Saturday, February 23, 2008

Some everyday pictures

Here are some photos of the kids from the last month since I haven't been able to download pictures until now...

Brady is worn out from running up and down this ramp at a play park in Darling Harbour. About 100 kids were around him (this is also from Australia Day) but he didn't care, he just needed a break!

A couple days later Naomi and I went to one of our usual parks nearby with the kids. As we were sitting on our blankets with the little ones I looked up to see where Brady had gone (he had been right next to me and had run towards the slide... this is a fully fenced park with no way out unless you are an adult). After looking frantically around the small area I found him in the climb through with an older woman, just chilling out... so here are a couple pictures of Brady's first date (he even took his hat off for her...what a gentleman.)



He seriously sat like this with this girl for 15 minutes, and anyone who knows Brady is SHOCKED to hear that he sat still this long!!


When Mommy cleaned the kitchen in the old townhome in St Leonards the kids liked to have fun in the living room...I heard Anna fussing and looked around the corner to find this...Brady had buried her in toys...she was pretty happy overall while she ate his toy screwdriver.


Last but not least, we love getting packages from home! Patty and Boo Watermeier sent some Hot Wheels to both kids, and Brady wasn't too sure about Anna getting her own... but now when he sees her cars he says "Eeya" which means Anna in Bradyspeak!

Much more to come on our house and getting settled in very soon!

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Australia Day... 26 January

We had a wonderful Australia Day! We spent the holiday with our friends from Canada, Naomi, Berrill and their son Ryan who is the same age as Anna. We all headed down to Darling Harbour and then on to downtown Sydney and Hyde Park for the day. We enjoyed lots of food, some beer, and beautiful weather. Here are some pictures:

Blake and Brady (wearing my sunglasses) on the ferris wheel at Darling Harbour:



Allison and Anna on the ferris wheel:




The Watermeier family on the wheel (Brady wasn't too cooperative):




And finally we got to see Brady's favourite, Dorothy the Dinosaur...


Dorothy was just too exciting, so he settled in for a nice sleep in Hyde Park...

It was nice to celebrate a great holiday in a new country and to live as the Australians do in the middle of the summer! (Yeah, I know all of you suffering in the cold are jealous!)