Monday, January 28, 2013

27 January 2013


Before Zarabella's christening, there was...
The rainy day disco bus!



26 January 2013


Getting wet!
In Darling Harbour
On Australia Day.



25 January 2013


Mirror, mirror on the wall...
Who is the smiliest of them all?!



Saturday, January 26, 2013

24 January 2013



Playing peek-a-boo and cracking up at each other,
Riding ponies in the garden,
And watching in wonder, the quad copter...

Best of friends.





23 January 2013


Such a disappointed face
When he can't join the big boys
Flying the helicopter!



22 January 2013


Walking practice
Is a beloved past-time.



21 January 2013


Big boy feet...




And playing with the peg-basket.



20 January 2013


Bastien's first visit to the library
As he learns to love Linda.



19 January 2013


Whiling away the rainy Saturday
Finding delicious corks and twigs on the verandah.



Tuesday, January 22, 2013

18 January 2013


The boys brave almost 46 degrees
To explore the front garden
On baked concrete path,
To our fat blast of car. 

When we arrive at Avoca,
The storm finally comes,
And we stand in the rain
And feel it fall on our faces.






17 January 2013


Bastien's favourite thing to do from the top step
Is throw everything down the staircase, and then try to follow it frontways!



16 January 2013


Something's wrong with this picture...

(But to Bastien, it's so very right!)




...And first raisin toast with Din.



Wednesday, January 16, 2013

15 January 2013


Cuddles for Papa
When he returns from work.



14 January 2013


Miro diverts an escalating crisis
By the solicitous handing our of Arrowroots.



13 January 2013


Playtime in the park
On a Sunday afternoon.



12 January 2013


Basie On The Loose!



11 January 2013


Practicing their spoon skills
With stolen porridge...




And curiously swarming
Their lovely friend Ted!






10 January 2013


After eating a whole plate of vegetables for lunch,
Topped off with their usual raspberry finale,
Bastien and Lowan find Matai's neglected veggies,
And return for a triumphant encore!




Thursday, January 10, 2013

9 January 2013


That happy, fuzzy feeling
On finishing a dark-chocolate-dipped date
And it leaving you with a bushman's beard.




8 January 2013


Bastien always manoeuvres himself onto Din's lap
And shares whatever he's eating!



7 January 2013


Basie was quietly M.I.A. for a little while...

Turns out he'd just got stuck in the toy box!



Tuesday, January 8, 2013

6 January 2013


Playing with Mummy's birthday balloons...



5 January 2013


The "family" bathroom at the pool
Is starting to get pretty crowded!



4 January 2013


Splashtime
In the clam shell
Means filthy knees
And sodden couches
But smiley little faces!



3 January 2013


Walking!

With your hands in the air
Like you just don't care...



Sunday, January 6, 2013

2 January 2013


Bastien on the loose
When we discover the magical garden
Tucked behind Watson's Bay.




And earlier, a lovely brekkie with Aunty Sloane and Kent!



Saturday, January 5, 2013

1 January 2013


The Papa-check,
And waiting for the ferry back home...




Tuesday, January 1, 2013

31 December 2012


A whole afternoon on the sandy shore,
Where after lunch, the babies snooze
Under the shade of great trees
And Bastien steals a second blanket
From slumbering Lowan...

After so much fun, exploration and an early dinner,
Bas is only to happy to wave us all to bed!




30 December 2012


The boss of the boat when it's on dry land...

On the water, not so much!




29 December 2012


This morning, we decide to move tent places
But Bastien is sleeping so soundly
That we manage to move him out of the tent
And all the way to our new spot
Without him even stirring...

(He still looks a little bleary and confused when he wakes up under trees!)



28 December 2012


First dinner camping;
Banana-bread starter...



27 December 2012


A perplexed, scruffy angel
Eating his best-loved vegetables.



26 December 2012


First Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race!
Followed by rambling the rocks,
And getting cuddles from besotted strangers.






25 December 2012


Bastien quickly learns how to open his presents
And parades around the loungeroom, practicing his footsteps,
Throwing around beloved Balls,
And chewing the reindeers carrot remains!




Later on, he and Lowan don special Christmas shirts,
And look a dapper little twinset.



24 December 2012



Christmas Eve!

And look what fell down the chimney!




And waiting with Din 
For signs of Santa.