New Do

Just got my hair chopped....

Here's a before and after ;)

(Deb, it's kind of like yours, too weird!)

Busy Spring!

We've had a busy October. I'll give a quick summary as to what we've been up to.

1 Birthday party

2 Road trips (Ballarat and Dandenong Range)

2 Halloween parties( a kid one today and an Other Half one coming up)

4 Other Half meet ups (not including the upcoming party)

6 play dates

1 date night

3 days of preschool(Henry LOVES it!)

I can't believe that it's November next week. That will be 3 months we've been here and 1.5 till we return for Christmas. It's feeling just like yesterday and it also feels like it's been forever since we arrived. School keeps Luke busy and I know if he wanted to, could be studying every spare moment. I'm looking forward to when we can have adventures with him!

I'll do my best to update more often in November!

xoxo

kt and boys

I've also added a second album with more pictures.

In the Weeds.....

So with all the rain we have been having, the trees, flowers, grass and of course the weeds have been growing like crazy.

We got a notice from the rental agency saying that they have noticed that we have been neglecting our garden. I had actually been pulling weeds all morning before the notice was received. Anyway, the weeds were pulled, but the front parking still needed to be taken care of.

For the last week, Luke and I have been running outside looking to see where the sound of a distant lawn mower or weed wacker was coming from, hoping to borrow it for 5 minutes to cut the grass.

I finally broke down and spend $12 on a set of lawn tools. I got a hedge trimmer and pruning scissors.

Tonight, we cut the grass.

We also found the key to meeting your neighbors: do something stupid at the front of your house. At one point, there was a guy across the street just staring at us. He then came over to us and stood there and stared some more. Didn't say anything, just stood there watching Luke chop at the grass and me scooping it up. I finally asked if he lived in the neighborhood and his reply was, "No, but my friend lives across the street," and then he walked off.

Here's to hoping that we meet some new friends the next time we trim the lawn......

The final product!

Slacking....

I realized that I haven't posted in awhile. I promise to fill you in on what we've been up to for the last month!

I just added a few pix from the last few weeks. Stories to follow soon.....

Henry quote

Just a funny quote from Henry tonight after dinner.

Henry: Do you know what retire means? It means to take out of service. I think we should retire Oscar.

(Luke and I laughing)

Me: Where did you learn this?

Henry: Thomas the Train

Thanks, Thomas ;)

He starts Kinder (3 yr. old preschool) tomorrow. He keeps talking about how scared he's going to be until he meets his friends. I'm so glad he's so optimistic. I look forward for him to meet new friends and for us to expand out play circle a bit more to include kiddos his age.

I'll add a cute Oscar moment as well.....

I was putting him to bed and usually I sing to him. Twinkle, Twinkle is my song of choice. I started singing to him tonight.

Oscar: No twinkle, twinkle mom. Shhhh.(with his finger over his mouth)

Me: (stopped singing)

Oscar: Kronk-o sing (kronk-o is one of his nicknames)

His song went something like this: chocolate milk, chocolate milk, soy chocolate milk......

I have no idea where this came from, but it was pretty darn cute.

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Can't believe it's only been two months since we arrived in Oz. Seems like ages ago that we arrived with all our luggage.

I really feel like we are getting settled now. I've made several new friends and see them weekly, if not more. I really think that has made the difference for the kids and I. Even though it's hard sometimes to get out the door and go meet someone new or bike down a new road, it always ends up being good and I'm happy I forced us on that new adventure.

Luke continues to have loads of homework as well as study group meetings, tutorials (on Saturday and Sunday), clubs and social activities. I know it's hard for him juggling all these things, but he makes it look so effortless. These are stressful times, but I know in the long run we'll be grateful for the experience and opportunity coming to Oz will give us.

I can't say that I don't miss our friends and neighborhood back at home. It's just different here, not bad, just different and I think we have been accepting it well. We don't have that same neighborhood dynamic here, but we are making due and adjusting to city life. It makes me appreciate the old hood and what we had there even more. It is truly a great place to live and raise kids. Henry still asks to go back to his orange house and to go back to his old school. We tell him it's just not time to go yet and that we'll be back there before he knows it.

Henry will start 3 year old kinder on Friday afternoons. We have been talking about it and today he said that he'll be scared to go on the first day, but after he meets his friends, he won't be scared at all. I'm looking forward for him to make some new friends and get to play with some kids his own age. We've really only met one other little boy that is his age and we've only been able to meet up twice, so he is VERY ready for kinder and all the fun they have planned for him.