Important work

Ivan loves putting shoes on

Beach day

To all the grandparents

Today was grandparents day at school. Sorry we're too far away for any of you to have attended. :( All the grandparents got a little flower in a hand painted pot and a card. So here they are virtually. Thanks for all that you do!

Protection

Turkey day!!!!

My goodness these ladies cooked up an amazing turkey day dinner. Complete with a USA cake. First outdoor thanksgiving for some in the perfect spring/summer weather. Sooo good. Happy thanksgiving to the Americans!

I put a little braid in Nora's hair

It makes her look like such a big girl. Also, we're celebrating thanksgiving tonight with some friends. Nora says she's thankful for ice cream, Boboo (Ivan), pajama pants, and peanut butter-jellys.

Wine tasting

This winery had a beautiful tree full of purple flowers that were starting to fall! Nora was psyched.

Ivey

This video is a few months old but it's of Ivan during a period when he was really interested in taking things one by one and moving them from one place to another. Here he is doing it, but with imaginary things. Crazy guy! :)

15 months old!

Ivan, the boy with an older sister

Ivan hula-hoops and Nora gets a smoothie

Ivan got to go too

Ivan seeing his first emu

Protea class outing

Nora's class went on a field trip to a little petting zoo today. She's not in this picture, since she wouldn't go anywhere near the animals, but the lady in blue is her beloved teacher Miss Nazlie, and the boy in front is one of her two best friends, Alex.

Nappers

You can't see her, but Nora's asleep under her pink blanket.

Stop. Hammock time

Feeding himself

Dad dance party

Looking at the birds at Nora's school

Wine and beer tasting lazy Sunday

Table mountain stroll

Balance time

Hard times

I had to wash Ivan's blankies and he was slightly devastated

Just like old times

It's been a while since Nora's slept on me!

Arderne Gardens

Ivan and I went to see some amazing beautiful gardens today. The tree in the upper left is a huge cork oak that was incredible. There were ducks swimming around which Ivan thought were a real hoot.

Barney live

Dadu took Nora to see Barney at mamadaba expo. It's hard to tell here but she was super pysched to see this purple dinosaur, it was only 15 minutes but she was exhausted afterwards.