Playing Catch Up

The photos and videos that appear in this post were taken before our US Trip, which means they're now over two months old.  This is how far behind I am - in this blog and in life at the moment.  Lao Tzu said (apparently) that the journey of a thousand paces begins with a single step.  Well, people, I took just shy of a thousand photographs during our trip in the US.  Most of those are crap and will never see this blog but some will so let the postings begin!

In late September, we got a new iPad in the hopes of entertaining Augie on the 7 flights (Perth-Brisbane, Brisbane-Los Angeles, Los Angeles-NewYork City, New York City-Chicago, Chicago-Los Angeles, Los Angeles-Brisbane, Brisbane-Perth) we had planned on our Oct/Nov US trip.  The iPad proved worth every last cent of the $800 we paid for it.  Mick and I even entertained ourselves with the funny camera features before the trip.

In early October, Augie and I went to the Perth Royal Show (like the State Fair if you're reading this from the US).  Augie wasn't too sure about riding the merry-go-round (see photo below), but he was thrilled that there were so many bins at the event.  We looked in nearly every one of them. This was a feature of our day that I completely overlooked when planning to take him to the Show.

Augie sleeps with his best pal Big Bear.  We laugh at the way Big Bear's paws come out on the baby monitor.

Augie and I went to the Rose and Crown, a heritage-listed Guildford pub, for lunch one day when we were out that way running errands.  The pub is gorgeous, the food is not bad and the service is positively abysmal.  None of those things interested Augie in the slightest.  He was there for the babycinos.  The cuban beat was just an added bonus.  He had to stop and get down, blissfully unaware of the babycino chocolate-sprinkle marks ringing his mouth and nose ;)

He likes wearing my shoes, any of them, but this day he was particularly keen on taking my Ugg Boots for a spin.

Here he is moving his green bin around the house.  He has a pink one just like it and these two things are currently his favourite toys.  When he wakes in the morning or from a nap, he asks "go downstairs, play Augie's bins?"

The following two photos and video are of our Monday morning ritual: eating breakfast on the driveway waiting for the bin truck.  This is the highlight of Augie's week.  

These photos were taken during the final swim class of the last swimming term.  Augie just loves swimming and is doing so well in the water.