I’m thinking a lot about the twins tonight because it’s their fourth birthday tomorrow. Jim likes singing. His favorite songs at the moment are Jingle Bells and Puff the Magic Dragon. Here he is singing Puff: [audio:http://gorey.netcipia.net/xwiki/bin/download/Photos/Audio/puff.mp3]
Busy day, busy week ahead
Today was the St Barbara’s Festival Parade in Kalgoorlie. I wrote about it last year, but in brief it’s the city’s community festival in honor of the mining industry. We were fortunate to have 28-degree weather after some forties during the week. I took Michael, Jim and one of Michael’s friends to the parade. They [...]
Children’s height
I just measured Jim and Maggie for the first time in months. They will both have their fourth birthday on December 16. According to this reference, boys and girls should be about the same height at four years old. The median height for both sexes at four is 102cm (about 40 inches). James is 102cm [...]
Twins are a handful
Jim and Maggie will be four years old in December. They are a real handful compared with our older children at the same age. I think they feed off each other in terms of mischief and try to emulate the older kids in achievement. Maggie made scrambled eggs today. I dozed off and Michael was [...]
Dorothy the Dinosaur
I took the twins to see Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Dance Party today at the Kalgoorlie Town Hall. They didn’t actually get into it as much as I’d expected. The organisers wisely limit the show to about one hour, which is about the attention span for the target audience of three-year-olds and parents. Dorothy is a [...]
