November Celebrations

Beautiful Elise turned 3 on the 26 Nov. Turning into such a little girl now - leaving toddlerhood behind and becoming a preschooler soon....

To celebrate her birthday and our 4th wedding anniversary we spent the day together at Taronga Zoo. The seal show was a highlight. Elise loved the giraffes the best and we were all delighted to see the baby elephant Luk Chai (pic below)

After our day at the zoo we went to Nana & Grandad Edmiston's place for dinner and birthday cake (had to have snow white on the cake this year!)

For her birthday present we had put together a big box of 2nd hand dress ups, I had scoured for at the markets - stuff for pirates, firefighter, spiderman etc but she loved the ballerina tutu the best (bit awkward to wear in the car!!)

Here is Princess Ballerina Elise with her cake and tutu.

The Dora scooter was her gift from Nana and Grandad and she loooves it!!

Over the weekend we continued celebrating by going to Patonga Beach for the weekend with our friends Michelle and Tim.

The beach was at our doorstop and we didn't want to leave!!!!
It was a hot weekend, so sitting on the deck in the breeze was just beautiful. The pub was a short stroll away for dinner.

We have been busy with the stuff of life!! Elise is now potty trained. YAY! That was a messy and challenging task for us all.....very glad that one is over but won't be long before it is Gisele's turn.
Gisele has finally given up on the knee walking and is walking around on her feet easily now and is very pleased with herself. Gisele and Elise are interacting (playing, fighting and scheming) together a lot more now.

Here is Gisele too cool for school and berry cute!!

G adores Nova and gives her lots of pats.

Here the girls are together on the ferry ride home from Melbourne cup at Sean's office.

I will post some video of Gisele doing her fast knee walking here - soon it will be a distant memory!