Birthdays, weeding and a very scary book

Word was that the house was going to come through... Cath started working even harder to get the place in nick. Here she is weeding away, with lil Emma and the dogs watching on.

Dog and cat... bed buddies.

At little Thomas' bday party, the parents Julie and Marc got a kinda jumpy ball castle. The kids loved it - as you can see by Emma, above.

Thomas' aeroplane cake. Very cool.

Haven't a clue who this is. Cath took the pic, awesome hair though.

Emma at home is a big book reader. But she likes mom

or dad to be closeby - reading is a social thing dontchaknow?

Looking bloody awesome in her party dress and shoes.

Jamie's birthday...

Jamie was also turning one, and he got a Thomas the Tank Engine party, with a Thomas cake.

Emma was fascinated by their ball-fetching sausie dog.

Saw this little girl getting up close and personal with the window while at the party.

All the party kids.

"Lets put them in here and take a cute photo."
"Camera. Quick, everybody out."



Emma, meet beer. Beer, my daughter, Emma.

You two have a good time.

In party mood.

Proud parents.

Back at our house again, playing with her Southern Comfort necklace, a gift from Aunty Emz.

And below, reading the scariest book in the world. The whole book is filled with animals that have furry tails or wooly chests or scaly sides, etc. Each animal says "Feel my soft tail, etc, I won't bite."

Then, on the second last page, there's the picture of a crocodile's tail and it says... "I'm a hungry crocodile... feel my..."

Then you turn over the page....

And it's a pop up page, of a crocodile's face. The jaws jump out at you and the page says "I WILL bite". I, of course, always growl the line and make the croc snap at Emma threateningly.

She poops herself. The pictures below (click on the right hand one) show her face as the croc jumps out at her.

But she then composes herself and demands I read it to her again. Five times.

These days, she still loves the book, but gets up and leaves with about three pages left. Funny that.