Here's a little glimpse of what we were up to in August.
Mick got an early Fathers Day present - a craft tie Augie made at daycare (North Americans: Fathers Day in Australia is in early September...Mothers Day is the same day as the one in the US).
Augie had a favourite little bedtime dance with the funny kid in the bathroom mirror.
The bedtime dance usually degenerated into other silliness.
Jasper and Augie took advantage of a big puddle left behind after a big rain. They started off fully clothed but we stripped them down after they got more and more soaked.
Live action clip of the puddle running.
A great time was had by all untile Augie dropped this giant poo when he was getting changed after the puddle running. It caused quite a stir and I had to get a dog poo bag to remove it.
We went to Scitech (where Augie just loves to visit) on a rainy day and Augie had a go at a few old-school video games - in this case, Frogger.
Mick loves finding old bikes beside the road and 'rehabbing' them (which means we have nearly enough bikes for an entire football team, should they casually stop by and want to go for a ride). Here Augie has sent me a videogram while I was at work to let me know another bike has been found by the road. Goody.
Big, cheesy smile. Note that his left front tooth is grey. Our fantastic paediatric dentist, Dr. Lobo, pronounced it dead during Augie's first dental appointment in August. Apparently it has endured 'significant trauma' and will be dead until he gets his adult teeth, which, according to Dr. Lobo, should grow in just fine so long as we make sure no abscesses form in the gum around the dead tooth. Thing is, neither Mick nor I can specifically recall any serious tooth-knock incidents. The joy of boys!
My friend Libby and I had a girls weekend in Melbourne to see the P!ink concert and this is the video I got from Mick and Augie halfway through my weekend. Oscar-worthy.
Here's a photo of Libby and I outside of Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne just before the P!ink concert. We ended up with amazing 2nd row tickets to the concert because we pled our sad story to the music promoter's ticket booth (Libby 7 weeks pregnant and feeling atrocious, me on death's door with what would later become the full-blown flu) and, free of charge, they swapped out our standing room only tickets for amazing 2nd row seats within spitting distance of the stage. Which was fantastic, otherwise neither of us would've made it even to the opening song!
When I got home after the long Melbourne weekend, I crashed badly into the full-blown flu. This is something I've never had in my life and hope to never have again. It was just awful! The upshot is that I've got a renewed sense of gratitude for the exceptionally good health I enjoy 98% of the time. Very fortunately neither Augie nor Mick came down with the flu.
More adventures on the Railway Reserves Heritage Trail. Augie loves going through the old train tunnel.
Due to all the rain, the waterfall a short walk up the trail from the train tunnel was in full flow.
It's not the best off road bike ever made but Augie is a strong kid and has a bit of help from Dad so we make it just fine.
Reflections in the tunnel.
Between the train tunnel and the waterfall is a historical marker of an old train crash site. Augie wanted to know what the sign said so we read it to him. He found this beyond fascinating and, since that time, we have recounted - and heard- the story of the train crash approximately 29,347 times (at an absolute minimum).
Wanting to hear about the 'crash train' (he can now recite the whole story front to back and back to front).
We finally got him to wear the silly hat that his little friend Maya gave him. We'd been trying to get him to wear it for ages with no luck when one morning Augie really wanted to go for a train ride...so Mick cut him a deal and *voila* the hat went on.
The following five pictures were taken one afternoon when we had our Polish friends, Michal and Basia and their son Tomas over for a meal and a play. Tomas is a fiery little guy and big for his age so, although a few months younger, is still a good match for Augie. Tomas' dad, Michal, and I worked together at my previous company and the current one I am working for.
Our resident goose, who hangs out near the playground in our housing estate. She's beelining it over because we often have bird seed for her.
There was a lot of rain in August, which created some terrific puddles for riding!
And sometimes on our puddle runs, we got caught out in the rain.
One afternoon we went up to the hills to see our friends Andy and Jamie. Bodhi got to make the trip and in this photo I think she has the biggest audience she's ever had for eating a treat. In the photo L to R are: Mick, baby Charlie, Augie, Ciara, Andy and baby Zoe. Charlie and Zoe are Ciara's little twin brother and sister.
Ciara enjoyed feeding Bodhi treats and I think Bodhi welcomed the gentle handing over of treats as opposed to Augie clutching them for dear life while racing through the house screaming like a banshee making her chase him down for them.
Augie likes cuddling and entertaining baby Zoe and baby Charlie.
Mick giving Andy a helping hand with the twin-wrangling.
While Ciara and Augie play some golf.
Mick taught Augie how to say 'thumbs up, cobber' but when he learned it he'd stick his index fingers up instead of his thumbs - so cute.
Dressed for some gardening in the rain.
Augie absolutely loves to garden.
Mick rented a shrub trimmer and gave our backyard greenery a serious trim.
Augie's job was to pick up the cuttings and put them in the bin. He absolutely loves having jobs and helping out so he was very happy on this day!
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