BBB Benny and the Pegs!

Maddie and I had a super day with her God Father Benny a couple of Sundays ago. We started the day with a brisk walk around Centennial Park in the sunshine, followed by a spot of lunch with the 'who's who' of Darlinghurst (a cafe full of fabulous queens) and then we topped off the afternoon by sipping Jasmin green tea and putting pegs in our hair. Pure bliss

We dont get to see much of Benny these days as he has a big, grown up Producers job, but when we do, we treasure every minute of it xxx

Heavenly Creatures

Here are some snaps of Maddie with her 'cousin Daisy'. We had a gorgeous Sunday roast at my cousin Rob's house a couple of weeks ago. His beautiful wife Beth was the hostess with the mostest and cooked the most wonderful lunch... which turned into too much wine and bath and early dinner for the little girls.

It was 'crazy hair day' at Maddie's nursery today. Simes and I giggled like school girls when we arrived to pick her up and she had more gel in her hair than Vanilla Ice (am I showing my age?)!

She just woke up from her sleep while I was typing. As I went to tuck her in, I was completely overwhelmed by how much I love her. She was lying in her bed (her big girls bed as we got rid of the cot bars when we arrived in Sydney) cuddling her friends donkey and Elliot the bear. She is such a mad little character. She constantly makes Simon and I laugh with her observations about life, love and the universe.

Each night when I put her to bed I make a little wish for her (I wish for lovely positive things like confidence, empathy, intelligence, warmth, compassion - words she almost certainly doesn't understand at this stage). When I started my speech this evening I said 'tonight mummy wishes for you...' and she interrupted me with the word 'kindness'! Something tells me that little Maddie has a lot of kindness in her heart.

Bless her world xxxx

Gorgeous Cousins and Curryoke

Busy, busy, busy... that about covers the last few weeks. Had a fabulous trip to the zoo with my cousin Rob, his gorgeous wife Beth and their spectacular little girl Daisy (or "cousin Daisy" as Maddie calls her). Mads thinks that Daisy is the bees knees. We also had a lovely afternoon with my other cousin Chris and his beautiful girls Kylie, Bella, Charlie and Ashley. It was Ashley's first fiesta and it was a fantastic affair with lots of happy kids, a pinata and the paella was a triumph!

The weeks just seem to zip by. Still not much going on in the hair department for Maddie, but everything else is developing marvelously! She has now settled into day care, in fact she actually seems to look forward to it. The ladies who look after her are astounded by her vocabulary and say that it is freaky for a toddler of her age to be such a good communicator. I can't help but think Maddie is an old soul that has been here before. The way she looks you in the eye and emotionally engages is beyond her years. Having said that, she is also pretty good at throwing herself on the floor in the middle of a shopping centre and having a good old fashioned tantrum, so I am not sending her off to university just yet!

Had a funny night at an Indian restaurant on Oxford St last Friday. I ended up drinking way too much and singing 'Islands in the Stream' with a tranny on the 'curryoke'. Was not feeling too flash the next morning, but pulled myself together and had a lovely catch up in Paddington with some old girlfriends and consoled myself with WAY too much white wine. A girl's got to let her hair down sometimes!

Lots of love to all xxx