31 October 2008


Here is the pumpkin that Noah carved with us.  The orange, halloween style pumpkins are a  rather rare commodity here. I had to scour the major farmer's markets around the city before I found this one at a small stall.  And this ($40!!) average-sized pumpkin was the ONLY one they had.  All this effort just to introduce a bit more Americana to a 2 year old who could care less:) We are attending a little Halloween party this weekend, so Ill try to remember to post some photos of that too.   

29 October 2008

Brad's Big Birthday!

Birthday boy with Dianne, Michael & Martin

Noah helping open presents

Opening a gift from the whole family - a memory album

With Jacqueline & Benn

25 October 2008

Racing Fashion

The headpieces and fashions of the female racegoers are always a highlight of a race day.  There is even an official fashion competition on the day, which anyone can enter, called "fashions on the field" with actual judges & prizes. 

This row in the back was adorable- all 80+ years old 

"Fashions on the Field"



 

A day at the races...




the boys after a bit too much bubbly....it could be very expensive to let them near the bookmakers at this stage!!






24 October 2008

Anna video


Here is a little video of Anna trying to push up onto all 4s.  I have absolutely no idea what she is laughing/cackling about here. She just kept looking at me and cracking up. 
Anna is getting closer and closer to real crawling.  She has been confidently "commando crawling" for a month now so she's all over the house already.  Proper crawling isn't too far away...

Sometimes when she gets tired of trying to crawl she'll plop down on her side and just lie there in this pose for a while.