Grandma Carma left us during the first week of April - one week before Augie's school holidays started which was epically bad planning on my part! However, we did survive. And we had lots of fun to fill our days for the two weeks of school holidays. Then in mid-April it was back to school for Augie, only at full days this time which he really enjoyed doing. This was good for Hux as he didn't get awoken from his nap all the time for school pickup at lunchtime.
Hux greatly enjoyed toast with cream cheese.
We made several batches of Chocolate Bean Brownies during the school holidays - they're a healthier version of a brownie that is made from kidney beans, dates and coconut oil. Augie loves them and they're a good high-protein snack. He is my 'whizzing man' (food processor operator) and spatula licker at the end. This latter job is the messy one, as you can tell by this photo.
Hux is a big fan of the finished product. He can't get it into his face fast enough.
We sent GJ a birthday message but, of course, Augie had very specific ideas of how this video should be produced.
Our annual backyard Easter egg hunt.
Hux got involved this year but was really more interested in the blades of grass (still honing those pincer grip skills).
He tolerated the bunny ears long enough for me to snap this photo but that was about it!
Hux started commando crawling and showed a keen interest in electronics of any sort. He'd make a bee line for the iPad or computer whenever they were out.
Big cuddles for Dad one Sunday morning when he got home from his mountain bike ride.
The Castledare Miniature Railway held some special mid-week runs for School Holidays so one dreary-looking Wednesday we got ourselves out of the house for some mini-train adventures.
This was Hux's first train ride so he was a bit in awe.
Taking it all in. He's a very relaxed little observer in new situations.
We went to Yum Cha one Sunday morning. We had just been seated at our table when Hux set about having a poo. It was a particularly noisy one with lots of grunting, much to our dismay so what else could be done except taking a photo.
Testing out our potatoes. Hux enjoyed exploring the bottom of the pantry and the excitement of potatoes rolling all over the floor was just fantastic. For a while there, everytime we went to get a potato there were little teeth marks in them.
Having a silly giggle.
Sliding fun with Dad.
One day after school we met Augie's little friends Noah and Jasper at park near Augie's school for a bike ride. We stayed on the bike path for a little bit and then we found this big hill which begged to be raced down. This is Augie in this picture.
And here is Noah trying a no-feet run. Neither one of them fell off!
Augie, Noah and Jasper when we stopped for some afternoon tea...and silly faces.
Having an afternoon tea picnic with Noah and Jasper. Hux was at the age where crawling through the food was just as much fun as eating it so it was a very 'active' picnic!
Somewhere about mid-April we arrived upon the cleaning out the cupboards stage.
Happy Huxley
We also liked cleaning out the drawers.
Grandma Carma found some dinosaur bone pajamas that she wanted to buy Augie but they didn't have them in his size so we ordered them online and they arrived after she'd gone home. So we wanted to send her a video to thank her and let her know they'd arrived. We should've worked a bit more on the script! :)
We tried to have a take two of the 'I love you more than a poop' video but as you can see, it failed miserably. In addition to removing all the Tupperware from the cupboards, he also enjoyed removing all the books from the bookshelves. During this particular phase of Hux's our house permanently looked as though it had been ransacked.
Hux's first haircut.
Hux sat pretty still for this haircut but I think that's because he had some excellent entertainment!
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