good WS video i came across....

This is quite good if u havnt already seen it, goes for about 45min though so grab a cuppa....
Williams People

Is honesty always the best policy??

Well, if you honestly want to know if your bum looks big in those pants, Jaiden is the person to ask, no feelings spared just make sure you are prepared for the answer! Sometimes it is rally funny, but there are moments where you wish the ground would open up and swallow you whole, some such moments include:
"scuuuze me?? Why 'dya only got one leg??"
"Are you a pirate??" (to a man wearing a turban)
(a elderly lady walks by with her dog) "Hello, how are you?" - good thank you replies the lady smiling politely to which Jai states rudely "i wasn't talkin' to you i was talkin' to the dog. Im not allowed to talk to strangers!"

i think the worst one was my SIL asked him if she looked fat in her jeans as a joke because of his honest streak (she's slender and gorgeous) to which he replies "no. but she does (pointing at SILs recently aquired mother inlaw who is quite a large lady), she looks really really the fattest in the whole world!!!

sigh....
often he just confuses me one minute he is reading to me fluently the next i am consoling his anxiety brought on by "the lady was staring at me!!" and the lady in question is the photo on the phone book cover...

Wow.

Sophie is growing so fast :)


Ahhh Jaiden.....
I was dropping something off to the front office of the school the other day when a teacher uttered the words i had never in my wildest dreams expected to hear "Your son Jaiden is so intellegent!" she said, to which i admit i faultered for a second then smiled.
Jaiden has always been a child to suddenly "click" with something, usually after a very long period (months or years) of staring at you blankly and not getting it at all.
For some wonderful reason this latest thing he has clicked with is reading.
Jaiden is reading better than any other student in kindy at his school. He learned to read, seemingly without being taught and in the space of about 2 weeks. I dont know how, or why or what brought this on, his teachers are as confused as me but all of a sudden he just started reading out things around him and he is now reading the same level books as his older brother! Its nothing short of a miricle.
His teacher did point out that he often doesnt know what he is reading, remember what he just read or get the context of the story, but those words are coming out of his mouth correctly and quickly.
now hoping for magic maths type understanding to match.
Hey Jai, if you have one apple and get another apple, how many do you have?
"Ummm... One apple, i love apples! can i have an apple?" lol.

Pictures :)

Lachie at the playground

CRASH!!



Jai's First Day of School

Liam at the playground

Sophie 3 weeks old

Sophie 4 weeks old :)

Feed me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life is good

Well!
Its been a busy two months! Apologies for my lack of posting, this was due to a computer issue and the 1 week repair time stretched into 8weeks :( i honestly dont know how we survived before the internet was invented!!
I have a beautiful baby GIRL!!! She was born at 2:45am on 10th of March, her name is Sophie Olivia Joy Moritz it took us two weeks to name her Holger wanted Olivia and I wanted Sophie, the Joy is after my wonderful Aunty and if Sophie turns out to be half the women she is then i will be very happy.

Jaiden is well and truley adjusting to school life, he LOVES kindy and has his teacher wrapped around his little finger, he got an award recently for being very friendly to others (LOL). The class has started reading and Jaiden is really keen to learn so we are taking full advantage of this interest and now he knows all his letter sounds :) I couldnt be more proud of how far he has come over the last few years.

I will do a longer update, complete with photos when i have some spare time! just thought i would pop in and say we are still ALIVE!

Together we grow...

Wow, i realised that i have been reading the blogs of many of you for years now.
It astounds me to see the progress our children have made, the progress we are making in adjusting to the world we live in. I have grown so much emotionally over the last few years and i think a great deal of that has come from 'meeting' people like you guys and having a chance to share in your lives. For this i am so very thankful.

LOL just to break up my sombre mood, Jaiden just ran into me all excited holding a lizard he found in the garden... i guess i will have to re-visit the "dont pick up reptiles, spiders, bugs, any animal you may find in the garden " talk for the millionth time this week - oh well, at least its a baby lizard and not a baby brown snake...

For those wondering, my due date is 8th March and im starting to feel a little bit too "full" and am looking forward to having my body back and meeting my baby!!
We have chosen a boys name Zachary and if its a girl we are still undecided, it was always going to be Isabella right from Liams conception, but my sister in law just had a baby girl Isabelle and they have the same last name as us so its not really an option anymore... oh well - back to the drawing board.

PICTURES!! (finally)

Rather blurry, Jaidens very excited about Lachies new car track thingy.




Lachie with his birthday cake



Holger showing Jaiden how to play the Wii




Liams tricky new moves...




The Christmas Tree (the kids decorated it themselves)




Last day of Pre-school (~sniff~)