Liji Beau

Django and me

2008-01-12T15:40:00.000+11:00

My cousin Django and me are good mates. This is a picture of me helping him blow out the candles on his birthday. The other picture is us in the paddling pool. We were both quite busy when this photo was taken.

Garage sale toys

2007-10-23T22:42:00.000+11:00

Mum and Grandad both love a garage sale and a bargain. Most of my toys come from garage sales. And I get more every week. Some of it's pretty awesome. Like my trucks. My drum kit (which Dad now only lets me play on rainy days under the house) is my favourite. These glasses are also pretty cool.

The things my parents do...

2007-08-30T19:22:00.000+10:00

It's quite funny being 2 really. Now that I'm all grown up I can appreciate the weird things my parents do to bribe me. The classic example is the Marmalade trick. I think the photos explain the trick better than I can. The other thing they do is the, "show Isabella how clever you can be..." trick. Half the time I am just refusing and being stubborn to see what crazy thing they will think up next to make me do stuff.

But with Bella it's different. I don't need much bribing there. I just love her so much you see. She's always laughing and smiling at me, and so I figure she must love me too. I explained to her about how God made the stars and animals and stuff today from my bible. She seemed to understand that. And we have our own secret conversations too sometimes. They go like this. I say, "Isabella, goo me cha ping a ding monkeys go boo?" And she says, 'Ooooo.' And I say, "Bellybops, choppa choppa choppa teapots go ping?' And she says, 'Aaaaahh.' So you see, it's really quite sophisticated.

Choca choca ding,
Liji Beau

How to dress yourself

2007-07-30T12:41:00.000+10:00

Well, I know this might not be the way you do it but I do it this way.

1) Start with your shoes. Don't worry about undoing the laces.

2) Then put your 'big boy pants' on. And don't worry about where your legs go too much. As long as they sit around your waist somewhere.

3) Put your T-shirt on your head.

Da da! You're there!

For some reason Mum kept trying to get me to move away from the window. She said something about, 'not wanting the neighbours to see.'

Lots of love, Lij

Lawwwnceston

2007-07-20T15:42:00.000+10:00

Lawwwwnceston. It's a funny old place really. A few monkeys in the park, a coupla autumn leaves lying around the place and a 'toot toot' train. Not much else to interest a two year old like myself. Still the best bits about Lawwwnceston were getting leaves stuck in my jacket and getting shaked out by Mummy, visiting Great Grandma with Isabella and not having any day sleeps for 2 whole days! Plus - I stayed up till at least 9.00pm both nights! I think I definately like going away to Lawwwnceston. I might try it again someday.

Liji Beau

Marmalade and Honey

2007-07-18T14:36:00.000+10:00

Today Isabella and I hung out in my cot with Marmalade and Honey (our bears) for a while before Isabella had to go have a bit of a squark and I had to go sit on the potty.

After that, I did a bit of drawing, a tad of reading and more potty sitting.

This 'potty training' just seems to go on and on. So far today I have had 1 accident and 4 successes. Something strange happened the other day....Big Ted was showing me how to use the potty (Mum's idea - she figured a bit of role playing might help) and well...he did, "a blue wee wee!!" I can't figure it out. I've tried to do blue ones too, but each time I jump up to check they're never blue. Hmmmm...maybe I need to colour them in with my crayons??

Anyway. I gotta go. My Grandad is here for a play/paint.

'Lovely and Beautiful'

2007-07-02T13:10:00.001+10:00

My baby sister.

So much new news

2007-07-02T12:25:00.000+10:00

It's been a while. I never got to fill you in on the baby that was coming (and all my thoughts and concerns re. becoming a big brother) like I promised I would. I honestly thought I had heaps of time to fill you in. So did mum. But suddenly one night Mum and Dad disappeared and said they were off to the 'hosbitl' to get 'the baby'. When I saw them next there was this big whopping baby - 'your little sister' they said. Well, since that day things haven't been quite the same. To name a few - my mum (she had this huge tummy now it's gone), my hair (dreads are gone), my age (I'm now a 'big boy' of 2!). Not to mention 'Isabella' being around. She's pretty cute though. I'm adapting well Mum says. She also says I am good at sharing (note octopus present I gave her). One thing Isabella is not allowed to share is my Wiggles blanket. "No no no. That's mine Mummy!" I can do a pretty good tantrum if needed about that one. Just to make my point.

Well gotta go help mum check out an Ella poo. She just does them all day. 'Whiz pops everywhere!!' (That one's for you Uncle Les!)

Liji Beau

Calvin vs Liji

2007-05-26T20:53:00.000+10:00

Notice any similarities?

(Thanks Uncle Jake)

And so it goes on...

2007-04-30T21:00:00.000+10:00

The saga of the 'closed eyes' continues. Mum say's, 'enough is enough' and I have to stop trying so hard. But the harder I try not to try so hard, the worse the squint gets.

Anyways, you can still see what I'm trying to show you. It's my latest artwork - Heshin Landscape. Reckon it could sell for a coupla thousand but I'd never part with it. Too much hard work. And to top it off, I threw the biggest tantrum when the paint ran out - don't reckon I stopped crying for a good 1/2 hour. Got sent to my cot and everything for it. Not even, 'Liji sad!!!! Liji crying!!!!' at the top of my lungs combined with climbing my feet up the side of the cot, got me out of bed. So, as you can see, even though you might pay me good money - I can't part with my Heshin Landscape - it's far too sentimental.

It's also come to my attention that I haven't filled you in on 'the new house.' Here's a few pic's so you can get the idea. It's really quite cool.

I've had both my Grandad's, Granny and Nanny over working with me in the garden to re-create overgrown botanical beauty. It was a hard working Anzac Day. I only stopped once for my mid day nap.

My favourite bits of the day were watching Grandad Towns with the chainsaw cutting down the trees. It was 'a bit scary' though so I watched from the safety of Mum and Dad's bedroom. Then there was the pruning with Nanny and digging up the garden with Granny. Grandad Davies has been banging and drilling all over the place - doing what he calls 'maintenance.'

Inside the place is pretty cool too. Mum and Dad keep re-arranging things though and I keep losing my toys in the process. As long as I can find my guitar, all is well.

Oh. And guess what else? We have a mouse. Not the pet kind. The un-pet kind. The kind that runs out from behind a box when it's dark at night and makes Mum jump onto the couch and cover her eyes and wimper.

Next blog I'll fill you in on this 'baby' Mum and Dad keep talking about that's meant to pop up sometime.

Liji Beau

Still can't get it right...

2007-04-13T21:15:00.000+10:00

This is me with my big cousins - that's Zali on the left and Jayden on the right. We were hanging out yesterday doing a bit of drawing and all that in my new house. We had a great time together running around the backyard, cleaning with my mini broom set and copying each other. JD really liked my guitar, I'm a bit precious about it though (along with my motorbike). It's just something I cannot bring myself to share. What if I don't get them back? I really do think such situations require a severe tantrum. But...Mummy and Daddy don't :: Sigh :: I got blisters on my knuckles from too much guitar strumming too.

The next photo is of me and Dad in our backyard boat having a sing-a-long. I was also trying my luck imaginary fishing. Didn't catch much.

And I put this last photo in just to prove to you all that Daddy is capable of dressing me.

Love to you all. More blog writing soon. Liji Beau

Having trouble with the camera

2007-04-03T20:18:00.000+10:00

Hi guys. Just wanted to ask if you have any tips for me on how to keep my eyes open in photos. This week has been a real tough one. I just can't seem to do it anymore. :: Sigh ::

Anyway, that first photo was meant to be a shot of me throwing a bucket real high. And, that second photo was meant to be me saying, 'moon!' Can you see it in the background?

What I did this week

2007-03-22T12:27:00.000+11:00

This week, like every week, was full of drawing, reading, collecting, cleaning, playing with friends, play group, refining my coffee skills and waking up real early. But particularly blog worthy are yesterdays events and todays.

Yesterday, I hung out with Mum and Cill at the beach. I dug holes with my spade, splashed and jumped in the water and had a merry old time. After the beach we walked (I prammed) up to the shops and got some food for serious curry cooking. I felt rather tired so I had a sleep. Unfortunately I missed the shop trip and the bus ride home too. Still sleeping. And I didn't even wake up when Mum put me in the car, drove home, took me inside, changed my nappy and put me to bed. I was really tired after all that sun and surf. Actually, I made a new record for day sleeping - 3 hours and 15 mins!!!! I'm pretty proud of that.

Today has been an exciting day too. Mum and I went in search of the rubbish truck. It was running late again. We had to walk for 45 minutes to find it. Then we followed it all the way to the beach. I love the rubbish truck. And the man who drives the rubbish truck always wears yellow and waves. After watching the rubbish truck for a while we went down to the park where I had a swing. I sang, 'Zoom, zoom zoom. Up in the sky, I fly. Zoom, zoom, zoom.'

We also went adventuring on the beach. I adventured up onto the rocks and found lots of seaweed and these funny squishy things. Mum didn't know what they were - maybe shark eggs she said. I called them 'Sqishy squishes.' And that is exactly what I did after the photo. It was so gooey. I have lots of new shells for my 'collecting box.'

I've also found today that my shadow is a good playmate when Djangers and Xavey aren't around. I asked Mum to take a photo to show you but she said I am too quick and blurry.

Well, I really am tired. So's my Mum. I betta let Mum go and do some uni work (and/or sleep) now. Love you guys. Liji Beau

Rockets, Paulo, planes and black

2007-03-05T13:13:00.000+11:00

If you look really closely you should be able to see the rockets, my big friend Paulo, a plane and some black. I did the crayoning bit first, then I used Mummy's food dye and some water to create the effect I wanted. Hope you like it.

Lij

When Daddy's not looking...

2007-03-05T13:07:00.001+11:00

I have now mastered 'the scoop.' That is, I can successfully transfer coffee beans from Daddy's coffee tin onto the coffee tin lid without spilling any (and without any tantrums). I haven't quite worked out Daddy's grinder yet. And pulling the chair over to the coffee machine (behind me on the right in picture) takes muscles I have yet to develop. But I thought you'd all be pleased to see I am making progress. And very soon...I will be the complete 'Daddy's boy' - coffee champion and all!

Lij

Cooking

2007-02-21T11:11:00.000+11:00

Cooking. It's a fine art really. You need to know a lot about stirring and squishing and butter. I really enjoy cooking. I think I might be a cook when I'm older. I'll make 'bickits' 'cause they are the best. This is me hard at work making my favourite bickits. Jam drop ones. I'm getting really good at the squishing dough stage. Today I found Daddy's coffee jar near my bickits and I took a bit of time out from my hard work to try and figure out how to open the jar. I was unsuccessful. But I am not dismayed. I will try again tomorrow when Daddy is not around. Very soon I'll be making coffees to go with my bickits. Just wait! Now if Mum would just let me use that camera!

Collecting

2007-02-15T11:27:00.000+11:00

I've been out collecting today. Here's my recipe for collecting.

You need:

1 container or bucket

Shoes on your feet

A collecting place

Nice weather

Mummy

How you do it:

You look on the ground for interesting things to collect and you pick them up and put them in the bucket. You can choose anything. But. Don't eat it. It might be dangous. 'Especially toadstools,' Mum says. When you are done you can tip it all out and play with it. I like to pour water on my collection and try to squish everything. If you want to, you can keep your collection to show your Daddy when he comes home from work. I'm doing this today. 'Cept the toadstools. I had to throw them out and wash my hands a thousand times 'cause Mum was scared I'd get sick.

You can see my new shoes in the photo. My big cousin Jay gave them to me. Thanks Jay.

Liji Beau

Corn, glorious corn!

2007-02-12T21:37:00.000+11:00

Corn! It's just so delicious! I can't get enough of it. I just stopped eating it for 2 seconds while Mum took this photo. I said, 'smile for da camma' and gave my best grin.

New news - I got new shoes today from Jay Tiger (my big cous'). They're pretty cool - a bit big, but groovy as. Stay tuned for a photo soon.

Liji Beau

Daddy's big helper

2007-02-07T11:21:00.000+11:00

Well it's been another big weekend. Dad and I were flat out in the garden growing stuff and watering plants. It's thirsty work.

There's also been more babies born...Auntie Evelina and Uncle Jonno had a boy called Isaiah on Friday. My Auntie Bern and Uncle Tim had a little boy called Harry Luke (or Luke Harry - still to be decided) on Monday. So now I have another friend to hang out with and a new cous' to kick the ball round with. This is cous' Harry Luke with Grandad. Sorry it's a bit blurry.

Well, I'm zonked. Time to sleep. Cheers, Liji Beau.

What I've been up to...

2007-02-02T11:33:00.000+11:00

Hi. I've been real busy lately. Visiting friends, hanging with the Grannies and mucking around at home with all my toys. Highlights this week included - catching the bus twice and saying 'hello' and 'bye bye' to every passenger that got on and off, painting with water on my chalkboard and going strawberry picking with Xavey. But by all accounts, the grandest thing that happened this week is I got my very own groovy green guitar from Jason and Amy. Thanks dudes - you rock. Mum is pretty stoked that I used the toilet this morning too. I enjoyed sitting on it so much she couldn't get me off. Also, I made a rocket and turned Maremelaide into an astronaut. Being 1 couldn't be better. Chowow. Liji Beau

My new hobby

2007-01-11T19:40:00.000+11:00

I have a new hobby. I love kissing. This is me kissing my mate Xavey.

Return of the Liji Beau

2007-01-01T11:00:00.000+11:00

Here is one of my new years resolutions.

I, Liji Beau, pledge to become a professional, frequent blogger.

Here is my method. When I have my day naps, I will telepathically control my mother so she carries out all my blogging wishes. It is a great way to get two things done at once - as life is so busy now I am 1. I can get my sleep and I can let you know what I am up to. The only concern I have is my mothers blogging abilities are limited.

To begin 2007, I wanted to show you how my year ended. Here I am with my new ball on Christmas day. Mel and Paulo gave it to me for a Christmas present. Mel is this chick who is staying with us at the moment. She's pretty cool. She has this cat, Beto. He and I are pretty close mates. We love hanging out (see photo below). Paulo, Mel's other half and also my soccer coach, has gone to some place called 'Colombia.' Everytime I hear a plane I think of him and search the skies...But alas, Mel, Beto and I still await his return.

But this ball, I must tell you more about it. I love it most and cast all other toys aside in pursuit of adventures with it. Everyday, all day, I kick, throw and roll it. Sometimes, I stop for a minute and ponder...How can Paulo fit inside it? What on earth is 'Colombia?' and, Where is the plane that Mummy keeps telling me about???

Well, that's it for this posting. I betta let mum do some house work.

Liji Beau

"Where's liji gone?"

2006-12-19T20:43:00.000+11:00

“Peekaboo!”

Naughty rock

2006-12-18T19:22:00.000+11:00

This is liji's dad. Did you know that liji has been on an ambulance? Poor fella. He hit his head on a very naughty rock. It was our Maria Island holiday. We'd only been there a few hours - just set up tent and put dinner on the boil. Then after the fall and lots of tears (and a quick photo) we had 10 minutes to pack down and be on the boat (with the national park ranger.) By the time we got off onto the wharf at Triabunna, liji was quite excited. First the boat. Now a truck with flashing lights! Inside the ambulance two lovely laddies tried to shine a torck in liji's eyes while he turned on the charm. Clearly, he was fine. Marmalade was very helpful. He wore a bandaid on his head for a few days like liji for moral support. Next time you see him, try to spot his scar.

My Curls

2006-12-13T21:56:00.000+11:00

Did you know that my got curls? This is a photo of the first day that my saw my curls. But they're not always there. Mostly my curls come when I have a bath or when I wake up in the morning. Mummy says my curls are bootiful. Daddy finks my curls might get more when I get bigger.

We have a bussss

2006-10-11T12:15:00.000+11:00

Django and Lij enjoying a drive down to Pepperment Bay. Lij drives us mad saying 'car' insistantly all the way to our destination whenever we drive. But hooray, he has learnt a new word. Bus! Now it's bussss, bussssss, busssssss!!

Favourite pictures

2006-10-11T10:36:00.000+11:00

These are Mum's favourite pictures of me from about 6 months. Just the cutest!

Four generations

2006-10-11T10:33:00.000+11:00

From left to right: Grandad, Liji, Great Grandad and Dad. December 2005. Just a couple of months before Great Grandad passed away. He also gave Liji a signed football as a keepsake.

The day I met Jack

2006-10-10T12:09:00.000+11:00

This is Jack Daniels. He's Grandad's dog. This is the first time I met him. I fink dogs are betta than cats. Defnately.

Lij & friends

2006-01-13T05:45:00.000+11:00

Here's Lij with best mates Xavy and Django. Xavy is 8 weeks older and Django is 5 months younger. These shots were quite a while back. I'll put some more recent ones up soon.

Growing up Fast

2005-09-10T11:45:00.000+10:00

By 4 weeks Liji had perfected his smile. By 8 weeks he was gurgling. By 12 weeks he was rolling over. These snaps are from 9 weeks (overals), 12 weeks (stripey top with Mum) and 5 1/2 months (reaching for camera).

Introducing Marmalade

2005-07-10T11:40:00.000+10:00

This is Marmalade Bear. When Lij was born they were pretty much the same size. Nanny Sue gave this bear to him and so attatched is he to it that it must come everywhere with him.

Hanging at the hospital

2005-06-14T11:33:00.000+10:00

Early days at the hospital. Lots of cross eyed frowns and a bit of jaundice. We were back in hospital after going home for 1 day as Mum got an infection. This time though, we got our own room and Dad got to stay.

Introducing Liji Beau

2005-06-11T11:21:00.000+10:00

Elijah (aka liji beau) at 3 days old. Weighed just under 8 pounds and was something like 53cm from top to bottom. Definately a boy. And, might I add, definately the cutest in all the world (runners up - Jay, Django, Xavy and Noah).