SNOW STORM

My wife reckon that we have had a snow storm this winter. We had visits from five sisters and two brothers. My brother Verne came all the way from Italy with his daughter and suprised me for my birthday. After they all left I contemplated the great thing that is the family. All the connections and memories of passed adventures flooded back into my brain.
It was nice to have them in my house for a change and to be able to entertain them instead of them entertaining me. The kids loved having their uncles and aunties with them. They played and fought with their cousins and cried when they all had to leave.
Sometimes I wish the world was a smaller place so that we could see each other everyday. Thank goodness for skype and the internet which allows us to share from afar. Thanks for coming, you are always welcome at our house. Until it snows again down under.

SNOW BAND

When I was a kid I always wanted to be in a band, a rock star with my groupies following me around. Never happened. Now that I have children I see that they have more posability then me. More instruments than I ever had to practice on and more talent. Even the baby has a better chance then I had of having groupies. After a few renditions of baba black sheep and twinkle twinkle little star the tupperware and pans were put away for another day of instrumental chaos. Music to my ears.

HOLIDAY

We had a fabulous holiday to Coromandel, one of the most beautiful parts of New Zealand. One of the highlights of our trip was coming across the above robot. We all had to stop to take a closer look. The boys thought it was a very unusual robot and as we had a better look we decided that they were right. It appeared to have all the right nuts and bolts and it's plumbing seemed to be in good condition. It was named the nudeydudey and I assured the boys it could not be taken home with us.

ADVENTURES IN FEEDING

Karlos did not like solids and refused to eat anything but mum's milk. We decided we would start introducing some solids to his diet and give him some freedom to try them himself. As you can see it was highly succesful. The food succesfully made it everywhere but his stomach. Hmm. The joys of parenthood.

FIRST HAIRCUT

I BEGGED MY WIFE TO LET MY BABY KEEP HIS CURLS. WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT. SHE WOULD NOT TOUCH HIS HAIR UNTIL HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY, BUT AS IT GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE DATE I GOT MORE NERVOUS. MY BABY, THE GOLDEN LOCKS. PLEASE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT WAS TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS BIRTHDAY. I WENT TO WORK THINKING ALL WAS WELL AND THAT MY WIFE HAD FORGOTTEN OUR AGREEMENT. AT FIVE O'CLOCK I WALKED OUT AND SUPRISINGLY FOUND MY FAMILY WAITING IN THE CAR FOR ME. AS I WALKED TOWARDS THE CAR I SAW A LITTLE BOY. WHO IS THAT I THOUGHT.


MY BABY. WHERE HAVE YOU GONE. INSTEAD THERE SAT A LITTLE BOY, NO CURLS BUT STILL THAT BIG HUGE SMILE AND THOSE BIG BLUE EYES. OH WELL I SIGHED, THE CURLS ARE GONE BUT MY LITTLE BOY WILL ALWAYS BE MY BABY.
WE ARRIVED HOME AND OUT OF THE BLUE HE STUCK HIS TONGUE OUT AT ME. I GUESS HE WAS LETTING ME KNOW THAT I CAN'T STOP HIM FROM GROWING UP. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARLOS. MY LITTLE BOY. WE LOVE YOU.

We are back

After a long time away from Blogspot we are back. Karlos turned 1 and started to walk. The boys are growing in leaps and bounds and have been to the zoo, the beach and had family from the US visit them several times. We have moved house, had colds, conjuctivitis the flu. Can't beileve that time has flown so fast. Look forward to posting more in the future..

School Fair

Remeber the days at the old school yard? I do now. It was the yearly Artoberfest at the boys school. A day full of fun, art and activities that cost money. All in all it was fun and the boys enjoyed every minute of it. We are proud of Moronae. He painted a great Picasso that now hangs in the kitchen. Great Job. Looking forward to the next school fair.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Last week we celebrated our 1st Anniversary. Alot has happened in one year and life has been exciting and a great adventure. Khali has put up with all my crazy habits and me almost burning the house down and destroying her wok. She has put up with 9 months of discomfort and now dirty nappies and having to deal with now 4 men in the house. Thanks for all you do. Happy Anniversary Khali. Love You.
KHALI AND KARLOS

KARLOS 2 MONTHS OLD

TE WAIRUA AND THE BABY

MORONAE MAKING KARLOS LAUGH

WINTER DOWN UNDER

Our last six weeks have been interesting ones. We all got bronchitis and between the five of us I think we have managed to use New Zealands supply of tissues several times over. The baby spent a few days in the hospital to watch his breathing, I think maybe we all should have been in there at the same time. Well after several doses of antibiotics we have all come right now. Baby Karlos is now 7 weeks old and a whopping 14 pounds. Wow. He sure loves his milk. He is a great baby, always happy and loves getting kisses from his little brothers and smiling for his parents. I am now almost a pro at changing dirty diapers, which seem to get filled up when I take them off to change them making life more interesting for me. I have not been squirted in the face yet but am getting myself prepared for the day. Well as I write this a tropical storm has just hit us and our lawn is starting to turn into a lake so I better go check on things and make sure our boat will get us out of the house if it keeps raining. Exciting times in Paradise.

GOING TO WORK

Woke up the other morning and got ready for work but I could not find my work socks anywhere so I decided to wear white socks instead. Te Wairua gave me a kiss goodbye and then with a cheeky smile pulled up his pants and said look at my socks dad. I just had to have a chuckle. So funny.

ONE WEEK OLD- KARLOS ZANAZIR KEREAMA ALEXANDER SNOW

We finally finallized Karlos's names this week after much deliberation. It was fun to do and all the names have so much meaning.

On Monday my sister came in from the states for a visit with her son. It was great to have her here and the boys just loved there new cousin. We also decided to have the baby's blessing so that they could be here for it.

On sunday we had his baby blessing. It was great to have friends and family come to be with us during that special occasion.

Khali had her family here as well before their big trip to China to visit her sister.

Moronae loves his little brother and is constantly giving him hugs and kisses. Te Wairua is very excited to have a new brother too.

Then there is Grandpa and Grandma Snow. They are as happy as can be to have a new grandson to add to their snow bank. It was great to have you all at the baby blessing and for those that could not come we felt your presence there.

Love you tons,

xxxxxoooxoxoxoxoxo

Dean, Khali and the boys.

When I was young, you helped me grow,And taught me all I had to know, of love and trust and faith and hope, And everything it takes to cope. You may have thought I didn't hear, Or maybe that you weren't quite clear; But all the things you taught to me Were heeded very carefully, And now I want to thank you forYour love, your care, and so much more!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT'S A BOY. 8LBS 10 OZS. NAME: KARLOS. MUM IS DOING GREAT.

DEAN, KHALI AND BABY KARLOS

THE PROUD DAD.

FREE HAT COURTESY OF THE HOSPITAL

GETTING READY TO GO HOME

QUEENS BIRTHDAY

In commemoration of the Queens Birthday Holiday me and the boys decided to do a little face painting. The boys decided that they wanted to be little tigers so here is my best artistic face painting skills. The boys seemed happy with there tiger faces until they decided to paint my face.




Here is the boys painting my face. I wanted to be a tiger too. At this point I was getting a little scared to see what type of tiger I would be.


Here we are the three tigers. I still have not looked in the mirror to see what resembalence of a tiger I really am. I am sure I look just like one.

Hmmm. I am certainly a very interesting tiger. Oh well the boys thought I looked like a pretty scary tiger so I will go with their interpretation. I must say I was a little shocked to look in the mirror and discover that I looked more like a picasso painting.