Giant Schuyler

After a special after school dinner at La Trattoria, Schuyler plays super hand puppets in the lights at City Hall - dancing and making shapes and just generally having a pretty good time.

A middle of the night visit from Charlie

Mum and Dad's bed

There's something safe about your parent's bed.  It's bigger (and usually better) than your bed.  And the people who sleep there are your Mum and Dad, the giants of your world.  I can still remember that feeling of crawling into my Mum and Dad's bed after a nightmare or because I couldn't sleep or just because and there was that feeling of absolute safety.  Of course, it's a great place to just curl up with a book too.

Ready for school

Our kids have an obsession with bringing things along for the ride to school.  This can be books, stuffed animals, pens and notebooks, or pretty much anything that is within arm's reach when we say "time to go".  All this for a seven minute car ride.

Sunday Sunday... at the beach in November.

Another great day with the Carpol's at Tucker's Point beach.

Late afternoon Somersfield soccer

Another weekend playtime at Somersfield... late afternoon on the playing fields (well, the concrete slab near them) with a couple of soccer balls and the kids are pretty much set.

Post-remembrance treat

Charlie wearing "Daddy's socks"... man, was he proud of himself.  Unfortunately, they have a very different look on a three year old.

Frozen yoghurt after the big parade... what could be better?

Remembrance Day

Dear Pop, J.G. Young

Not exactly recognising the gravity of the moment as the remembrance day thoughts are shared.

Getting a ride to the parade.

Charlie demonstrating how the soldiers march.

Waiting for the parade to begin.

Tea and Dips in the Pool

Even in November, the cubs are still keen on dips in the frigid pool.  

Tea at Kim and Wardy Baby's temporary home,

Of brunch and bulldozers

So this is the construction equipment stage which seems sadly as unavoidable as the Princess phase for girls (although our son will happily dress up in a fancy ball gown if it means getting to play with his sister and her friends).  Charlie just digs these things.  It became so indelible for us that we would instinctively shout out with barely constrained enthusiasm "Charlie!  Digger!" whenever we saw one.  So when Charlie saw this big red beauty on the Elbow Beach property, it pretty much blew his natural mind.

But we were really here for brunch to get as much Kim and Wardy Baby time as we could before they left.

But some of us can't stay in their seats!

And so an infinitely patient Kim takes them out for a walk while we wait for food/distraction to arrive... she's pretty cool, your grandmother.