Saturday, January 08, 2011

Farewell friend

About while ago we decided that as much as we loved the mini we needed a more family-friendly mode of transport.  So we bought ourselves a Volkswagon Golf GTI and put the mini on the market.  Today, about 9 months later, we finally sold the mini.

Although we have known we would be saying goodbye for a long time, it was sad to see it go.  Driving the Great Ocean Road will never be the same again.

 

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Friday, January 07, 2011

Raspberry Season

 

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Jade is mostly a very serious young lady, but every day she makes me laugh.  The last couple of days she has come to the realisation that she can blow raspberries, so she does so at every waking opportunity.  Half the time she is just blowing air and the other half the time there are lots of bubbles.

 

Here are some more photos from our silly season.

 

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Some pre-Christmas shopping. 
I love how babies can fall asleep anywhere anytime anyhow.

 

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Nick, Olive, Gen and Archie putting together a gingerbread house.

 

 

 

 

 

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David and Gideon spent hours pouring cement and putting together this shed which had 400 screws.

 

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Olive and Archie put together a Christmas Eve pizza.  I think this one ended up having a 3 slice thick layer of hot salami.

 

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Indian for lunch with Gideon, David and Anne-Marie.  We felt very special as the restaurant opened only for us.

 

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Jade hanging out with Grandpa and Aunty Cate.

 

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Christmas morning. 
Jade is not so sure about this Christmas business.

 

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Archie and Olive ready to open presents.

 

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That’s not a turkey, this is a turkey!

 

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Anne-Marie, David and Cate open presents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jade opens her presents…
Or maybe just eats them.

 

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*Sigh* – it’s all too much for Tyke.

 

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My very cute rosy cheeked nephew Danny with mama Lynn.

 

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A lovely New Year’s Eve of company and food at Paul and Tania’s.

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Tummmmmmy time!!