Our family

Azi made me draw our family

She insisted that we draw Cassi with the baby in the stomach

She then drew cassis hair and said, 'what color will the babies hair be?'

I said I don't know

She said, 'oh yes, the scan is in black and white so you can't see'

Then we chatted and one of the kids in the class bought in a scan picture of her baby sister

... I thought we had a little genius! Well, we do! 😉😉! She is an excellent listener!

Dingli hike

Lots of bush bashing, talking and views!

Sporty girl

Az dressed herself and got into the lift and said, 'i look so sporty, im a sporty girl'

She's loving wearing short / no sleeves!

Summer baby!

Azis little sports day!

She loved it!

Shoes with laces

All week Azi has been begging for Shoes with laces!

On Saturday she made phil go to 3 different shops to find shoes in her size with laces!

Determination paid off - she's super happy with her 'shoes with laces'

She even shouted this morning, 'we ALL going out wearing shoes with laces'

So glad she can see the joy in smell things!

5 years ago

5 years ago

Still sleeps like that!

Just bigger now!

Freeze time!

Azi is saying the cutest things! And so 'adult like' - wish I could write them all!

Yesterday she said, 'I managed to ....'

Today she said, 'I want jam on a cracker, but obviously I can do that myself'

Zaria said something to her 'stop', she starts singing 'stop, collaborate and listen ... '

😂😂😂😂

First piano recital for zaz!

Azi was super excited about dressing 'smart casual'! And sang a whole song about not wearing socks or headband

Thanks BJ for the great Clothes

5 years ago!

I do love google photo memories

Azi certainly made me laugh today

I got home at 3am, I went to kiss her, she woke up slightly and said, 'is that you mom?', followed by, 'what did you bring me?' ... then she jumped into bed at 6am and said, 'did you bring me lego?', followed by - 'when you were away we had pizza one night, and another night we had hamburgers and chips, but the chips were really tasteless...' and the chatting continued!

Oh yes, and then tonight - she tried some new anchovies! Still amazes me when she eats these

Oh yes, she also asked how many more days until she goes to kindergarten. When I said she is going after we go to Sydney, she asked (for the 50th time) if dad is coming, when I explained that dad has to stay in Malta and work, she said, 'you know, dad really needs a vacation'

Seriously!

Ridiculous!

Great beach and drives in sesembra

And the Atlantic water here is definitely not as cold as Clifton Atlantic water

Wednesday’s fun

Driving out of Lisbon, beautiful forests and mountains.

First stop - a wine farm that produced the first table wine in Portugal and has not stopped producing since! Beautiful grounds, delicious wine (more delicious sheeps cheese)

Then some more coastal driving and viewing

And then a delicious lunch in sesembri coastal town!

(Never eaten long clams before - very yum)

Or it could be Clifton

It could be umhlanga

Another great eating day

Lunch at this restaurant in the fort

And dinner at our Thermomix bosses house in Portugal, made by her nephew - a chef - probably the most delicious soup i have ever tasted and amazing cheese!

Another great day

We headed out of Lisbon to 'sintra' ... a super lush and green area (I love big trees these days, we don't get many in Malta), where many of the kings over the ages built their summer palaces.

We went to the palace right at the top (which took us on a bit of a long walk uphill through beautiful forests) ... the palace was awesome - the inside rooms and walls (which I have no photos as phone died) were so artistic and opulent

Royalty knew how to live large 😉