I have to type quickly as Nana Debbie has taken a break because Asher had just arrived and Evie has been waiting and waiting for Asher so we can go to the beach. I just got peed on by Charlie so it is all happening. Still haven't got to any videos of late. In a quiet 5 mins between sleeping babies I have gotten to the videos. There are a few longer tea party ones but the short drawing one is below.
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| hand in hand twins |
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| big foot |
It was returned cousins day with Laura coming back from Euroa and James from Tassie, which meant we had three kiddies on the floor all rolling around. We got the two Eees over to the beach in the afternoon. There was a stiff breeze but the Sun was out and the water warmish. They ate a whole tray of food between them. Much later we had a slide show of the Tassie trip including boating around Bruny Island as well as another show from Euroa, with farm animals like horses and chickens and some quad bike riding thrown in.
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| Stroller Derby |
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| Three on the floor and the other one said rollover rollover |
James, Heide and Estelle arrived back on the Tassie boat at 6:00am. It seems Estelle had her best sleep in one of the Tassie Spirit cabins so it has been all energy and vigour since she arrived. One of the activities involves a kind of artists geocache. Heidi found a painted bug rock with information on how to add its movements to a list on Facebook. The eletronic version would be to embed a GPS locator in it some how but that is just me. I walked Estelle across the road and she placed the bug on the arm of one of the chairs there. Now we get many visitors to that seat, so let's see if it can migrate any further. I have trained a telescope onto its location so we will see at a glance if the bug has taken flight.
The on going Beryl photo scanning is far from completed but there is plenty available to showcase a life well lived. I have gathered over 300 photos for Elyce to ponder over for the presentation. I have plucked just one to show here but I have never seen her on a bicycle other than this shot. This is around 1948.
I seem to be a day late at the moment with these updates. Evie and Charlie have driven off to pick up their Dad at the airport and will head further North to Euroa to visit more grand parents for the next couple of days. I should get time for some video unloads later today. Just looking back at last years count of daily updates, a new record has been set at 438 blurbs for the year way more than one per day. How much can you type? We got Evie to the beach for three days in a row and each day she got just a bit more confident and a bit deeper into the water.
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| a good sunglass and hat wearer |
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| Nana is back at the beach |
Grandma and Grandpa stayed for two nights to give out the last of the presents for this year. We need some distractions right now and there is nothing like a two year old and a ten week old to keep you on the run. I have also forgotten what it is like to have all the bedrooms and all the bathrooms in full swing so life goes on especially with ankle biters around. Grandma gave Evie some sort of popup toy which is a winner in the bottom photo. We are also coping with the heat issues reasonably well and had the aircon running into all areas last night, which I don't think we have done before.
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| These two were mostly sharing |
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| Practice 1 |
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| Practice 2 |
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| popup toy |
For the second day in a row I have been completely in charge of the whole beach show. I thought I was as, 2 year olds have other ideas. I did not bother with the umbrella this time as we were in and out at the waters edge. I did have a run in with a dog owner who kept telling me it was an off leash dog beach. But the wife stepped in and they all moved away from the small kids. Evie is still not sure about that big pool of water however we made our own pool and that was even better.
