Gorgeous day at Maywick Beach
Okay, I can't be bothered to go through every photo, but here's the overview. We went for a picnic with Auntie Carol, Uncle Mark, Uncle Michael, Granny-Mam and Auld Daa. And Michaela took her pal Celestine. It was the boys first time on sand and they just loved it. These are every photo we took of our picnic at the beach, which ended up lasting for 4 hours!
Okay, I'm rubbish, but oh well
Okay okay okay. I think I'm getting good at blogging and then it all goes wrong. Oh well, here's another quick update and it's only for the first half of June! Here's Michaela after eating lots of chocolate - see how happy she is with herself.
And this is the usual spot to find our boys. Isaiah (left) and Alex (right) just love to eat. Sometimes it feels like we spend all day in the kitchen feeding kids or making food. But it seems to be paying off as both boys have jumped up loads in their weight, going from around the 4th and 9th percentiles in weight to the nearly 50th for Isaiah and nearly 75th for Alex - in the space of 8 weeks!
And finally Michaela turned 3! She had a joint birthday party with Cerys at Islesburgh. It had a bouncy castle (see pic below Cerys and Michaela) and a soft play area, as well as a massive table for all their friends (probably around 20 kids attended).
Michelle made both of the birthday cakes. Here they are blowing out the candles.
And then when it was Michaela's actual birthday, Mommy made a simple chocolate cake. It was going to just be a circle, but one of Mommy's friends didn't think that was fair, so we gave in and Daddy cut out the number 3.
So many presents from both birthday parties, but luckily Michaela just loves to open them all.
And here's Alex with Auntie Nan looking through Michaela's presents.
And Isaiah with Uncle Lionel.
The boys are extremely active and can walk around holding onto the furniture and pull themselves up to stand. The house is getting manic with their increased movement, but they're so pleased with themselves!
We're pretty lucky that Michaela is such a loving and caring big sister to the boys. Unfortunately, our attempts at getting the magical picture of all three of them doesn't come to much.
Here's Isaiah at 9 months old. Finally sitting up on his own!
And Alex at 9 months as well. Happy boys.
Michaela has got really into Barbie recently, so she was very pleased to have got two for her birthday.
That's all for now. Maywick Beach pics to come!
And this is the usual spot to find our boys. Isaiah (left) and Alex (right) just love to eat. Sometimes it feels like we spend all day in the kitchen feeding kids or making food. But it seems to be paying off as both boys have jumped up loads in their weight, going from around the 4th and 9th percentiles in weight to the nearly 50th for Isaiah and nearly 75th for Alex - in the space of 8 weeks!
And finally Michaela turned 3! She had a joint birthday party with Cerys at Islesburgh. It had a bouncy castle (see pic below Cerys and Michaela) and a soft play area, as well as a massive table for all their friends (probably around 20 kids attended).
Michelle made both of the birthday cakes. Here they are blowing out the candles.
And then when it was Michaela's actual birthday, Mommy made a simple chocolate cake. It was going to just be a circle, but one of Mommy's friends didn't think that was fair, so we gave in and Daddy cut out the number 3. 
So many presents from both birthday parties, but luckily Michaela just loves to open them all.
And here's Alex with Auntie Nan looking through Michaela's presents.
And Isaiah with Uncle Lionel.
The boys are extremely active and can walk around holding onto the furniture and pull themselves up to stand. The house is getting manic with their increased movement, but they're so pleased with themselves!
We're pretty lucky that Michaela is such a loving and caring big sister to the boys. Unfortunately, our attempts at getting the magical picture of all three of them doesn't come to much.
Here's Isaiah at 9 months old. Finally sitting up on his own!
And Alex at 9 months as well. Happy boys.
Michaela has got really into Barbie recently, so she was very pleased to have got two for her birthday.
That's all for now. Maywick Beach pics to come!
Fun in the sun!
Another month has passed and we can hardly believe it! And what a gorgeous month it has been. May seems to be the month for the best weather in Shetland and this May has not disappointed us. Michaela is nearly 3 and is full of energy.
The boys have discovered the joys of moving around and are generally very happy and content playing away themselves, together, or with Michaela. Here's Alex on his way to meet me.
Nice close up of him (spot Isaiah looking in the background).
So here's Isaiah realising he's in view now too!
And now on his way to the action.
We're starting to give Michaela a bit more freedom. She's allowed to play in the garden herself and go to the playpark with her friend and grab fruit herself. Here she is using her orange as a ring!
Now that the boys can move around so much, we have to keep an eye on Michaela's play room. All the little bits have to be put up high away from them (although they're now reaching higher than we expected). So now they have a new room to explore. Here's Isaiah playing with the castanet.
And Michaela keeping an eye on Alex (back) and Isaiah (front).
Since the weather has been really good, we've been trying to get out into the garden to play a bit more. This has sometimes proved a bit tricky with two little boys. But we've taken out the travel cot for them to play in (see below). Unfortunately, it isn't quite big enough to stop them fighting, so we've now got a 2m x 2m picnic blanket and have borrowed a Baby Dan gate thing which should be enough space.
The boys are very different to Michaela at this age as they absolutely love going in the bath. Here's Alex (just before we stopped using the bath seats).
Michaela gets a bit upset with the boys splashing too much in the bath. So now the solution is goggles, or she just gets them turned around so they can't splash her!
As we've said many times before, Isaiah and Alex are extremely happy little boys. They get left to play a lot and there's not as much fighting as you would imagine. Here's our cheeky monkey Isaiah.
Isaiah (l), Alex (r)
And again.
For a week we had Ella and Hope up visiting (the kids' second cousins) and we really enjoyed it. They were brilliant with the boys and Michaela loved having older cousins to play with! Here's Ella holding Alex.
And Hope doing her model pose with Isaiah.
And Hope again with Isaiah.
And Ella again with Alex. I think Ella normally got Alex because he's heavier and she's older. It seemed to work out quite well that way.
They took Michaela down to the beach one afternoon. Michaela wasn't too sure about it at first - the sand got in her toes and the water kept moving and sand got on her orange. But, after seeing how much fun Ella and Hope were having, she decided to join in. She didn't get in the sea though - that was just a step too far. Michaela would tell you her favourite bit was getting to climb on the rocks!
Normally Michaela's hair is tied up in a ponytail or a plait, so we took this opportunity to get a picture of her hair down.
Mommy and Michaela were just mucking around with the camera and managed to get a half-decent shot of the two of us!
Alex has turned into the stronger of the twins, so he's finding his feet a lot easier. Can't quite pull himself up to stand, but is happy to stand once someone gets him there.
Sunday was the best day Shetland has had so far, weather-wise. Here are the boys outside playing at Michaela's pal's birthday party. Here's hoping the rest of the summer will stay as nice!
The boys have discovered the joys of moving around and are generally very happy and content playing away themselves, together, or with Michaela. Here's Alex on his way to meet me.
Nice close up of him (spot Isaiah looking in the background).
So here's Isaiah realising he's in view now too!
And now on his way to the action.
We're starting to give Michaela a bit more freedom. She's allowed to play in the garden herself and go to the playpark with her friend and grab fruit herself. Here she is using her orange as a ring!
Now that the boys can move around so much, we have to keep an eye on Michaela's play room. All the little bits have to be put up high away from them (although they're now reaching higher than we expected). So now they have a new room to explore. Here's Isaiah playing with the castanet.
And Michaela keeping an eye on Alex (back) and Isaiah (front).
Since the weather has been really good, we've been trying to get out into the garden to play a bit more. This has sometimes proved a bit tricky with two little boys. But we've taken out the travel cot for them to play in (see below). Unfortunately, it isn't quite big enough to stop them fighting, so we've now got a 2m x 2m picnic blanket and have borrowed a Baby Dan gate thing which should be enough space.
The boys are very different to Michaela at this age as they absolutely love going in the bath. Here's Alex (just before we stopped using the bath seats).
Michaela gets a bit upset with the boys splashing too much in the bath. So now the solution is goggles, or she just gets them turned around so they can't splash her!
As we've said many times before, Isaiah and Alex are extremely happy little boys. They get left to play a lot and there's not as much fighting as you would imagine. Here's our cheeky monkey Isaiah.
Isaiah (l), Alex (r)
And again.
For a week we had Ella and Hope up visiting (the kids' second cousins) and we really enjoyed it. They were brilliant with the boys and Michaela loved having older cousins to play with! Here's Ella holding Alex.
And Hope doing her model pose with Isaiah.
And Hope again with Isaiah.
And Ella again with Alex. I think Ella normally got Alex because he's heavier and she's older. It seemed to work out quite well that way.
They took Michaela down to the beach one afternoon. Michaela wasn't too sure about it at first - the sand got in her toes and the water kept moving and sand got on her orange. But, after seeing how much fun Ella and Hope were having, she decided to join in. She didn't get in the sea though - that was just a step too far. Michaela would tell you her favourite bit was getting to climb on the rocks!
Normally Michaela's hair is tied up in a ponytail or a plait, so we took this opportunity to get a picture of her hair down.
Mommy and Michaela were just mucking around with the camera and managed to get a half-decent shot of the two of us!
Alex has turned into the stronger of the twins, so he's finding his feet a lot easier. Can't quite pull himself up to stand, but is happy to stand once someone gets him there.
Sunday was the best day Shetland has had so far, weather-wise. Here are the boys outside playing at Michaela's pal's birthday party. Here's hoping the rest of the summer will stay as nice!
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