Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Busy or Crazy????
OK so Christmas is coming (along with 100 relatives from Melbourne) plus Noah and I are off to Ngala for a week - that's enough, as you would imagine to make life pretty hectic. But no we're suckers for punishment we are also ripping up half our backyard to install reticulation and have about 35sq metres of paving done plus having a new shed installed. Life is crazy - forgive me if I don't blog (although I may end up needing to vent) or if I don't call or catch up. We'll see you on the other side of the Christmas/Renovation fog.
Rock-a-bye-baby
First of all Noah had to go to sleep school - which I'm afraid he failed miserably. Now I'm off to parenting school. From the 15 - 19th of December Noah and I will be staying at Ngala(http://www.ngala.com.au/content.php?page=20).
In the words from their website the reason for this stay is - Overnight Stay provides the opportunity for families to set aside four days and nights to explore issues associated with their children’s development, family relationships, communication, sleep and other parenting concerns.
In other words they are going to teach me how to be a parent - a bit embarrassing for someone who spends their days looking after other people's kids!!
In the words from their website the reason for this stay is - Overnight Stay provides the opportunity for families to set aside four days and nights to explore issues associated with their children’s development, family relationships, communication, sleep and other parenting concerns.
In other words they are going to teach me how to be a parent - a bit embarrassing for someone who spends their days looking after other people's kids!!
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
The Beach House
Noah loving the ball pit
Noah and Nanna relaxing on the bouncy castle
Mum, Noah, Declan and Reuben on the bouncy castle (I take Mum everywhere these days!!)
Movember
By popular demand here is a picture of Rob in full moustached glory
Noah obviously finds it quite funny
Camping Photos
Starting to unload the car - it was absolutely full to the brim. We camped next to this hikers hut but no cheating - we were all in the tent!!
Noah relaxing while Mummy and Daddy do all the work
Up goes the tent
Noah in his winter woolies - it was really cold at night
Noah on the port-a-cot change table in the tent - looking up loving the view of the trees
Noah's view
The first night we huddled under the shelter due to the rain
Under an enourmous Tingle tree - how cool is the hollowed out base of the trunk
On the treetop walk - it wobbled a bit much for my liking but I made it around even with my knees shaking
Lunch at a lookout over Mandalay Beach
Noah in a happy moment on the step of the lookout
Day two heading out of camp for a walk to the nearby falls
The real shot of how Noah spent most of the weekend
Stunning Fernhook Falls - the noise and volume of water was amazing
Monday, 1 December 2008
Disturbing the Peace
A weekend away camping - peace? quiet? relaxation? NO!
Let me start by saying that we had an absolutely gorgeous weekend at Fernhook Falls just out of Walpole and we're really glad we braved it with Noah and got away. That said there were many moments when we were wondering whose crazy idea it was to go camping so far south with a grumpy 4 month old baby (just for the record it was Rob's)
The whole weekend got off to a bad start when Rob's 'movember' lunch turned into an all afternoon affair and he returned home hours later than expected in a state not quite fit for packing up the car to head off early the next morning. We got past that and got on the road Saturday morning only a couple of hours later than planned.
The drive down was really pretty through Bridgetown and Balingup and Noah was so well behaved in the car sleeping most of the way.
We had deliberately planned to camp in a secluded spot so as not to bother any other campers with Noah's crying. No matter what, we knew there would be crying and usually quite a lot. However we had to go to plan B when a huge fallen tree was blocking the track to the camping area. Eventually after quite a bit of grumbling (me this time not Noah) we found Fernhook Falls and decided to risk it amongst the couple of other groups.
Now we don't really know if Noah was crying more than normal (he did seem to be in one of his more unsettled phases) or if it was just the sound of it in that completely silent environment - either way it was pretty stressful and we really felt bad for the people around us.
Even with the stress of a crying baby and having to get up for night feeds in the freezing cold it was worth it. Noah seemed to really enjoy the different environment and loved watching the trees and the fire. We had a fantastic day driving around exploring and doing the tree top walk. I don't think we'll do it again in a hurry but in the end we felt it was a nice weekend.
Let me start by saying that we had an absolutely gorgeous weekend at Fernhook Falls just out of Walpole and we're really glad we braved it with Noah and got away. That said there were many moments when we were wondering whose crazy idea it was to go camping so far south with a grumpy 4 month old baby (just for the record it was Rob's)
The whole weekend got off to a bad start when Rob's 'movember' lunch turned into an all afternoon affair and he returned home hours later than expected in a state not quite fit for packing up the car to head off early the next morning. We got past that and got on the road Saturday morning only a couple of hours later than planned.
The drive down was really pretty through Bridgetown and Balingup and Noah was so well behaved in the car sleeping most of the way.
We had deliberately planned to camp in a secluded spot so as not to bother any other campers with Noah's crying. No matter what, we knew there would be crying and usually quite a lot. However we had to go to plan B when a huge fallen tree was blocking the track to the camping area. Eventually after quite a bit of grumbling (me this time not Noah) we found Fernhook Falls and decided to risk it amongst the couple of other groups.
Now we don't really know if Noah was crying more than normal (he did seem to be in one of his more unsettled phases) or if it was just the sound of it in that completely silent environment - either way it was pretty stressful and we really felt bad for the people around us.
Even with the stress of a crying baby and having to get up for night feeds in the freezing cold it was worth it. Noah seemed to really enjoy the different environment and loved watching the trees and the fire. We had a fantastic day driving around exploring and doing the tree top walk. I don't think we'll do it again in a hurry but in the end we felt it was a nice weekend.
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