To sum it up they had an excellent day. We had laid out some presents for them in the dining area so we had to make sure while we were getting them ready that they didn’t escape from their room until we were all ready. Emma needed a bit of convincing but we managed to pull it off. They were surprised to see all those boxes when they walked into the dining area. Emma immediately knew what was going on and started unwrapping the presents. On a normal day they have a short play time before breakfast and then they insist on eating. Well Dylan could not believe his luck. He has been enamoured with cleaning tools for quite some time now as you have seen his love for mops in the past. With this in mind we bought him a janitors trolley for his Birthday. Boy was he over the moon. He has spent hours watching Renice, our maid, cleaning the house. He therefore has many good techniques already under his belt. So when he got his own mop, broom, trolley and stuff he was in heaven. He had no interest in eating breakfast, cake or cupcakes. He was cleaning the house. Emma loved unwrapping the presents and unwrapped most of them. She liked the dolls we picked for her but also loves Dylan’s cleaning set. She generally now gets the broom and he has the mop. Anyway Emma had her Birthday breakfast with us. Dylan ate later.
From Janine and other friends in the complex Dylan got his new favourite toys: His Fire engine and his electric screw driver. The Fire engine makes a driving sound when you push it along. Dylan extends the ladder and uses this as a handle like a remote steering wheel. He then pulls his truck along behind him while he runs down the passage and the motor wines. It is really amazing to watch. He was not keen to do this on video though yet. The electric screw driver came with a car that had to be built together with plastic screws. It is as good as the real thing. There are a number of different bits to attach for star and flat screws. Dylan can change these himself. It winds forwards and backwards and even makes the torque noise when the screw is tight. There was no need to show him how all this worked. He just new. Boys and girls are amazing how some things are just entirely preprogramed. Emma is preprogramed when it comes to her dolls. She does exactly what we do with her, with her dolls. Dylan couldn’t be bothered.
In the afternoon Anina and Janine took the kids to the botanical gardens where they enjoyed the nice weather. Later that afternoon some friends in the complex with kids, came round for a small tea party. At the end of the day Emma and Dylan were both very tired but were extremely happy. They truly did have a wonderful day. Anina baked them cupcakes that they loved.
Emma has now really started talking. It started last week when I went to Cape Town for two days. I got back and was bathing her when she said “Mommee” and “Daddee” with great clear annunciation. Up to now she had been mumbling Mama and Dada and similar words but these were real words. That was where it started. Now she has a lot of words. Many of them are not the right words yet but she gets her point across. We can understand most of them but I would not really always call it English yet. The speed at which she catches onto new words though is amazing. Dylan is also coming along and has a couple more words but he is more reserved and holding back.
Emma, like her grandmother, has a great fear of dogs. We went to go and visit someone last week who had small yapping dogs. They were very eager and wanted to lick her. She was terrified. Today we took the kids on their first walk into the neighbourhood without the pram. Emma is now starting to sprout two word sentences. So when some people came walking with their dogs, Emma said to her Mom very pertinently “Woof Up”, meaning she needed be picked up as there was a dog approaching. This is her best two word sentence to date.
Stats:
Emma: Weight 13.055 kg
Dylan: Weight 13.695 kg
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Here are many Birthday videos to enjoy:
Emma unwrapping her first present and Dylan with his penguin:
Emma unwrapping her doll:
Dylan and Emma upwrapping the janitor set:
Dylan showing off his cleaning skills:
Dylan with his own Dustbuster and Emma with the trolley
Emma showing off the new janitors trolley
Emma in her angel set that she got from Jenny
Emma the angel pushing the trolley
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