Spencer's first hair cut

Yes you read right!

Spencer had his first hair cut. He had been asking to have his hair cut for several months. He'd ask us during the week but then when the weekend would come and we'd offer to take him he'd say "no hair cut".

Well on Saturday 28 June 2008 when we woke up we said to Spencer "how about you have your hair cut today Spencer" and he excitedly replied "ok but I want girl to cut my hair".

So off to the hairdressers it was. His hairdresser's name was Lisa. She placed Spencer on a really thick foam cushion placed on the chair so he was raised up high and then put on the most gorgeous, colourful Wiggles cape. Well of course Spencer was immediately impressed!

She then sprayed his hair with water and told him he must sit very still to which he replied "ok"... and that's what he did! We were very impressed at how well he did and even Lisa commented a few times on how great he was for a first cut.

At the end of the cut she placed his gorgeous baby curls in a special "Baby's First Hair Cut" envelope with her name and the date and then placed some gel in Spencer's hair. He was very curious what the "stuff" was and why he needed it in his hair to which daddy replied "you know mate I don't know either"! Let's just say daddy isn't a fan or user of product!!

So now everyone can stop nagging us to have our little baby's hair cut. I must admit he does look a lot older now and has lost that gorgeous baby look about him but I guess we had to let go sooner or later... he will be 3 in October! Alan and I nearly shed a tear as we walked out with him and I have to say I am still getting used to not being able to stroke my fingers through his beautiful blonde curls.

But hey - he STILL looks gorgeous!

Head in the clouds?

I couldn't resist posting this photo of Alan during our recent visit to Currumbin. He was walking along with the boys and as Alan is rather tall I took a photo of the 3 of them to show just how small the boys still are.

Well you can imagine how surprised we were when we were looking at the photos from the day later that evening to discover Alan had no head!!

Spencer was looking at this photo as I was loading it here and said "daddy have no head" .... too funny!

Attack of the lorikeets

When we visited Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary back in February we unfortunately missed the lorikeet feeding show. So during our recent visit there in June I was determined to feed the lorikeets. This time we caught both the 8.30am and 4pm feeds.

Well what an experience! I had seen pictures of people feeding the lorikeets with 4 0r 5 lorikeets on their head but nothing prepares you for the amount of lorikeets that come to feed.

Everyone is given a little metal tray. The trays are filled with honey water which the lorikeets love and are natually attracted to. Then you basically hold out the tray and wait for the lorikeets to land!

Spencer loved looking at the lorikeets and their pretty colours. I thought he might have been a bit scared of them as they certainly weren't scared of us! Whilst holding his little plate he would have up to 7 or 8 lorikeets on the tray at once and giggled away as the lorikeets landed.

Alan chose not to feed the birds during the morning show as he admitted he was a bit freaked out by sooo many birds but we encouraged him...ok... we bullied him into taking part in the afternoon feeding! I think in the end he was forced to overcome his fear as those lorikeets may be small but they are pushy little buggers. He did however have one feisty one who was considered the "dominant" of the bunch who kept fighting off the others as he landed. He's the angry looking one sitting on Alan's arm!

I of course had several birds land on my head but thankfully none of them pooped! This poor guy standing next to us had one do a massive wee on his head - poor guy was bald so it just ran down his head and into his ear...ewwww!

A day with friends at Currumbin

We visited Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary earlier this year & bought a season pass so when the long weekend hit in June we invited a friend to join us for another visit. We were joined by our friend, Iris, & her little boy, Jacob, Spencer's best friend who is 2 months younger than Spencer.

We had a great day with the boys running around frantically looking at all the animals and enjoying riding the train and squealing as we went through the little tunnel.

We stopped off at McDonalds on the way home which as you can imagine delighted the boys (not so much the adults) and needless to say they slept the whole way home. We had picked up Iris and Jacob around 7.30am and ended up dropping them home around 7.30pm so it was a HUGE day but fun was had by all and a whole day without any tears... I think!!