A little catch up

We went to the zoo last week with friends. I got off this cute picture of Lily and Hugh sitting on wooden elephants, I have no idea what they are both looking at!

Oliver, what more is there to say

Here is Lily's black eye as of yesterday, it has changed again and I will try to get a new picture.

Lily got her black eye when she was sitting on the top of one of those fisher price cars. Oliver was riding in it, and she was on top. Somehow she lost her balance and landed on her head. I think she then had a pretty good headache for the rest of the day, but other than the black eye she is fine, and proceeded to climb on top of the car again.

The weather here is turning into fall, which means overcast and cooler. With rain. This is good as the country had been in drought state for years.

The kids are doing well in swimming lessons. They aren't really learning to swim yet, but are trying out the water. I think that the lessons teach them a lot about listening, taking turns, being patient... All this is good for both Lily and Oliver. Oliver has gotten a lot more comfortable in the water than when we started, but Lily will still just go and jump in, and she can't make it back to the side herself, so we have to keep a good eye on her still.

Happy Mardi Gras (a few days late)

Hope everyone had a good Mardi Gras! We celebrated here on Wed. (it was still tues in the US!) I made my first batch of gumbo, some home made bread, a king cake and shrimp etoufe just for Greg. It was a feast, and we had a few friends over to help us eat it all. Needless to say is that I still have leftovers. YAY.

Greg stayed home this morning so that he could take Lily to swimming lessons. I hope that she is behaving for her Dad and the teacher. She does really good for me most of the time.

This last weekend was a big weekend for us here, we went 'hiking' with the kids on Sat. and then to a festival on Sun. Busy weekend but we all had fun. The walking in the Dandenongs went really well. Lily walked about half of the way, and Oliver toddled along for about a fourth before he got put in the backpack. He just sat down in the middle of the trail and decided that he was done. We didnt take any pictures, but we did have the video camera! As soon as I figure out how to convert the video I will put it online for all to see.

This weekend isn't planned yet, but Greg has a half day on Monday, so I think we are going to take advantage of that!