I’ve been fairly slack this year with keeping blogs up to date. There has been many a blog post written in my head but it just hasn’t come off the mind drawing board onto the computer. Hopefully this will fill in some gaps on what I’ve been up to this year.
2011 for me started off quite nicely with my continued leave from work. I had taken 7 weeks off work when the twins were born in Nov 2010 and it finished in the middle of January. Those 7 weeks meant so much to Megs & I. Not only could we enjoy those 7 weeks as a new family of six but it helped developed a routine for when I finally went back to work. Going back to work was quite hard and it took a while for me to get back into the swing of things. I think for Megs it was hard and maybe a little bit scary too, being left for the first time with the twins and the big boys, but she took it all in her stride and is a totally awesome mother and wife. Whilst mothering the four boys, Megs somehow found the time to organise the twins baptism day. The day was a total hit.
2011 saw my interest in photography take off. I’d always had an interest in photography from taking photos of the family, however 2011 was when I had the chance to do something about it. It has brought about the introduction of Thompson’s Exposures which isn’t coming along maybe as fast as I would’ve liked, but it’s a work in progress.
Easter was pretty special. It was the first year that the big boys fully grasped the Easter concept, and of course the Easter bunny. The kids were able to enjoy the Easter At Werribee Mansion shindig which they thoroughly enjoyed. We spent Easter morning down at my parents so that they were able to enjoy the boys hunting for Easter eggs. It truly was a special morning.
Throughout 2011, Oliver & Sebastian’s personalities have shone through. Oliver is very much the cheeky little troublemaker. I can see lots of trouble ahead with him which will make life interesting. I love how he can convey his feelings through facial expressions. Sebastian is very much the shy teddy bear, who doesn’t like new faces in his life and will cling to his muumy and daddy when he’s unsure of that new someone. His favourite thing would have to be cuddles.
2011 has seen Jack & Lewis grow up older enough to be able to enjoy things like the Easter bunny, Santa Claus, and other things. One of those other things has been shell fosicking along the beaches of Phillip Island. It is something that my grandparents did with my father, something that my father did with me, and now something that I’m now doing with my boys. It felt like I was stepping back in time and at the same time creating and continuing the tradition with the boys. It was pretty magical.
Megs and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary in 2011. We have come so far in those 5 years. I would be lying if I said that 2011 for us was a cake walk. 2011 was quite tough for Megs & I relationship wise. And NO the twins or the big boys weren’t the cause of it. In truth I was the cause of the problems. I just haven’t been doing enough to help Megs out with the kids, the housework, and discussing issues as they arose. Kids baptisms, costumes, and birthday parties, have all been done by Megs. I’ve done nothing to help prepare for these things. Megs has done it all and done it with style whilst dealing with the twins and the trouble that is the big boys. Admittedly i’ve been pretty useless in 2011 when it has come to helping out. There is no reason for it and no excuse. I’m aiming to make amends in 2012 and show her the ‘old me’ when we married.
All in all, 2011 marked many firsts for the twins. We survived as a family of 6 and proved many doubters wrong. I look forward to this new year of 2012 and what it will bring.
