Just like his brother

Nothing can stop Luca from walking and running right now. He is determined to be on his feet all the time! I took the boys out as usual in the evening to play with their friends. He was doing so well chasing a big ball until he somehow got on the ball and fell forward with it :(

Oooops big scratch on his nose:



He must have known that was his big brother's first scratch too.
Here is Oliver - 1 year and 4 months:



As you know Oliver didn't stop with this and kept cutting himself open... I hope Luca won't copy that PLEASE!!

Mr cook

Luca is into cooking recently. He wanders into the kitchen and gets his utensils. It occupies him for a good while and gives me some time to rest :)







The other day Runa got more creative than me and got some paper and tissues for Luca. Made him very very happy!





Wonderful to have a full time babysitter :)

Cooling down

It has been such a hot summer here in Japan. We are lucky we have a good size bathroom where the boys can bath twice a day!! Luca especially loves playing with water and it keeps him entertained for ages.

When both boys get excited I have to separate them into different stations to avoid high pitched screaming and tears...

Full course haircut

The boys had a haircut today. Now Oliver tells me he needs a haircut. He tried the three course haircut this time.

Cut:






















Shampoo - this was something new!









And blow dry:





Big smile with a new haircut :)



Luca was very good too. He didn't need to sit on my lap. He sat there by himself like a big boy!

Captain Oliver and First officer Luca

On one of our holiday flights we got to see the cockpit of the same sort of plane that Daddy flies.

Captain Oliver (in his pajamas) :

Luca straight away knew what to do:

For sure our boys are interested in airplanes!! Making daddy happy :)

Me and my girl

Luca looooooooves Rua ♡

Big smile from a little boy

My smiley boy - So cute!!

Higher than clouds

Weeeeeeeeeeee

Beach fun

We took the boys over to the ECP this afternoon. It was cloudy but I thought better than too sunny.

Matthew had a busy week of flying so we haven't done many outdoor activities other than going into town and shops. So both boys were very very excited when we got there.

My gorgeous beach boy - ready to hit the beach!



I can feel the waves!



Deos he look happy or what?



So relieved Luca no longer eats sand... (and the hat stays on!!)



They found some coconuts:



We had some drama over the coconuts. According to Oliver they were all his acorns and he just wouldn't share them. Can you imagine this little guy was guarding all of them by himself!?



Luca practiced more walking with daddy and big brother:



Digging a hole to find what lives there?



The tide was quite high so they didn't get into the water much but I am sure they enjoyed it 100%!

We continued on to our dinner at the Dinosaur Italian restaurant. Oliver enjoyed running around in the indoor playground and we had delicious meals.

Luca was well entertained by the dinosaurs! Raaahhhhhh



By the time we finished our meal it was getting dark. We had a little walk down to the waterfront.



While we were dining we kept seeing big groups of people walking past to go to this famous seafood restaurant. The place was packed!!! Maybe within 30min it was full!!



And another 10min... people were everywhere waiting for the next empty table.



I know it is quite a pricy place but we must try it out!

The problem is...

Those who have shared rides with Luca in a vehicle can understand what I mean. He is just too loud!!!

Getting used to

Luca has almost given up on taking his hat off all the time. Finally it is staying on!



Also he is not bad with shoes either, thanks to his little friend Mina who we saw at the airport the other day. Luca was very shocked when he saw his friend wearing shoes and walking. I wish I had my camera out then, his face was so funny, his mouth was wide open!

Now he wears shoes and is back on his feet, he walked 6 steps by himself!!

Bag Fetish - No 2

When I saw Luca going for bags this afternoon, I remembered this post  I did 2 and 1/2 years ago. Just like his brother, Luca is very very keen for bags!! Lucky we have so many of them :)

Cuddly Giggly Brothers

Scooter debut!?

Merryn introduced Luca to Oliver's scooter - and he loved it! Maybe it won't be too long until we have two scooting boys wherever we go :)

Some more presents for our boys

This birthday fiesta never ends for our boys! Merryn and Dennis arrived with some more birthday presents for them - they are so spoiled!!!

Luca got a set of wooden farm animals:



Oliver got a safari animal set:



They each got a cool liquid ornament.



And Luca got these gorgeous handmade place mats from Merryn (Oliver has a matching set) and a pukeko hand puppet from the Fenwick Roses. Luca looks so cute putting the puppet on his tiny hand and trying to move it (I must get a photo for you Kylie!).



Oliver also got a sleeping bag which is matching with all his cousins and a cool puzzle game from the Fenwick Roses.

We really need to find a bigger place to put all these wonderful toys! Running out of space!!