This week there was a lot of public transport, with Mum or Dad supervising. Saturday, Dad caught the train in to Glebe with Puff to meet Mum and Huff, then Huff and Dad went on a public transport adventure – with her 4th birthday approaching, the window of free public transport is almost closed.
Some more details follow, but here we are showing off our new sunglasses from the shop. These were the second ones she picked – the first pair had yellow lenses and so weren’t going to provide much glare protection.
During the week, Mum brought the kids in for some lunch. Puff saw the hotdogs and was keen to give one a try. He made it about half-way through.
There was a quick trip to a lolly shop as well. Huff picked something that looked like a wand.
Puff was trying to figure out what kind of lolly he could share with Dad, but was given free reign.
As we keep trying to balance out screen time from non-screen-time, the kids have been spending more time doing analogue things.
Back to the public transport adventure. Bus ride to Circular Quay, ferry to Darling Harbour, tram to Chinatown where we saw this busker, who asked for a photo with Huff.
All Huff really wanted, though, was to ride on another train, and be able to see the seats change direction. She has simple tastes.
One other thing I wanted to capture was the way Huff (despite her still-short legs) rides on escalators. She will deliberately line up her feet in this way, so she is riding on two steps at once. We’ll see how long it lasts.
Sunday we went for lunch after church. Huff slept through the meal, but Puff asked for a milkshake. It was nearly the size of his head, but he finished it (with a bit of help from Huff) by the end of the day.
The countdown to Huff’s birthday continues next week.
Also, Puff, impatient with Huff’s inability to take his reading of a science book seriously said her talking was “259% crazy talk”.
We caught up with friends and did a photomosaic jigsaw puzzle while the kids played with a lot of lego.