Holidays in the air

Painting is fun, as long as you have a clean up plan! lifting the technicolour baby into bath usually works ok, as long as you have 1. old clothes on 2. old towels ready 3. no contact on walls/floors between the courtyard and bathroom mmmm, I tried putting her under the garden tap, even on a hot day this is not so enjoyable. Despite all this, it is great fun!! and i cant see if i ever will be able to throw these art works away.

swimming!

To continue on with the little ones attraction to water we have set up a 'plastic tub' in the backyard as a place for Eva to cool down, but she seems to spend hours out there playing in the water. At the end of the day as it cools down, we often walk down to the beach and see the 'dirbs and dogs' 'birds and dogs', and steve will go for a surf. Some days we just stay in the aircon, which is a sure sign of a hot hot summer on the way. Its only October...

things are warming up

We have settled into a nice routine up here at the bay. Mondays are swimming lessons and a visit to my grandmother, which usually involves tea, biscuits and helping her with her crosswords. She pays little attention to me and is fascinated by Eva's new tricks. This week it was clapping. The cuteness is in the inappropriateness of it all. First thing in the morning she likes to sit up in bed and start clapping. Round of applause for waking up! She also loves to dance, and watching her sway and hum to beastie boys is great fun. I have put up a photo of Eva after her swimming lesson, in her beautiful dressing gown. She looks quite the lady. Also we have started taking trips to the beach as the weather warms up.

9 months in, 9 months out

Back from holidays, and moved from Sydney back to the coast. Days are spent whale watching and joining Steve on his many fishing expeditions. Life is good. Eva and I have joined up for play group and swimming lessons (for Eva..) mainly so the little one has someone else to look at during the day.
I have posted some photos from a recent day at dad's where we planted a beautiful magnolia in memory of my beloved mother. There is something very special in people gardening together, enjoying the earth and sun. Eva loved crawling around the grass and through the garden.

Koh Tao- Thailand

Here we are in beautiful Thailand. took us a few days to find our groove, i.e comfy accom, early nights, eating around baby sleep times... but now we have truley relaxed into the island mode.

We are staying at a swanky eco resort- Charm Churee, Eva has made loads of friends, and the 10min walk into town can take a while due to the ladies from each restaurant coming out to say hello- sawadee! Eva turns to the calling of "Ewaa" as the thais love to call her. The small bay has beautiful clear water and heaps of fish, Eva loves watching them swim around.

Italy- The wedding

Fantastic time in Italy. Eva enjoyed her first overseas trip, and recovered after a few days of jetlag. Despite the mozzie incident and the bump on the head (thats all it was), it was good to introduce Eva to her overseas cousins. We all ate well, and I was lucky enought to spend my 30th at the Barolo region, so we drank well also. Caught up with all our friends and family at Merlo, where we continued in the Italian spirit of long lunches and festive evenings. I only have a few photos from the wedding, as all was a bit frantic.

Easter :)

Went camping for the easter weekend. Always a gamble, or pure madness as it always rains on the easter weekend. Found a lovely spot in a friends cow paddock, away from the trail bikes and cold chisel CDs. Enjoyed the tranqulity for a few nights, then headed up the plateau of Barrington Tops. Thought we were very sneaky finding a vacant camp site right in the middle of the national park- surley we will have wallabies joining us for breakfast around the campfire... But no, the reason the campsites above 1500 mtrs were vacant, because its baltic once the sun sets, and the fog is so thick in the morning you can hardly find your way out of the tent... mmm Poor bub had to wear every piece of clothing I brought for her. At least she was'nt moving anywhere fast..