Busselton Holiday

It had been a while since we'd been down to Busselton to visit Gran and Granddad. Plus Mom was really looking forward to going on some bike rides with us now that both El and I can ride with no training wheels, and Busselton is just made for bike riding.

But first we played SupaGolf with Gran and Granddad. Elliot wasn't bad at it, but he didn't use the tee every single shot like I did. I'm a stickler for (my) rules. Mom and Dad said it was the longest nine holes of golf in the history of the game (and that's with them sneakily kicking/throwing El's and my balls closer to the hole when they thought we weren't looking).

Next up was a trip to our favourite gelato shop and a play down at the park on the foreshore. Granddad says that we're awfully good climbers.

And we definitely did lots of bike riding which made Mom super happy. ~ Oliver

Sleep Walking

We've recently learned that Elliot is a sleep walker. He may have been one for some time, but because he is such a with-it sleepwalker most the time, we've only just twigged onto this fact.

The night we worked it out, Elliot got up for a drink of water while we were still up watching TV. Nothing new. Only this night, Elliot got the giggles while having his drink. We thought he was being a sneaky ninja or something and asked him to come into the TV room. When he did, he couldn't stop laughing, and when pressed for a reason for his giggles, the kid made no sense whatsoever (partly because he couldn't stop giggling and partly because what he was saying was pure crazy talk!). Paul asked him to come sit on his lap, and as soon as Elliot did, he fell immediately to sleep. It was kinda like when a hypnotist says "And sleep". Really freaky.

Since then, he's amused us on several other occasions. One when he weed in the rubbish bin and another when he stumbled into the TV room with this bruise all puffed up on his cheek . . .

. . . and talking all sorts of gibberish. I was concerned that he might have suffered a concussion and had him come sit on my lap so that I could try and get a few answers out of him. Instead I got weed on. As soon as he felt us starting to get wet, he woke right up and started sobbing from the confusion, the embarrassment, and the incredible pain in his cheek. Exactly what happened when he banged his face will remain a mystery.

Elliot, sweetie, with you in this house, your dad and I will never be bored.

Giraffe Feeding

Mommy arranged a super cool surprise for us last time we went to the zoo. We got to feed the giraffe! And do you know what? They have really big heads with really long blue tongues. To be honest, I was just a little bit freaked out by it all! ~ Oliver

This is what we look like when we're sleeping

The boys wanted to know what they look like when they were sleeping.

Here's how Elliot looks:

And here's Oliver:

Love this kid

Camping holiday in Gingin

For a change of pace, this school holidays, Paul and I decided to take the boys to a campground without a playground or bouncy pillow in a part of W.A. that we hadn't explored much. It was such a great decision.

On the way up we stopped by Yanchep National Park where we were hoping to take the boys on one of the cool cave tours. These tours were all booked up, but rather than sook about it, we opted for the Aboriginal cultural show instead. Not a bad fall-back plan at all. We all learned how to use a woomera (the thingie used to launch spears), had a go at starting a fire with a couple of sticks, and tried playing the didgeridoo. Well, the boys did anyway. Women aren't allowed to even touch the didgeridoo, and the boys were happy to enforce that cultural rule.

Our campground was on a working farm where every evening at 5, the boys helped round up the sheep, alpacas, and cows for their nightly feed. They even got a ride around the paddock on the farm's quad bike.

And somehow, in between feeding all the animals and pretending to be farmers, we still found time to explore Moore River and the beach at Guilderton, learn all about bees and sample all sorts of honey at a local apiary, and meet Aine, Jareth, Bryn and Karina at the Gravity Centre where the boys learned all about gravity and space and all sorts of sciency things.

And we finally got the chance to test out our Taj Mahal of a tent in stormy weather and were so so happy to discover that it can in fact withstand torrential downpours. Hallelujah!

First tooth

At last, it's happened! I've lost my first tooth. But please don't ask how it came out. Explaining that it fell out when I was carrying around my camp chair with my mouth is kinda embarrassing. But Holy Mackanoley, the Tooth Fairy pays $5 for first teeth, and she even found me when we were up camping! ~ Elliot

Easter 2015

Two little boys were just a little bit too excited to find the eggs to pose for a decent Easter pic.

Oh, and P.S. Elliot, the days of you finding all the Easter eggs are pretty much over. Little brother has got the hang of it now. (But we still love how you're so willing to share.)

Easter Egg Hunt Video #1

Easter Egg Hunt Video #2

Bunk beds

First in a cradle, then crib, then a toddler bed, and now our two little munchkins are so happy to share a bedroom in their very own bunk beds. I think they kinda love it!