.....and that, ladies & gents, was Summer 13/14

Werribee Zoo visit - just last weekend. A great end to Summer.

Notice the zoo map sticking out of my pocket? That was the same zoo map we spent most of the time looking for and found it in my pocket just as we jumped in the car to head home.

Looking through images from the last three months, I can't believe how much little P has changed.

At aged 18 months he's finally started to walk, thank goodness, 

a 14 kg baby makes ones arms & shoulders a little strained.

He's in the 98th percentile for weight & height, coming in at 88cm!

What a little man he is.

The words coming out of his mouth include: Dizzy, moon, baa-baa, Dadda, Mama, cheese, shoes ('sooz'), oh-ohhh, ball, bath, bye-bye, hi, nigh-nigh, car, a version of truck (guk), and of course 'noooooo'. Very impressive!

This climbing thing is over-rated...

First day of Summer.

And his hair has finally grown back after my 'trimming' attempt - never again little P.

Serendipity

Werribee Zoo lion & little P cuddle

During the Summer break I talked T into travelling to a discount plant nursery - we have 5 acres to fill, people - it was on a Saturday and I had my little (big) list of plants to check out.  It closed at at 3.30pm.

Took us an hour or so to get there  - about the same amount of time little P will sit in the car without throwing a shoe, water bottle or pack of sultanas at our heads.  The car boot & back seat both covered in plastic sheeting for ALL the plants I intended on purchasing.  But as we arrived it was pretty-well closed up - apparently it closes at 3.30pm on week-days and 2.30pm on Saturdays!!! Aaarrrgghhh...i was in the bad books!

Trying to put P back into his car-seat was almost impossible - that kid is strong - poor little thing wanted to run (crawl around...somewhere anywhere) so another 1.5 hour drive home was definitely out of the ques-ti-on!

We scratched our heads - but it wasn't that hard  - Werribee Zoo is just around the corner.  But to make it more difficult it shut at 4pm - the time was 3.45pm when we arrived and we refused to pay full price for 15 minutes but little P had the time of his life crawling around the fibre-glass animals situated at the zoo entrance - so it was free!

Poor Piet, if only he knew his parents were tight-*&#%@ 

No, not really, we will come back and spend the WHOLE day at zoo.  He'll just love it when he realises the animals in his books can actually move - he loved them just enough when they stayed still - as per the cute pics....

http://www.zoo.org.au/werribee Check it out!

            

And sometimes parents want to have a little bit of fun too! However I was a little stuck and had reverse my way out....

An early start to Sunday

This morning I left home before 7am to drive 110km just to have breakfast with my friend Joc, from Sydney. The fog was strange, especially knowing today will hit near-40 degrees.

I stopped at the first drive-thru coffee shop on the highway - first in and pulled up smack-bang right next to the service window - no waiting for me at this early hour - so I sat at their window for about 2 minutes mumbling under my breath why they were taking so long. Then I noticed there was no one at home and then I noticed the sheer curtain across the window and then I finally realised they weren't actually open at this smug hour - that's how early I was!

Sneaking back into the traffic, hoping passing motorists weren't aware I was coming out of the coffee shop, past the huge 'Closed' sign.....I set the cruise control and headed to Melbourne.

Breakfast was great! My friend was well.  We laughed and exchanged catch-up stories.  And now I'm home studying and miss her already.

Paddock at home