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Ella //  It's been too cold to play outside so we've been having fun indoors.  But gosh I can't wait for it to warm up!

Lucas //  I love seeing them open their eyes for the first time in the morning

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Ella //  Swings and balloons - two of her favourite things.

Lucas //  Just hanging out at his first birthday party.

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Ella //  To celebrate Lucas' birthday we let them run wild at Lollipops Playland.  Needless to say they slept for over two hours when they got home.

Lucas //  Opening presents bright and early on his first birthday.

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Ella //  Learning to use a knife and helping me make dinner.  She was so very proud of herself.

Lucas //  Making a huge racket banging lids.  My ears!

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Ella & Lucas // Doing a spot of cleaning

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Ella //  Every five minutes - look, I can lick my nose mama!

Lucas //  This is how I find him when he's supposed to be sleeping.  Just looking out the window.

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Ella //  Sometimes the kids wake up at the crack of dawn and to make the most of the early rise we go out for breakfast together.  Eggs benedict make everything better!

Lucas //  Judging by the brown marks on your onsie Lucas, you will need more than a dust pan and broom to clean mama's floors!

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Ella //  Not technically a portrait of Ella I know…but those hands.  I love them so much, especially when they are squeezed around my neck for a hug.  We painted our nails together today.

Lucas //  He took his first steps on my birthday and then got a little lazy but in the last day or two though he's really started to get this whole walking thing!  It's difficult to get a picture of him now as he toddles around the place - he's just a blur.  My baby is growing up.  It's bitter sweet.

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Ella //   She has a crazy birds nest going on at the back of her head most days

Lucas //  Just gardening

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Ella //  "Faster! Faster!"

Lucas //  A trip to the park wouldn't be complete without eating  few fistfuls of bark

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Ella //  Flying a kite for the first time at the farm

Lucas //  A quiet moment with mama sitting on the bridge (he was enthralled with my rendition of 'Old McDonald had a farm')

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Ella //  Loves blowing bubbles (and vegemite as per marks on her cheeks!)

Lucas //  My little daredevil climbing up the slippery dip

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Ella //  Calling out to the kangaroos as we went for a bush walk after visiting the Sphinx Memorial for ANZAC Day

Lucas //  My little koala bear

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Ella //  Proudly showing off the Easter Bunny cookies she made at daycare

Lucas //  We spent Easter Sunday at Kiama.  It was so nice to sit in the sun and breathe in the salty air. 

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Ella // "I"m going so fast!" she says as she rides round and around in circles

Lucas //  After many tears and much irritability over the past month or so, we finally have our first toothy peg!

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Ella //  Making Easter crafts.  Concentration tongue - just like mama.

Lucas // Bubble fro

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Ella //  Spinning plates in the circus tent at the Castle Hill Show

Lucas //  Into everything.  Time to up the baby proofing stakes!  Nothing is safe.

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Ella //  Helping daddy with some jobs around the house

Lucas //  They're both ever so gentle with each other

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Ella // My little artist

Lucas //  Loving the beach.  Just as I said how great it wasn't that he wasn't eating the sand…in goes a fistful

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Ella //  Nanny and poppy took her to the farm this weekend.  She looks so peaceful sitting next to the creek just watching the water.

Lucas // The weather was so nice this weekend so we took advantage and spent as much time outdoors as we could.  He just loves scrunching the grass and dirt up in his little fists.

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