Day 359 - Christmas is Here!

Merry Christmas! Check out the little look of concentration as Henry opens his Christmas present from Santa! We had a great Christmas Day today and I realised how far Henry has come in the last year. Today he played Santa's Helper, delivering Christmas presents from himself to the rest of the family and watched intently as people ripped open the paper! He 'helped' Dale in the kitchen preparing fruit for the pancakes (well, eating it), packed and unpacked a box of mangos, enjoyed his Christmas lunch and played with his presents! I think the red table and chairs made by Opa and the cars from Dani and David were quite a hit!

Day 314 - Long Lost Hat Returned!

Henry was very excited to receive an envelope in the post today containing his long lost hat, left at Nanna and Opa's on the weekend. In fact he had a huge grin on his face when he peered into the envelope; he threw his old hat off and put on his very missed hat straightaway :-)

Day 308 - Gifts from Nanna and Opa

We arrived in Sydney tonight and Henry quickly found a spinning top that his Opa made for him that he immediately loved. In this photo, Henry is holding the top while wearing his beloved hat, made by his Nanna!

Day 247 - Fathers Day

Today was Fathers Day and Henry gave Dale a nice bottle of scotch and this rather fetching necklace / wall hanging (we aren't quite sure?) brought home from daycare! Dale proudly wore it for most of the day :) For Fathers Day we enjoyed a special breakfast of pancakes and later Henry skyped his Opa to say hello.  Happy Fathers Day to Dad and to Dale!

Day 212 - Henry and Opa

It is getting much harder to get Henry to sit still for photos lately and I tried to take a few this afternoon before Mum and Dad left to go home to Sydney. We weren't that successful in getting him to look at the camera, but I do like this one of him sharing a laugh with his Opa.

Day 201 - Hiding Places

This is Henry's wagon of blocks, made for him by his Opa! He absolutely loves the blocks and pushing the wagon around. His favourite game though, is hiding the blocks all over the place. I had to look in all his hiding places to take this photo and still one orange triangle is missing. Others were found in the box of nappy liners, in a big clay pot and lastly inside Dale's motorbike boot. Obviously he has one more spot that I don't know about... yet...