Baby Photos

There are several reasons for this post

1. Jasper has entered the Bonds baby search and I wanted to show these cute photos that I took of the children, inspired by Mila's daydreams creator Adele Enersen.

2. Everyone has their opinion about who Jasper does and doesn't look like, so like I did on this blog when he was six months old, I will give you a few 1 year old photos to compare the children to, then you can make up your own mind if he is just like his brother and sister or himself.

Teddy at 1 year old

Sienna at 1 year old                        Photos coming soon.

Jasper at 1 year old

 

3. I posted this photo of me as a young girl posing while singing into a skipping rope, this was the photo that I really felt that she could have been my twin in both looks and personality traits, performing at every chance is in the blood.


Me aged 5



my daughter Sienna aged 5


 

Vote for Jasper in the bonds baby search here
*voting closes on the 17th of March 2011

I could have entered other better photos of him in his bonds suits, but liked the quirkyness of his Koala shot as it was 'different'.

Here are some photos of baby Jasper that could be his baby model shots, he is such a naturally smiley baby with such a nice happy personality, very easy to photograph (even if I wasn't his mother☺).

A first Birthday party.

 What an absolutely perfect day to celebrate a first birthday with a party at the Salthouse overlooking Emily bay, Norfolk Island.

There was no fighting to get the best picnic spot as there are so many around Emily bay, we had the whole headland to ourselves.

The party guests started arriving, Jasper seemed to know just what to do with his presents, he had some practise at Christmas time.

 Cousins Liam and Nate ready to party.

Daddy kept the BBQ fired up all day with sausages and chicken kebabs, Jasper helped. Mummy cut up cold watermelons and rockmelons.

 The older brothers and sisters played in a nearby rockpool at low tide, they all said that it was like a warm bath.

Don't you just love Sienna's bikini?

 Jasper's cow cake, full of his beloved MOOOOO's.
Gotta love artificial colour free smarties and 100's and 1000's (we blew it later with the jelly though ☺)

 Never a proper family photo in our family.

 Jay Jay not happy, he wants the cake!!!!

 Yay! Happy now.

After cake there were some sand castle competitions, with 6 teams of the older children, they were all fantastic so everyone received a freddo frog.

Just before leaving, we all had a cold stripey rainbow jelly, perfect for a hot summers day.

 With party officially over, it was time to play with Jasper's new toys under the shade of the Norfolk Island pine trees.

 Beautiful Emily bay was too nice to leave, so we stayed all day. Shifts of friends came and joined us all day long.

 Being a 1 year old party boy can be so tiring!

I got to go for a snorkel while the kids were having a chill out time. Look at my beautiful fishy friends.

We eventually stayed for so long that friends who had left in the morning returned late in the afternoon after their lunch and rest time.
Here is Sienna and Wilkie greeting each other again like long lost friends!

What a magical, wonderful day!

what to do after school?

After school is out here on Norfolk Island, we have over 4 hours of warm sunshine to enjoy.

These afternoons are our favourites, so instead of rushing home to do homework, our kids come down to the beach and can swim, surf, snorkel, fish, ride their bikes and just play on the sand for many hours to unwind from a day in the classroom.

After Sienna's first day at Kindergarten, we came down to Emily bay for a walk and a swim before heading home.
 

Teddy and Sienna decided to go for a walk across the headland that looks out to Phillip and Nepean Islands, I asked if they wanted me to come with them, Teddy replied " we're o.k Mum, we are just going to have a little brother/sister time" he held his sisters hand and looked after her on the rocky walk. I think he is very proud of her starting school, it was very sweet.

We walked back around to Emily bay where we played on the sand, Brandt joined us there for a swim.

 

 The next day, we took our bikes down after school and rode to the Kingston pier. Some fishing boats had come in and were filleting the fish.

The fishermen throw the fish skins and carcasses back into the water for the food chain cycle.

It is usually at this time that we see a whole lot of sharks (bull or bronze whalers, not sure which) and maybe a turtle coming in close for a feed. Today though the tide was so low that the sharks couldn't get through the reef (niggerhead) so we were treated to a show of all the tropical reef fish coming to the surface for a fish feed.

There were these amazing long trumpet nosed fish, they seemed to change colour from soft blue and grey to deep purple and blue.

There was another family there waiting for their charter boat, they were taking their son and his friends out to the Phillip Island fishing hut for the weekend as it was his 12th Birthday, what an amazing party idea!

We enjoy our life here on the island so much, we are so grateful to have the opportunity to live here where fun isn't always expensive like going to theme parks and malls and electronic gaming arcades, instead it is about the simple pleasures and discoveries and natural wonders and healthy activity choices all only 5 minutes from home.

It won't be long before afternoons start filling up with all those extra curricular activities like horse riding and my dance class for littlies and Tahitian dancing and ukulele lessons, but in the meantime............

We still have another 2 or so months to enjoy this warm weather by coming to the beach after school or in the early evenings, quite often we will stay for some alfresco dining, by ourselves or with friends. Either way it is always pleasant.