Day 106 - A Visit to Googong

We went for a little drive out to Googong this afternoon to take a look. We met up with Peta and Shane and their girls along the way, stopping first at the site of the new housing development and then on to the Googong Dam which is a really pretty place. Looking out across the site of the housing development, we could see flags that were marking out streets and were able to make a good approximation of where we were on the map. It was interesting to think that in the years to come, there would be a town in this big empty space.

Day 105 - Fun at the Park

I found it hard to choose between 2 photos today, but I have to go with this one, which shows the fun cheeky Henry had at the park this morning. On our own for the day, with Dale in Goulburn, we walked to a local park first thing in the morning, where Henry played for ages on the fixed equipment. There were only a couple of things that were right for a kid his size, but he made his own fun, running around and making a bit of noise and just generally loving being chased!

Day 104 - Henry's New Trick!

Henry has discovered a new trick that he can do, in the last couple of days... walking down the stairs - no hands! The first time he did it, he stood on the bottom step, bent forwards and back a couple of times (a bit like a cocky Dale thought) and then made the great leap! At the bottom he either runs into the waiting arms or shouts out a big "YAY!" with his own applause!

Day 103 - My Crazy Boy

Yes, Mum if you are looking for the flour sifter, it's right here... on my head... Henry enjoys going through the kitchen drawers in the kitchen and this time he liked what he found so much, he left with the flour sifting colander in his possession to be used as his latest hat. Quite the fashion icon is my boy!

Day 102 - Orange Splendour

Another item on my to do list for this week was to give the Commodore a bath and to take some photos so that we can get around to selling it. Here she is in all her orange splendour, ready to be listed online... well as soon as Dale gets his car back which is a long and frustrating story... so for now she gets to stay :)

Day 101 - My Own Gardening Assistant at Last!

Dale didn't need a whole lot of convincing to take today as annual leave, his only problem was that the day was intended for doing gardening. As day care was available to us, Henry left us to our own devices for the day as we finished off getting our front yard into order. Last holidays I laid down pine mulch in half of the front garden and it has worked really well as weed control. So today we did the front half which is the most visible to the street. We got through 3 cubic metres of the mulch which surprised us, all laid down on about 50 copies of the Sydney Morning Herald. And Dale hardly complained at all... well maybe just a little...

Day 100 - House Inspiration

It has been really inspiring to see all the beautiful display homes that we have looked at over the last couple of days. As we left Sydney this morning, we took a detour to Catherine Field on the way home to have a look at one last house that we had on our list. We were glad we made the detour as it was beautiful. So from here, we need to decide if we are interested in buying into Googong which is the new development taking shape just outside of Canberra. Nonetheless, looking at all these houses has given me plenty of ideas for our own house, no matter where it is.