Tasmania

What a fantastic place! Australia's best kept secret - green hills and valleys, big mountains and excellent salmon :) We stayed just outside Hobart at a friends place for Christmas and loved the clean air and the cool breeze. The kids enjoyed collecting the eggs from the chickens every morning and watching the "wobblies" (wallaby's) in the evening.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone. We had a wonderful time in Tasmania over Christmas. Hope you all enjoyed the holiday season too.

Summer is here!

Enjoying the pool weather.

Hallowe'en

We did trick or treating in the street on Hallowe'en night - some great costumes! Amelia was fascinated by all the masks.

Camping at Conondale National Park

Went camping in the "bush" with some friends for the weekend. Had to cross two creeks in the car to get there (which Andrew and William thought was great). Weather could've been better - it was a bit cloudy and we had a massive thunderstorm Sunday night where we all seemed to get wet one way or another!
The kids were filthy, but enjoyed swimming in the (freezing) creek and toasting marshmallows on the open fire.

Amelia Turns One

A big day on Friday, not only for the Royal Wedding, but for Amelia's first Birthday. How quickly the first year goes! We had a few friends over for a morning tea party and she enjoyed herself, although she was feeling a bit under the weather (this was to be revealed later). We opened presents and she got bath toys, puzzles, a Weebles treehouse, two dolls, My Little Pony, a little pink car (complete with mummy & baby) and a great assortment of clothes. She did well. She also took a few steps aided by her walker (see video clip). You can still see icing all over her face from the cake she'd eaten too! We all watched "The Wedding" later that evening with a friend and some bubbly. In all, quite a momentous day!

Teeth, Curls and a Day Out with William

This week has seen the arrival of Amelia's first two little bottom teeth, almost simultaneously. This has made her a little bit of a cranky-pants, very much unlike her usual happy self, but we are working through it. She has also developed a lovely little set of curls at the nape of her neck. I am hoping these eventually spread to the rest of her head before she starts to develop a full mullet, John Farnham-style. As Amelia has begun to spend time in daycare on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (preparing for my return to work), William and I had a day to ourselves this Tuesday and we decided to go to the City on the train. We went to the Gallery of Modern Art where there was a kids-type exhibit on (we made Lego towers and walked through a room full of balloons) and we went to the State Library too which was all good fun. We had lunch by the river and were disappointed not to visit the dinasaurs at the museum as they got their feet wet during the flood, so were undergoing some restoration work. It was a tiring trip and William fell asleep on the way home........I just wish I could have too.