Six today!

I still cannot believe that Reece is 6 today. He was so excited to turn 6. He asked me this morning "Mom am I really, really 6" and I told him "Yip, you are 6" and he even asked again "Are you sure mom?". So cute!

So anyway he is 6 - he got his pressie over the week-end as we ordered a bicycle. He had been quite deprived of riding a bicycle in SA but then again he was not really that interested. Here in Oz there are so many parks for him to ride in that he sees many kids riding - he actually asked for a bicycle! So he got it on Friday and was over the moon and could not wait to get to the park and ride but the weather has been really bad so we have to race to the park while the sun peaks out and then run back home again as the good weather only stays for short periods at a time. So above is a picture of Reece riding his bike taken at the park down the road from home. The sunshine is deceiving - it was freezing!

Today for his birthday we wrapped a small pressie just so he had something to open and once again he was over the moon - in fact we could have just given him a balloon and he would have been very happy. He was not expecting anything else for his birthday as we had told his bicycle was for his birthday. He is very into Lego at the moment and we got him a 3-in-1 set of different types of aeroplanes. So he got home from school today and then started to build it. We took him and Bryce out for an ice cream down the road and kept on asking when we are going home as he wanted to finish his plane. He ran straight to his room and about an hour and a half later he came out with the aeroplane finished. He was really proud of himself and I actually could not believe he had done it himself but he did.

And of course we cannot forget about little Bryce - he had just as much fun with his brother celebrating his birthday! He also got a bicycle and I could not believe that within one day he had grasped the idea and was on his way to the park to ride. So any moment he gets he nags us to take him to the park.Bryce is going to a playschool from tomorrow for about 3hours 2 days a week - Heath cannot wait to have some free time. Bryce is a bit sceptical about this but I am sure he will be fine. When they first moved to Oz he could not wait to be in school now that he has spent so much time with his dad he does not want to go anymore. So he will start off for 3 hours 2 days a week and then once he is used to the idea he will go for a bit longer.

Bryce is also playing kiddie sport on Friday mornings and is loving it so we are eventually getting settled and getting the kids a little more organised.

Now I have to get us all organised for Reece's party which is on Saturday. We were going to have it in the park but as there is a possibility of rain so we have moved it to an environmental centre. He is having a dinosaur party and cannot wait. So the rest of the week is now getting this all organised - sigh....

So love to all. Chat again soon.

Cheers

Nicky, Heath, Reece (who is really 6!) and Bryce