the map

so here's me showing mum countries on the world map (she showed me a few times before but i could do it without help after about 3 or 4 tries), had to use my pointer just so everyone can be sure of where i mean you see...


the map from hootchikapootchi on Vimeo.

a bit of fun with the alphabet

so mum found this site where you can type in your word/name and it will spell it out with photos of letters!!!

we love alphabets at our house so mum made some with hootchi:













other news is daddy's feeling a bit better but still looks like a spotty leopard!

x

germs, germs & more germs!

well hello there...

i know, i know, it's been over two months since the last post but you simply won't believe what's been going on!

mum & dad have both had colds for, like, AGES now and then i got an ear infection and baby matthew got bronchiolitis and i had to go onto antibiotics for a week and matthew had to work through his infection because the doctor at the hospital where daddy had to take him said it was viral and there was nothing they could do except wait for it to work it's way out of his system... poor little kid!
and, to top it off, he got a hernia from all his coughing and now has to have an operation on 1 september!!!

AND, now daddy's at home too - he's got...

...wait for it...


CHICKEN POX!!!!!!!

so boy-oh-boy, we are having a fun time! and all this since guggy left to go back to cape town - maybe we need to get her back again!!!! we miss you guggy!!!

nanna & pa have been really good, taking care of baby matthew the last few days especially - thank you nanna & pa!

anyway, here are a load of photos of the fun things we did with guggy and my new big boy bed and also baby matthew:



this is at the melbourne museum when i took guggy & mum to see this exhibition



brush, brush, brushing...



is this real?!



g'day!

here's me reading my dinosaur book for mum & dad


dinosaurs from hootchikapootchi on Vimeo.




nemo?



wow!



sharks guggy!



more sharks! remember this?



a most intelligent octopus - he posed for our pictures!



here i am feeding the animals (here we have a horsey) at the collingwood children's farm, i took guggy & mum



here is a baby cow (aka calf)



here is a greedy goat



showing mum how to feed said greedy goat



lets go baby!



the great escape (boys will be boys)



hello there little rusty doggy



guggy xxx

here are some photos of me seeing my new big boy bed for the first time



"oh wow!"



look mummy!



a giant leaf mummy!



oh wow - look at all my books mummy! and a tree!



check out my groovy glow-in-the-dark dinosaur pj's!



getting ready to do some weeding, got my boots on - check, got my broom - check, got my lego shovels for digging - check, got my lego wheelbarrow for putting weeds in - check!



look at all these weeds mummy!
(note the stegosaurus and triceratops on the little rock)



in the bag...



a little tiny baby snail mum found, i held it on my hand very very gently and we had a chat



guggy & me



drawing with my toes (all my idea)



me holding matthew for a split second



me & mum

and here are two photos of baby matthew, he's grown so much!



funny little frog



bathing beauty

i will now love you and leaf (wait, you'll see) you with this video of me as a leaf eating ghost (note from mum: not sure where he got this idea from but funny as anything!), enjoy!


the leaf eating ghost from hootchikapootchi on Vimeo.