Sarah and Becky’s Story!

I was so proud of Sarah today. She had her first blood test and didn’t cry at all. While we were waiting I explained to her what was going to happen, so she even held out her arm to the phlebotomist. She was a little upset as the needle went in – “it hurts me! it hurts me!” – nearly brought me to tears… but I figured if she wasn’t crying then I had no business doing it.

Once she saw the blood come out though, she was fascinated.  There was a lot to be fascinated about too, sadly. They took enough for at least a half a dozen vials! Once it was over, and the promised ‘Ice Age’ bandaid, sticker and flashy squishy toy thingy had been handed over, she was as cheerful as ever. Like it had never happened.

We headed over to Maccas for a well earned lunch date after that :)

On Friday Charlotte graduated from PrePrep. She’s off to Big School with her sister next year! Adding to the excitement for Sarah and Becky, we took the bus and the train to the ceremony! Sarah made sure the bus driver knew all about it, explaining in some detail that we were “off to a school day for Charlotte’s ‘gadgation!!!”

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Becky worked so so hard in swimming today! She was zonked by the time we came home, falling asleep in the middle of her lunch. Not that she was the only one napping on the couch…

On Saturday we went to Wriggle It to celebrate Jack’s 3rd birthday.  A wild time was had by all – including Daddy and ‘Cole! Becky and Sarah had their faces painted. Sarah chose a very bight pink to become a butterfly. Having never had her face painted before, we picked a little heart and flower for Becky, just in case she didn’t like it. Turns out we had nothing to worry about – Becky LOVED being the centre of attention on the chair and sat as still as a statue the entire time.  Jack’s mum, Bobbi, made an extremely yummy pyramid of doughnuts for the birthday cake. Click on Becky below to see the photos from the party.

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It’s not child labour… it’s a valuable learning experience about science and teamwork. Really.

Another two teeth for Becky! Upper and lower pointy ones on the left.

Our 2009 Santa Photo! Becky just would not sit next to Santa – there are about 137 of her sliding off the chair. The ‘elves’ were sooo patient, they suggested getting Becky to just stand in front and they used bubbles to make her smile. Her expression is just pure Becky. Sarah was pretty impressed with Santa, but got very shy when it came to saying hello. She was impressed that he noticed her princess dress :) I think it’s a great photo – and a definite improvement on 2006, 2007 and 2008!

It’s official, Becky can jump with both feet leaving the ground and landing again at the same time! It’s all thanks to one of her favourite books “Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball”. She and Sarah act out each of the pages, and one of them reads “Sometimes I jump as high as I can, to see how much noise I can make when I land!”

Today Sarah, Becky, Cobey and Eva went to Whitewater World for a swim – and then ducked over to Dreamworld for a quick drive before coming home. Here are some photos Nikki took :)