Another new cousin!

On Tuesday morning , two weeks early and after a very speedy labour (which I am terribly envious of), Geekling's newest cousin arrived: introducing Baby C!

Baby C is Geekling's 13th cousin!  Its been a busy couple of years for babies in our family, but I don't think there will be any more for a little while.

Geekling's Christmas presents

Would you like a sneak peek at what Geekling is getting for Christmas from his daddy and I, and from Santa?

From his Dad and I:  This Felt World Map we picked up some months ago at ALDI for $30.  We are packaging it up with the individual cultural packages we've received so far from participating in the Chasing Cheerios Cultural Exchange - we have packages from the USA, Germany, Canada, Korea and more.  We hope Geekling enjoys playing with this and learning about the world.

From Santa: We did Geekling's Christmas shopping for Santa in one hit - its all from Bright Bugs, who sell a wonderful selection of educational and handmade toys.  My friend Kelly is a consultant - if you're in Brisbane check out her facebook page.

Every year we give Santa gives Geekling three gifts, which represents the three gifts that the wise men gave Baby Jesus - its our way of linking the religious part of the holiday with the gift-giving custom.  His gifts this year:

Melissa & Doug Wooden Clock Puzzle

Great for learning about shapes and colours, telling the time and more.  Geekling has just started to learn his colours (he knows red, blue, yellow, green, orange, black and white) and shapes (he knows stars and circles).

Melissa & Doug Magnetic Dress Up Joey

When I saw this on a fellow Montessori blogger's site, I plotted to get one for Geekling.  He is just starting to get interested in getting his own clothes and trying to put on his own shoes.

Mix & Match Animal Puzzle

(Sorry - I cannot find a picture of this one)

Hiatus

Apologies for the long gap between posts - I realised its been 3 weeks!  I am struggling to compose posts when I can only get half an hour or so of power out of my laptop at a time (of which I can only use the whole 30 minutes if Geekling is asleep :) but when we get this sorted I'll have plenty to post about!

I hope to get a few things posted before Christmas, in part because its a bit pointless posting Christmas themed activities afterwards, but also because we are heading away for a week and a half on Christmas night.

Please bear with me :)