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The Simpsons are having their 20th anniversary. No way, I remember when the Simpsons arrived on TV. Oh that's right, I'm nearly 34. The math: subtract 20 years and you still have a double digit number. Kinda depressing.

Finally

Daniel DID in fact go to school today, just in case you thought I might be intentionally sabotaging his first year of school. He was up and completely dressed before I was even out of bed (which according to a previous post, apparently isn't too difficult!).

Start-of-school-quote (Daniel to Laura): "You won't see me really much. I have a lot of years to go!"

... meanwhile Nick is loving acting like a big kid at the kids table, and Laura is looking after him, making sure his paper is attached to the table with AMPLE amounts of tape...

...and more of Nick wanting to be a big kid - he loved wearing Daniel's school shirt around the house. Funny kid.

No picture yet

Don't have a first-day-of-school photo yet. We've all been sick. Now Daniel's missed the first 3 days of school!! Bummer.

Forever in history...

My conversation with a fellow school mum this morning:

Friend : "Wanna do something after school today?" 

Me: "But school starts tomorrow." 

Friend: "No, it started an hour ago!" 

Me: "No, seriously?!"

Yep, it's written in the history books that I missed Daniel's first day of school. Totally thought school started tomorrow. Oh well, one last day with this boy who is growing up in front of my eyes. We're going out to lunch. The heck with school! He won't care that his first day wasn't everyone else's, or that his first-day-of-school-photo wasn't really the first day of school. This is how memories are made, people.

Laura

I know I'm so biased but I do think my girl is beautiful.

and spunky.

and courageous.

 

One day kids, one day...

The kids always ask when we can get a pet... one day I say... well Nick can't talk, but he's certainly doing his part to persuade! He's had a lot of fear around animals, but when this dog could play ball, well that was enough for Nick! This kid loves anything to do with a ball, and can kick one like he's been practicing in his sleep!

* this is not our dog by the way, forgot to say that...

Photo Albums 2

Should be doing plenty other things.

But photos are so addictive.

Our poor kids and their over-documented lives.

But anyway, I was just enjoying comparing each kid at 1 year old.
And despite all their differences, it seems there's one *big* similarity, yeah?!!

Brave

This boy who used to be so wary in the water jumped off a boat into pretty cold water, without hesitation. It must have been fun to be him, listening to 6 adults cheering him
as he came up to the surface!

Wedding!

We were part of a lovely wedding on Saturday - my mother-in-law got married. She has found love again after Andrew's dad died, which is wonderful. It was not a day without mixed emotion, of course, but as each person acknowledged their previous partners (Dirk's wife passed away too), it seemed okay to let the emotions exist together, and allow the happiness for them to be at the forefront. So congratulations on a beautiful day Beth and Dirk, we love you!

37

= door-to-door travel hours.

For only 17 hours of actual flight time, that was a long jaunt! It's amazing how short 37 hours is when you're at home or elsewhere, with endless options of where and how to sit, walk, stand, sleep, eat... and then how long that same number of hours becomes when your options are entirely limited in the confined spaces of a 747.

Highlights: A long layover in SF that turned into a spontaneous run to the city with Daniel and Laura to see the seals, ride on the carousel, eat cotton candy and donuts!!

Lowlights: After a 14 hour flight, landing into a packed Sydney airport in the middle of a union strike! Ugh.