29 January 2010

When Archie comes over for a sleepover

The boys are in hysterical giggles about each other

And get up to all sorts of mischief...

Like throwing pebbles in the backyard,

Stretching the dinosaur spring,

Saying "bum" on the front step while watching the autos pass,

And eating disgusting shoes !

28 January 2010

A day of gateau for morning tea and gateau for lunch

And then more gateau for dinner...!

27 January 2010

Miro and Felix jostle for slide fun

At Jubilee Park on a sunshiney day...

26 January 2010

At Australia Day celebrations

(In a hot and sweaty city)

Miro and Ayden dance to

The indigenous reggae band

While Mummy and baby brother seek comfort on the pram.

25 January 2010

One of Miro's favourite things to do

(Apart from Drawing)

Is to stick stickers in sticker books.

Imagine his happiness when he discovers

Daddy attaching a stamp to a letter

Just like he does !

24 January 2010

On a trip to Little Dynamos, Miro is at first confined to the "Under 4s" playground

Where he wistfully gazes at the Big Kids enjoying

Enormous Slides

And Complicated Mazes of Obstacles

With rough and ready glee.

Luckily, after an hour, Daddy accompanies him onto the Big stuff

Where he can Wheeeeee! to his heart's content !!!

23 January 2010

Miro's Fish Saturday adventures

On wanting to eat prawns and prawns and more prawns !

22 January 2010

Miro turns curly-haired

In the heatwave of a Wollongong visiting day

20 January 2010

Ayden comes to play...

Where the boys share tapioca gateau on the backstep

19 January 2010

Miro passes time with his beloved drawing...

18 January 2010

Miro bites Mummy a little too hard on the cheek

And makes up with a kiss....

17 January 2010

The Maitres and the Dunnes visit Bronte for an Early

But the rough and ready waves drown the rockpool,

And the boys bear splashes grimly... and grippingly!

16 January 2010

Miro's first oyster... not very "gateau".

But fresh cooked prawns are better !

15 January 2010

Stevee and Lucee come around for dinner.

Miro receives a beautiful nursery rhyme book...

And an animated operatic Lucy to read it to him !

14 January 2010

Our first Nanny Thursday since September...

And our first Passionfruit Sponge !

(GAT-EAAAAAAAU !)

13 January 2010

On a perfect beach day in the Harbour

Suggested by Aunty Melissa...

Miro grips onto Mummy and Daddy

So as not to fall in the sea.

Later we all stop for food at a Bondi cafe

And Miro proudly bears his "draw" ing

Cunningly touched by Melissa and love hearts

12 January 2010

Miro's main obsession right now is to "Draw"

And he asks to take his books and crayons out

At least six times each day...

11 January 2010

Now accustomed to walking around with shoes on -

At first, Miro refuses to walk on the sand

When he and Bondi beach are re-acquainted.

Its "dir-ty!"

10 January 2010

On a brilliantly sunny birthday picnic day at Clontarf

Miro is delighted to be reunited with Ayden and more!

...Until a sunscreen allergy makes his eyes and nose impossibly run

And only escape in the car can bring his song back

9 January 2009

Miro loves kissing his little brother

With perfect lip smacks, and all over

8 January 2010

Several days after landing back home

Miro still peacefully shares the Bali Bed.

7 January 2009

Miro combats jet-lag

While Mummy and Daddy combat unpacking the house all over again

6 January 2010

Back home at Nanny and Grumps' house

Mummy's birthday party

Leads to a gateau line-up

For which even jet-lag can't dampen enthusiasm !

5 January 2010

(Miro loses his 5th of January

Somewhere over the Pacific...)

4 January 2010

On our last day in San Francisco, Miro

Runs his hands and body through the golden beads at SFMOMA,

Builds towers, and shares dominos...

3 January 2010

A day of firsts...

First family tram ride in San Francisco-

First burger in a San Francisco burger bar-

And first experimentation with blowing and making a wish on the flowers...

2 January 2010

Miro wakes early

And dances and jiggles in happiness

While eating his favourite meal of the day!

1 January 2010

For the first day of the New Year

The family take a long walk from Union Square to Fisherman's Wharf

Eat chowder by the bay

And enjoy stretching our legs

Though the sea lions are nowhere to be seen!

31 December 2009

After more than 14 hours on the plane

Miro falls into a quick, deep and peaceful slumber

And none of us see the New Year

But only the insides of sleepy lids...

30 December 2009

On a wintery Paris evening, Miro and Mamiedou go to Dupleix

Where he plays a last 2009 brroombrroom with his favourite brroombrroom partner...

We'll miss you Mamiedou !

29 December 2009

Miro watches with interest while Mamiedou and Aunty Laurence

Make the kitchen into a functioning French hair salon!

and later looks over the old family photo albums with "Baba"...

28 December 2009

The Paris family plans a birthday surprise for Mummy !

Miro adores the lovingly-prepared, home-made gateau, and eats...

His own,

Everybody elses,

And seconds and thirds.