Woodland Antics

I just wanted to share a little video I took with my phone earlier today... He's such a fun and happy baby! The best part is when I showed him this video he laughed even harder and when he heard me asking him to say mama he would say it again. My goodness gracious we are so lucky to have him. xoxo

Just like every other year Reed woke up on his birthday morning to a fully decorated house... gifts from Clayton  We like to shake our gifts and take a guess at what's inside... Reed guessed Lego's. He was wrong... remember these things? Reed-Moe chose Avocado toast for his birthday breakfast... Next he opened Fiona's gift to him... Homemade wrapping paper & cards are the best! look how excited she is  a loom band bracelet too  He really wanted those soldiers but Fiona and I convinced him to wait so she could secretly buy them for him. Reed had so much fun going to the mall and spending his birthday money from all our family. He was so serious deciding what he should buy.   Doing the math in his head to make sure he had enough for what he wanted and plenty for his savings. We walked from the mall home with all of these boxes and let me tell you he was so darn giddy about i...

I've spent most of my life living in New England so I'm familiar with how quickly weather can change.   New England has nothing on Melbourne.   Weather here will drastically change from one hour minute to the next. Spring has been lingering in the air for the past few weeks, it's been wonderful Yesterday was the same. It was overcast but still warm. Around 5.00 the wind picked up and it started to pour down rain.   Within minutes we heard hail pounding on the house. Here's a little video I took with my phone... The kids were screaming with excitement. "It's snowing in Australia!" It didn't matter how many times I told them it was hail they continued to say it was snowing.  It was so constant that it really did feel a bit like snow on steroids. Fiona looking out the window at the winter wonderland Reed and Fiona asked if I would put on Christmas music and they busied themselves making gifts for e...

I'm hoping to post pictures from our Sydney trip this week.  "Hoping" being the key word.  Eventually I definitely will because it was such a fantastic trip that deserves to be preserved in this space forever. In the meantime here are a few random pictures... While in Sydney taking a ferry is a must. How else would you get this view of the iconic Opera House? enjoying the ferry trip  Luna Park, Sydney scene from our picnic spot in the Botanic Gardens We were so fortunate to have Vivid Sydney happening while we were there. The light shows on the Opera House and buildings was amazing. It certainly made our night ferry ride more exciting. Ry captured some great pictures of the light show with his mobile. We also got a few video clips of the light show and the kids playing at the end of the day. Here they are...