August

Okay, quick August update as it's late and I've got lots to do tomorrow! Here's Alex using the baby walker. The boys are just discovering about walking around using it, but still definitely preferring to crawl (or still belly slide sometimes if you're Isaiah).
Michaela's pal Owen came up for a holiday for a little while. Here he is playing with Michaela and Alex.
Our neighbours have a little girl who is fantastic with our kids. Here Celestine is playing with Isaiah. We let Celestine take Michaela to the play park and they both seem to enjoy it loads. Quite handy having another helper around!
Michaela obviously pushing Alex hard on the swing!
And Celestine with Isaiah.
The house gets to be a manic mess most of the time the kids are up, but generally they're having a great time, so who really cares? It all tidies up in five minutes. Here's Michaela, Alex and Isaiah.
At the Sandwick nursery, Michaela got to make a kite. And here she is flying it.

Little scamp Alex.
Michaela loves to try out pretty much anything and Daddy let her have a shot of his electric guitar. Noisy, but fun!
Now the boys are a bit bigger, we've finally moved them up to their forward facing car seats. The back of our car is so full now, it's crazy. This was the first day of all three in the big car seats in the back. Isaiah on the left, Alex on the right, both sleeping after being at the swimming pool.
Michaela has now started going to nursery at Dunrossness Primary School. She absolutely loves it so we'll be sending her as much as we can. This was the only photo I really got of her first day and it was just as we were leaving.
Alex has decided to be quite adventurous with his climbing - and he's so proud of himself for managing!

And Isaiah, not so much. Much better to just keep both feet on the ground.
We normally have to shut the boys out of the kitchen because they just get into everything. One morning Alex poured out half a litre of vegetable oil while we were both standing right there - amazing! Here's a silly photo of Alex pressing against the kitchen door.
Daddy decided it was time the boys got some of Michaela's old, bigger toys. And straight away the boys loved playing on the cars. We still have a few accidents, but they love it anyway. Alex right, Isaiah left.
And what kid doesn't just love playing inside a cardboard box? Isaiah left, Alex right (Michaela middle!)
Anyway, there's my quick update because we're off to see Auntie Ivanna in about 30 hours and I've not even started packing. Will have loads of holiday photos once we're back.