tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338278942024-03-13T14:40:22.453+10:00BunRabbitA Blog dedicated to the first child of Kirsty and John, Matilda, formerly nicknamed "Bun Rabbit".StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-43927681827572593082011-07-23T18:16:00.000+10:002011-07-23T18:16:59.177+10:002011 Family holiday - part 3 Cars for sale on the Champs Elysees I didn't realise Laduree was on the Champs Elysee; I was so glad to spot it! We crossed the road to check it out, what a divine selection of deliciousness! In the Laduree display window. This pic is now blown up and in our kitchen. :) Inside Laduree. There are no signs, but apparently you aren't meant to take photos. A special room at the KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-52518765338384086472011-07-23T18:07:00.000+10:002011-07-23T18:07:16.766+10:002011 Family holiday - part 2 M thought the trees outside Invalides looked like ice creams, so she had to eat some! We bought a two day bus tour ticket - such warm weather was perfect, although a bit toasty, for sitting on top of the bus. Looking suitably solemn at St Eustach church; we stumbled across it near Les Halles on our way to Rue Montorgueil Three years later, back at Shakespeare & Co. ThisKThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-9244513569640073362011-07-10T17:20:00.000+10:002011-07-10T17:20:41.001+10:002011 Family holiday Tuckered out in Singapore. Our flight to LHR left at 11:59pm Singapore time, which is 1:59am Brisbane time. Tilda didn't sleep on the way to SIN, so she flaked out while we waited for the boarding call. Trying to get comfy on board, before takeoff. Very hard to have a tired wee person and keep them happy while *not* reclining their seat. Eventually got her comfy enough, and reclined KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-29046457680260135062010-08-19T19:28:00.000+10:002010-08-19T19:28:49.701+10:00GlassesAt Matilda's last ophthalmologist appointment, we were told she needs to start wearing glasses. Doctor had been telling us that she'd need glasses for at least a year, so we weren't surprised.
We went to a local optometry store to get her prescription filled. There was a decent range of kiddy, durable glasses frames. Luckily, Matilda doesn't know who Hannah Montana is, but there were no KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-16239341089701582272010-08-19T19:01:00.000+10:002010-08-19T19:01:44.342+10:00The eyes a mother lovesSo, my friend Jane posted on her blog about her gorgeous daughter, Lucy. Well, one of her gorgeous daughters! Lucy has an eye condition, different to Matilda's, but similar. I've tried to post my comment on her blog post about five times - different browsers, on my iToy and my laptop, to no avail. :(
So here's my comment:
Oh, I know this. How I know it.
From the moment Prof Fred at church said KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-49897179338271069492010-06-14T17:52:00.001+10:002010-06-14T17:52:55.844+10:00Should we just give up on this whole toilet training thing for a while????We got back from our US holiday on 16th May. In those whole two weeks, including over 35 hours on planes, M had only two memorable toileting accidents - while at Little League, and then at the airport on the last night before catching our flight. Since we got home, however, it's been a WHOLE different story. It got much colder at home over those two weeks, and we're definitely into Winter weatherKThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-52646689528303063892010-05-15T12:40:00.000+10:002010-05-15T12:41:16.991+10:00I am so tall enough for soarin over CaliforniaStarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-69373968654842881382010-05-15T12:28:00.000+10:002010-05-15T12:37:20.139+10:00Ariel's GrottoLunch with a few good friends.StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-1794357168687636782010-05-15T02:53:00.000+10:002010-05-15T02:55:50.233+10:00A very merry unbirthdayM gets to meet Alice and her friends feom wonderland. Including the Queen of Hearts. No photo though. M didn't want to get within an axe handles reach.StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-32753937388269224252010-05-13T10:37:00.002+10:002010-05-13T10:43:23.151+10:00Twice on Splash MountainAs you can see. Empty logs either side of ours. So no queuing for the second ride. M was keen. No idea why based on the look of her face.StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-18216188180491918062010-05-13T10:37:00.000+10:002010-05-13T10:38:33.222+10:00Minnie MouseStarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-9596630921173558802010-05-13T02:05:00.001+10:002010-05-13T02:05:56.964+10:00Hawaii Take TwoM finds the stage again. Surfs up themed breakfast had our girl re-enacting her Hawaiian performance from a year ago.StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-65408668826718680622010-05-13T01:57:00.000+10:002010-05-13T01:58:54.293+10:00M meets MAfter a sleep deprived shaky start our girl has got into the Disneyland swing of things. She has started reaching for her autograph book before we do. Her tally so far. Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Pluto, and Stitch. We haven't even got into the park yet.StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-32264952285066635062010-04-30T11:00:00.000+10:002010-04-30T11:01:17.177+10:00Here we goLife is hard for thd young traveller.StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-71606916767945482012010-03-27T22:11:00.001+10:002010-03-27T22:11:27.992+10:00Another funny commentFrom the "kids say the darndest things" annals. Like last post, every other kid has probably said something like this. But this should be preserved in cyber-posterity. ;)Lying down this afternoon for a nap, I realised that in 5 weeks we'd be in Dallas. I told M. Instead of talking about San Francisco and the boys or anything else, M said:My going to do a poo on the toilet in Dallas and wear Dora KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-83785737769000577712010-03-22T21:20:00.001+10:002010-03-22T21:20:29.715+10:00Same as every other kidTonight before I got in the shower, M looked up at me and asked "Mama, why you got big ones?" "Big ones what M?""And why I don't got big ones? Why my got little ones?""Well, because I've grown up and had a baby."End of conversation. No more why?s. I bet most other parents have had this or a similar conversation. I've been wondering when this would be a topic of conversation, especially after M KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-34540303909705283262010-03-17T08:28:00.001+10:002010-03-17T08:28:05.281+10:00Happy St Patrick's DayStarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-24078101299607084452009-10-28T11:05:00.002+10:002010-06-01T21:42:36.832+10:00Halloween dressups!StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-4072359863131098642009-08-31T21:27:00.004+10:002009-08-31T21:38:02.912+10:00Chocolate Crackles It was Matilda's god-sister K's 5th birthday this week, and we went to her birthday party yesterday (which thanks to the CRAZY warm weather for August ended up being a pool party! August! It isn't even Spring yet!!). Our oven's thermostat is broken, and I just had to contribute some kind of sweet offering to the array of delights available, so chocolate crackles were the ideal treat! Chocolate KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-23166165687963493082009-08-08T11:03:00.001+10:002009-08-08T11:03:27.202+10:00Haircut timeSitting up like a big girl, wearing a fash Wiggles blanket. StarbuckJrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443866951941341391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-43462681693251654192009-07-01T20:41:00.006+10:002009-07-01T20:57:32.801+10:00Aloha 3!Thursday morning after the lu'au dawned, and it seemed a bit wet and drizzly, so we decided to hit Ala Moana shopping center and buy some clothes. It'd been 4 years since John's last chance to buy some Gap Khakis (well, in US dollars, instead of Euros or Pounds!), and his work wardrobe was starting to look a tad shabby. We knew we'd need a stroller, so decided to rent one. To Matilda's delight, KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-81357145345171356732009-06-09T18:08:00.007+10:002009-06-09T18:34:00.451+10:00Lu'au at Paradise CoveAfter much anguish on my part (would we survive the hour-long bus ride each way? would we cough up the $USD40-60 for a "child's" ticket our have Matilda sit on our laps and eat from our plates?), we decided to go to the Paradise Cove lu'au. We had a great time (and it being not-too-busy, Matilda had her own seat at dinner, and they even gave her some food - fried chicken and rice!). John and KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-63791071757080815462009-06-07T18:29:00.003+10:002009-06-07T18:43:08.822+10:00Aloha 2! ;) Each night at our hotel, the Embassy Suites in Waikiki, there was a Manager's Reception in the Grand Lanai, with some snacks, free drinkie-poos (which for Matilda was a Sprite, Juice, water and ice concoction of our making), and Hawai'ian entertainment, featuring singers and hula dancers. Matilda called the hula dancers "dancing ladies". As we'd exit the lift on our way to the reception, MatildaKThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-84089814000677689632009-06-01T10:11:00.004+10:002009-06-01T10:23:33.832+10:00Aloha from Honolulu!We arrived in Honolulu just over a week ago, after a more stressful trip than we anticipated - we left Brisbane over 2 hours late thanks to a mechanical failure, so what was meant to be a leisurely commute to the International airport turned into a bolt, including running through the Domestic airport and getting priority passes to get through Immigration and Customs!The International flight was KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33827894.post-22783217304261544482009-05-30T12:09:00.007+10:002009-05-30T13:18:14.053+10:00Six months later, we flooded again Water height line on our fence. Yes, the post box needed to be cleaned out!Creek mud on the front path (all pics from Thurs 21st)Downstairs main room. That's the upright freezer on its SIDE. Assorted mess in downstairs big room. Water went entirely over the piano. My CM shelving. Water went to part way up the second-top shelf here (the last shelf with albums)Looking from the scrapbooking room KThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521176066168246516noreply@blogger.com2