A Day in Devonport

Here are some pictures of the the last few weeks:

So this is Lollipops Playland :) Its rather magical
Anika and I being fishes

The girls eating nuggets and chips for lunch

Anika at the park in Devonport

Brooklyn and Anika on the swings

The girls on the pier in the water

The view from our lunchspot :)

The girls eating their Makers (McDonalds)

Anika and Delta often jump in bed with me and want to take pictures of our silly faces

Carly and Ashton setting up the new trampoline! Im so sleeping on it in the summer :)

So today was just so epically amazing that I felt the need to blog about it. So it started out with Anika coming in and waking me up and then yelling "ALICE IS AWAKE!" haha. After toast on the run we made it to the Polkadots Concert at a near by primary school. The Polkadots have a concert every week day so the kids get a little sad that they have to stay behind so today we dropped Delta at kindy (kindergarden) and we took Anika, Brooklyn, Ellie and Ashton to the show and we sat in the back and danced. After the show Dionne and Desiree had to go do some recording in the town of Devonport. So after Ashton went home with Carly and Ellie slept in the pram with Dionne I took Brooklyn and Anika for the afternoon. We had the best time! Our first destination was McDonalds where we got some chicken nuggets and chips, thats what we call fries here :) With our food we drove to the beautiful beachside playground. We ate our lunch on the shore and went for a walk out on a walkway into the ocean. We played on the playground and we went on the swings. After hearing "higher!" multiple times I taught the girls to say hiya! like they were doing karate and we had a great time being ninjas on the swings. After we had our fill of the beautiful sunny day we went into the near by library where we read stories and did puzzles until we got the call to come back. Once back at home the Polkadot moms were emailed the new versions of their songs so on our way down stairs to Desirees house to have a dance party we saw an injured bird. As you all know I am heartless and am soo not an animal person but the girls, being young and Christlike really wanted to help it so we put a hold on the dance party and called the vet and learned that the bird had hypothermia and needed to be warmed. So the girls found a shoe box and put a towel in it with bread and water and Dionne retreived the bird from the bushes where it was hidding. You can see all the action in my very eventful video. :) haha. After the bird was safe and warm we went down stairs and had our dance party. It was a blast! We just danced around and around in the lounge (family or living room). It was just a fabulous and fun filled day. I am just falling in love with these kids. Ashton is my boyfriend. Enough said :) haha I often steal cuddles from him and just love getting him to smile. Anika has this funny was of teasing me, I will complement her on something like, "Oh thats pretty Anika." and she says, "Its not pretty" At first I thought she was being resistant to the idea of me staying rather than just visiting but I have come to find she is just teasing me. I kind of like it now haha She gives the best cuddles and has told me multiple times today that she loves me :) As i was climbing over seats to buckle the girls in today I jokingly said "You girls better know how much I love you." and Anika looks up at me and says "We love you too". Brooklyn is adorable and always sharing and only cries when i have to put her down for a nap. But ive learned that if I sit in the room shes fine and will fall asleep. She just hates being alone and missing the action. Delta is so grown-up and hilarious. She often just comes and plops herslef in my lap. She always has a plan and often says i just need a cuddle and she randomly pulls out "I love you's" as well which just melts me. Today she was gone at kindy and then had a play date with a friend and when she got home I told her that I missed her and she said, "me too" and cuddled me real tight. I feel like im her big sister which is a role ive always wanted to have. Ellie is a mummies girl and often has fun with me for a minute and then realizes that mom isnt there and gets upset but I love rocking her to sleep in my arms, which incidently is giving me sweet arm muscles! Camryn and Caydence live up north and so they are not down all the time but I love them as well. They are very artistic and smart and they are very fun. I am just loving my time here! Last weekend was a stake YSA conference and I went to a dance and met tons of fun people and did a bunch of activites and often didnt make it home until 3am and had to be up watching kids at 8 which im not okay with but im enjoying :) I have also got a group of people together and we are all saving up to bungy jump off the harbor bridge :) I miss you all and wish I could write more but I hope you enjoy the pictures and videos :)

Eating our lunch :)

Dionne rescuing the bird

Delta and Anika discusing the Bird Rescue..."We'll take her to the jeff" :)