One of those rare weeks where Dad had the whole week off work! Lots of family time as we stayed in Sydney, with a day trip to the Blue Mountains, some visits to family and friends,
Huff continues to oscillate between extremely cute and quite surly. We’re trying to encourage here to spend more time on her tummy and get used to moving around by herself, but she puts up a big fight each time.
She’s keen to feed herself for the most part: when she’s sick of it, she throws the food on the floor. Actually this doesn’t just apply to food: anything she’s sick of is thrown on the ground.
She has a great smile when we see it. Really infectious. She’s learned to wave, and use it to win back the favour of relatives who have been upset by her screaming.
Puff had a great time sliding down this bouncing castle. He played consistently for 25 minutes, and emerged red faced and sweating (and asking to go back on).
He helped Dad wash the car.
On Wednesday we all went to the Opera House to watch “Hairy Maclary and Friends” – Huff was waving along with the music, and Puff looked entranced, and spoke fondly of it for the rest of the day.
On the way back from the Opera House, we walked through the Botanic Gardens – Puff had a great time running to the trunks of each successive tree as we made our way through the grounds.
We went to Cronulla for dinner on the last day of the holidays: here’s Dad with the two kids.
Puff had a great time bouncing around in this pool: it was just the right depth for his current level of comfort in the water. He was pretty anxious at first, until his feet touched the water.
Our trip to the mountains was a tiring one for Puff – he slept in the stroller for about an hour, and almost missed his chance to see baby J.
The lack of sleep in the holidays has been taking its toll – here he is staring off into space.
At a visit to another friend’s house, he had the chance to try on a blue wig for the first time – he absolutely loved it!
He’s generally a happy little boy.
This week, Dad read him a Beatrix Potter book (a new Christmas present) that turned out to be over 70 illustrated pages long. Complaining a sore throat from all the reading, Puff offered Dad some pretend milk to drink, to make his throat feel better.