Jan 27th - Bye bye brother

Today Ben went to pre-school while Ethan had to stay at home with a swollen red and itchy eye. We thought it might be conjunctivitis.
Ethan cried when Ben got in the car, so Ben had to get out so Ethan could say goodbye again.



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Jan 26th – Australia Day

Today is Australia Day (similar to 4th July to my USA friends). We spent the day with Aunty Shell, Uncle Michael and Nanna. It was lovely that we all had the day off. Very unusual for us!

It rained in the morning and we hung out at home. We had a nice lunch and had fun at our home.

Later in the afternoon it cleared up enough for us to head to the beach. We took the boys for their first walk out on the rocky headland.

We climbed up on this massive rock, it’s about the height of the roof of a house.

View of the beach from the rock we were sitting on (above). 

Rock platform of the headland that we walked out on.

Crab in the seaweed

Ethan and Aunty Shell looking in one of the many rock pools.

Ben takes a look

Uncle Michael takes a look with Benny

Underwater photos inside the rockpool

Boys and Nanna now in the rockpool. Checking out the sealife

After the beach we headed over the hill to the bay. We had an ice-cream and walked out on the wharf.

And looked at the crabs running on the mud at low tide.

We had a wonderful Australia Day.

 

It was an especially nice day for Nanna Shell and I. Nanna and her family used to own a house near this beach. When Shell and I were kids we would come here for weekends and school holidays. We swam at the beach, explored the rock pools, walked out on the rocky headlands and went over the hill to the bay for an ice-cream. All the things we did today with our boys are a reminder of what we used to do when we were kids. It was great fun!

Jan 25th – Coffee and Hyperactivity

Ben and Ethan usually wake up around 6-7am. They come into our bed and play with our iPhones until we wake up around 7:30-8ish. Today they woke early and fought over my phone because Tracie was at work and there was only one iPhone. I got kicked in the back half a dozen times before I gave in and got up earlier than I would prefer! When I get up they usually run down to the kitchen ahead of me. As I walked down the stairs and was daydreaming about my morning coffee and I heard a familiar sound of my coffee grinder. It took me a second to realise that hearing my grinder must mean my boys were on the bench playing with it!

I found them grinding and tamping like pro’s attempting to make me my morning coffee. They were so proud of their efforts, and with a little help from me, made a very nice coffee…

 

Unrelated to my morning coffee, Ben and Ethan were extremely hyperactive and full of energy today. Unfortunately for me it was raining all day today. In fact our week of summer that we experienced in early January has disappeared and it’s been raining and/or overcast for the last 1-2 weeks. The 7day forecast is rain rain rain rain rain rain rain!

I made the boys an obstacle course in the house in an attempt to expel some energy.

 

Ethan crawling under the table.

Jumping over the small couches 

Over the blocks

Running

Ben going under the table

Ben jumping off the table

Ethan crawling under the table

Ethan’s jump

Ben running 

And their favourite part, jumping into the balls on the 2 couches pushed together. 

It worked! They did get out some energy!

Jan 24th – Planking?!?!?!

  

Jan 23rd - The count down is on!

January 23rd marks exactly 3 months until we leave for USA!

It's also exactly 13 weeks until we leave!!!

We have booked and paid for all flights (months ago)

We have paid for our travel insurance

We have ordered a travel money card and waiting for delivery...

Once we get the card we will start booking cars and hotels etc.

We are getting excited....

22nd Jan – Birthday Celebrations

We went to Nanna’s house to celebrate Nanna’s birthday.   Aunty Shell, Uncle Michael, Tracie and I made lunch….

With a little help from boys…

But mostly the boys played on Sal’s old skateboard that they found in Nanna’s garage.  

Then they started flying on it! And Uncle Michael had a turn too

And Nanna’s puppies watched from the window.

Aunty Shell made a cake, and bought some lollies (candy) to decorate it. As planned, she let the boys decorate it in their own “abstract” way! It was a free-for-all decoration style that looked just perfect!

Ben was very proud of the cake he made.

Happy Birthday Nanna!