has definitely broken, and we don't seem to be able to make any adjustments to her speed either.

Here's Heidi: