Happy New Year! Another year of parenting begins. Lots of little things this week. An early-morning trip to the airport to see a friend off, followed by a cafe breakfast, followed by a photo-op in front of this driftwood horse before it was packed away for another year. Huff insisted on a photo in front of the horse.
Later in the day she was playing in the sandpit. She stayed in for quite a while, having a great time (and perhaps a little break from some of the bigger kids we were playing with).
On New Year’s Eve, we had a rare moment of cramming three kids into the back of our car so the cousins could spend some time together.
Back in Sydney, they managed to stay up late enough to see fireworks, but not late enough to talk about them afterward.
Huff is increasingly keen for one-on-one time with Dad, who had one day this week walking a couple of kilometres with each of them. It’s great to see the world through their eyes (even if losing the game of whose-species-of-bird-is-more-common on our walk can get a bit tedious). Huff in particular was keen to walk through what she’s dubbed “echo tunnel”, and wanted to walk on the dirt, spotting all the tree roots and birds along the way.
There was also a movie afternoon with a surprise extra family guest!
Huff continues to be a little obsessed with playing with her self-painted-Frozen themed dolls: at least this time they weren’t complaining about not being able to play because Dad was busy painting the remaining doll.
The kids were asked who was their favourite Peanuts movie character. Both picked Snoopy and Woodstock and then Huff added “and I liked the evil girl” (Lucy) because at the end there is (spoilers) a bit of character redemption.