Holidays

Mathew's holidays are soon to come to an end. Last week we went to Berri and had a wonderful time. We stayed at the caravan park there which is really lovely. Clean facilities, friendly staff, grassy sites and even a Babies Bathroom! We drove there on Monday and got to use our camper trailer for the first time. We spent Tuesday wondering around town. On Wednesday we went to Monash and had fun at the adventure playground, then went to Renmark and had a look around there. On Thursday we went to Waikerie and visited our friends, Col and Barb. On Friday we left Berri and visited Vern and Julie in Loxton on the way home.
Brendon now says about 25 words including woof, door, star, keys, ute, car, bird, lid, kiss. Over the past two weeks I think he has learnt at least one word each day!
On the long weekend in October we also went camping with the Moke Club and used our Oztent for the first time. Brendon had a ball being surrounded by Mokes!

Bay to Birdwood

We took Grandma to the Bay to Birdwood on the weekend. We had a BBQ with the Mini Club and Moke Club. We took our moke. Here is a photo of Grandma and Brendon, but not on our moke.

Our camper trailer

We bought this on the weekend and are looking forward to using it.

Brendon's 1st Birthday

Brendon had a fantastic time on his birthday. On Friday night we had some friends from the Mini club here putting the club magazine together. We made pizzas and Brendon had a great time playing with his gifts. On Saturday he enjoyed playing with Grandma and opening some more presents. Mathew has had a few days off, Brendon won't be impressed tomorrow when Grandma isn't here anymore and Dad has gone back to work!
Here is Brendon eating his birthday cake.

Never leave your keys in your backpack

On Tuesday I accidently locked Brendon in the car. We had just been to Kindergym and I put him in his child seat. I then remembered my keys were in my backpack on the back seat. I opened the door but a bus was coming (I was parked roadside), so I quickly shut the door and got out of the way. When the bus passed, I went to open the door, but found it locked. I tried all the other doors and they were locked as well. I must have accidently pressed the lock button on the remote.
I raced inside the Kindergym building and they put in a priority call to the RAA. Lucky it was a cool and overcast day and Brendon wasn't stressed. He could see me standing beside the car. It was his sleep time so just before the RAA van arrived he drifted off to sleep. The RAA guy was a bit worried as he thought maybe he had passed out in a hot car. I assured him the inside of the car wasn't hot (I had been inside the car just before it locked) and it was his normal sleep time anyway. Within minutes the guy had the door unlocked and we were on our way home. From now on I'm keeping my keys in my pocket when I put Brendon in the car!

Let the celebrations begin

Our Mother's Group had a combined 1st Birthday party on Sunday. All the dads got to meet which was great. It was a lovely day for a picnic and the kids had a great time. Everyone got a present. Brendon loves his dump truck and hasn't stopped playing with it. Here he is getting into the party spirit with a party hat on.

Two nights in a row!

Brendon has slept right through the night two nights in a row! Tuesday night he slept 8pm to 6am and last night he slept 8pm to nearly 5am. He had been starting to sleep right through more regularly recently, so it will be interesting to see what happens tonight. Needless to say, he is meant to be having a morning sleep right now, but has better things to do.
Both Brendon and I have had conjunctivitis and we have all had colds. I am looking forward to getting over these infectious diseases so I can get out and socialise again. Three weeks of being house bound is driving me crazy!
Just over two weeks to go until Brendon's 1st birthday. So much has happened in the past year, it is unbelievable.