A Quick Update

Because it's been a while since I have posted, I'll try to be as brief as possible. I have taken a number of "miscellaneous" pictures of our antics here in OZ, so I thought I'd just throw them all into one post with a brief explanation of each:

Hubby's Chipburger:

When I heard about this, I immediately thought of all the french fry sandwiches that my dad used to eat growing up - and they still gross me out. But this one takes the cake. Not only is it a sandwich with french fries (chips) in it, it also have a beer battered, deep fried piece of fish. We made a pact that this would be the LAST time we would allow Hubby to eat such a heart-attack on a bun!

A Rare Moment of Peace:

The monsters have not always adjusted perfectly to all the changes lately, so when they both happened to be reading books on their beds, I couldn't NOT take a picture to preserve what was indeed, a rare moment of peace.

The Boy Reading to his Friends:

I actually have a figurine at home in Canada that says The Boy's name and it's a bear reading to his stuffed friends. One of his first homework assignments was to relax with a book or to lie down on his bed and relax for then minutes (yes, I do LOVE his teacher!). So this is what I walked in on - another restful moment that needed to be preserved. How cute is this?

How We Do Date Night in OZ:

Well, we have no sitters lined up yet, and we're used to being able to have at least one kid free meal in a month - so this was our solution while we were still living in the hotel. Once we closed the sliding doors, we barely knew they were there. ;)

We walked around our new neighbourhood before we moved in and these are some of the things we saw - On our Walk Through Rosalie:

We saw a very big dog:

And the kids got caught in a spider web...

And we had some Cold Rock yummy goodness!

Playing at South Bank:

South Bank is an area just across the river from the CBD (or downtown) of Brisbane. There is a manmade beach with a lagoon, splash area and park. There is a boardwalk to walk along the river, many performing arts venues, cafes, shops and a huge market on the weekend. We enjoyed a lazy Sunday there a couple of weeks ago and this is how we do South Bank, in the winter, Canuck-style!!!

And of course, there's the adorable Daddy & Daughter shot from brunch a little while ago. This isn't the best one, that one's on Facebook, but her mischevious look is in all the pictures from this exchange! Poor Hubby, he was trying so hard to explain his point to her!

That's the hodge podge for now. Time to sign off and clean up the house so I can post some pics for all those who are curious about our new digs!