A birthday party with Mack

On Saturday we continued the tradition of celebrating Jonty's birthday with Lisa as they are only a day apart. So although Friday, was his actual birthday, Jonty didn't get his cake until Saturday but he didn't even notice. I think he thought his birthday went for two days. 

Before we headed into Launceston for the party, we had a spring clean at church. I have never seen the kids have so much fun cleaning. They helped with all the chairs and tables. Everything was done inside and out, the eaves, concrete, gardening, every nook and cranny inside - it looked great. I cleaned inside, doing windows and pews and then ended up with the lovely job of the fridge. :)

The Ziesels dog, Mo, was our supervisor.

Then to finish off we had a gourmet BBQ outside to reward ourselves for all our hard work.

 Later in the afternoon we headed in to the Wheelers for 'the party'. Jonty kept saying all day, 'we go to Emyee's house. (Emily) He always gets Emily to play with him and loves following her around. Emily was also good, giving Flynn a bath and getting him dressed.

We had homemade pizzas for tea and hotdogs and chips with fizz - the usual at a party which all kids seem to love. Mum made lemon slice and Emily made truffles.

The kids also had a great time outside on the motorbikes. It's great that Lisa and Chris have heaps of space for the kids to have a ride. Hallie our motorbike expert was trying to teach Rohan how to ride.

And help him put the helmet on...

Then it was time for the cake. Jonty had tossed up between a helicopter and a garbage truck and then decided on Mack, particularly as he is into Cars 2, the movie. Simon said he would take care of the cake which made it completely stress-free for me in the end. And I think it turned out really good.

Flynn as usual was pulling his funny faces.

But then was completely mesmerised by the candles, instead of looking at the camera.

Other presents that Jonty got was some clothes from Nanny, a tongue spoon from Jessica which Jonty carries around with him everywhere. I had to take a photo so you could see the handle looks like a really long tongue. (and Jess wanted me to take a photo ;) )

And a toy drill from Oma and Pop for when Jonty helps build our own home in the near future.

' We Remember ' Jonty's 3rd birthday

Today Jonty turned 3. He was born on the 11th of the 11th at 11.35am. I started pushing at 10.45am and I always push anywhere from 40mins (Hallie) to 4 hrs (Oliver) so I knew he wasn't coming before 11am. At 11am I remember  my midwife Brenda, joking about whether we should have a minute's silence. Funny enough I did not laugh. :)

Jonty has been loving the latest Cars movie so we got him a spy plane, which fits a little Mater truck and McQueen and then the spy car (Finn McMissile)

As tomorrow is Lisa's birthday, we are going to have a joint birthday party and unveil the cake for Jonty there. Jonty has been tossing up between a garbage truck and a helicopter, so we will see what he gets. Last year he had a train cake  - lucky Lisa doesn't mind having kiddie cakes for her birthday too. :)

Seeing as today was also Remembrance Day, they held a little service at school in front of the flag pole.  My Pop, Stephen Lanham (who Flynn's middle name is from -along with my own father) was in the navy in WWII on the destroyer HMAS Napier. He was a Rat of Tobruk and was away from my Nanna for 2 whole years. My Dad has published his diaries from the war. It is very compelling reading and more so because he is my Pop who I remember and loved dearly.

Hallie was one of the SRC presenters of the service and she did a good job up there with the microphone, introducing the national anthem and the minute's silence.

Singing the national anthem.

The wearing of the poppy...

"Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day) is a memorial day to remember the members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty since the First World War.

Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month" of 1918 so Remembrance Day is observed on November 11.

The remembrance poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem In Flanders Fields, believed to have been written by Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.

Poppies were the first flowers to grow in the earth of the soldiers' graves in Flanders and so they became an appropriate symbol for Remembrance Day" (quote found here)

And not to forget the birthday boy... looks like he is enjoying very much his birthday dessert, after hot chips for tea (his choice).

Happy 3rd birthday my beautiful blonde haired brown eyed munchkin.