Dad has not been very good at updating the blog lately :-( Here are some pictures from our trip to Australia back in April. We had a great time catching up with everyone. The weather wasn't great, but we had a good time nonetheless.
Eliza's space on the plane - she was great considering it was a 28 hour door-to-door trip
Eliza and Mum at the Kiama Blowhole - For those unfamiliar with the natural phenomena that are blowholes, it is basically a cave that faces the ocean which has an opening in its roof. So when waves crash into the cave the water shoots out the hole in the roof. How high it shoots depends on how big the waves are.
Eliza and Dad walking around the blowhole
Eliza and her cousin Ben playing at Aunty Heidi's place
Nanna and Eliza looking at a Wombat (native Australian marsupial) at the Featherdale Wildlife Park
Eliza and Nanna patting a Wallaby, smaller than a Kangaroo
Mum, Dad and Eliza with a Koala
Eliza with Mum, Nanna, and cousins Sam, Ben and Kate (and the Koala)
Eliza getting a kiss from a Kangaroo
Eliza telling the Kangaroo to not get fresh
Eliza by the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Eliza showing us that she is easily as big as the Sydney Opera House
Mum and Eliza and the Harbour Bridge
Mum and Eliza and the Opera House (Dad's favourite picture of the whole trip)
Eliza's first bicycle ride with Aunty Heidi
Mum and Dad decided puddles are worth playing in.... and Eliza wholeheartedly agreed
Nanna set up a tent in the living room which provided lots of fun for everyone
Eliza and Kate playing at Nanna's
Bedtime is fun for everyone and generally involves reading books, wrestling and some singing and dancing - this is the dancing.
This is the reading
This is the wrestling
Mothers Day in Queens was very nice - and we got to meet cousin Steve and Debbie's little boy John. Full of confidence from her experience with her baby-doll, Eliza was ready for her turn with John.
Eliza being Eliza
Eliza with Grandma and Grandpa (Nanna and Pappah) by the Hudson River
Eliza still being Eliza
Eliza and Dad love to play with the blocks together - Dad is the builder, Eliza is the demolisher
Bubbles are still one of Eliza's favourite things, though her attention has shifted to blowing them as well as popping them.
Eliza LOVES playing in the little pool on the patio, and would stay in there all day if we would let her
