Wednesday, July 29, 2009

It's starting to LOOK like a house now!








I always promised Tareka his own shed:

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Boxing, filling and framing - oh my!










The TURDIS!

The floor has begun





Hard fill down, compacted and inspected. That's a lot of rock.

Monday, July 6, 2009

WE HAVE POWER ONSITE!

Colours of the land


Our lovely sparky, Ricardo



Developmental milestones

Kaitereo has taken a big step towards toilet training. She has started to tell me when she needs her nappy changed.

Unfortunately, it usually occurs between 1 and 4am.

Now I am glad that she is getting to the stage where we can get the potty and the stickers out, but waking up every night for a nappy change is going to wear me out pretty quickly. I'm thinking about doing the intensive toilet training thing some of my friends have tried - train your 22 month old in a weekend - but it involves some serious work on my part and I don't know if I have the energy or patience to do it.

The other option is to do what we did with Mapera, and get her used to the idea of the potty first, then work up to leaving the nappies off during the day. Mapera is still nowhere near being dry overnight, so I don't really know how to approach that with Kaitereo. I am pretty sure K will go dry overnight first, judging by the fact that she's waking up asking for a nappy change now.

Oh I hate potty training, why can't it be something they do all at once like walking?