Randoms

Logan's favorite way to eat Cheerios -- off the floor



This is a new little thing Logan likes to do -- lick the window.



Another fun day at the park. Logan has started to lean back in the swing and look at the sky. Pretty cute.



He also has started to go down the baby slide all by himself. :) Lots of laughs every time.



The big slide still needs adult help. He loves going down with his daddy.

Snow-baby

Yes, believe it or not, Australia gets snow. We had done a bit of research and we decided to drive a couple of hours so Logan could have his first experience in the snow. Lake Mountain, here we come -- we were very excited. We dug out all the thermals, snow pants, gloves toques, yup we were prepared! As you can see, Logan was all ready, decked out in his snowsuit (thanks Gramma)



So, we're ready and this was what our first experience with Melbourne snow was! Yup, that is about it. One dinky little hill of mostly man made snow. AND, it's SUPER icy, AND about every Melbournean and their dog was up there tobogganing (because that's about all you can do -- well there was a bit of cross-country too) Great for kids and adults alike, but not so great for a 11month old. I was pretty crushed.





So, we decided to trek to higher grounds. Walk to the summit and maybe catch some lovely, fluffy white stuff on the way. Well, the trail was ICY but we managed. And the higher we got the more white stuff we got (fluffy -- definitely not, but I'll take it)



So, we plunked Logan down in the wet snow and he really had no idea what to think about it. He just sat there for the longest time staring at the snow. He started to touch it with his mitt and move it around. But it was so wet and heavy that he had a bit of a hard time with playing with it.





So, he then tried to move in it. Crawling and even trying to stand. But that was a pretty tough task too which pretty much resulted in being belly up. It was pretty funny sight.





But as soon as he got a hold of Daddy's fingers and had both feet on the hard snow, he was a happy little camper.



So in the end, our day up to the snow was a success. We all had fun playing in the "snow". We stayed for maybe 20 more minutes and then the weather started to turn so it was a quick B-line back to the car.

The Veggie Patch

At Craig's work, they have these 2X2 veggie patches and we finally got our hands on one. What's better than being able to grow our on vegetables, and even BETTER, in the winter. Logan and I headed to CERES, this great little community nursery walking distance from our place. After serious humming and hawing, Logan and I decided on: beets, broccoli, leeks, celery, spinach, carrots and an artichoke.

While I was picking out the seedlings, Logan was being humoured by the pet chickens. Lots of pointing and squealing, it was quite funny.






I think the chicken likes what we've picked out for our garden as well :)










Then, it was off to Burnley to plant. Craig did all the hard work, digging and planting. I pretty much had to supervise Logan from not eating the dirt or mulch, although the soother was a great distraction. After a while, the little guy was really getting into and even help daddy planting.





The finished product, the Nitschke-patch.

A day at the rink

This weekend we did a bit of volunteer work for Craig`s hockey team. It really was not that much work and we enjoyed most of our time on the ice skating -- yes, there ARE ice skating rinks in Australia :)Now, anyone who knows me knows that I do not skate. But I went out there, but was lucky enough to use the pram like one of those "helpers". Logan loved being pushed around the ice, even a few squeals.





Then, Dad took Logan for a spin around the ice -- sans pram. And Logan even got to try a little shoe skating, which was him trying to run on the ice. It was absolutely adorable.





But, Logan's favorite part came right at the end of the event when the Zamboni came out to re-ice. Eyes wide open and his little head just went back and forth. He was even reaching out for it when it left the ice -- PRICELESS!

Logan - 11 months

One month shy of Logan's first birthday. This little man is a busy little guy who likes adventure. What is he up to?

We have taken assisted walking to a new level. Thinking we were going to give our backs a break, we got Logan a little walker. He LOVES it. It definitely gives him some independence in the walking department, but since he can't manipulate it to turn, he walks in a straight line into the wall. So mum and dad have to turn him around. It's very cute. (if you look closely in the first pick you can just see his two top teeth)






Peek-a-boo under the couch. Logan loves to throw different things around the house. He has started purposefully putting things under the couch and tv stand so he can look at them. He even tries to get them from under the couch, but most of the time he cannot quite reach it.



He loves to look out the window at the plants blowing in the wind.



He has started to try and climb. The recent goal was the dining room table to attack the pepper shaker.