Happy Snaps

Here are some photos taken at Melrose (while out camping) and at the Mini Club presentation night.

Brendon has man-flu

On Wednesday we had our mother's group get together at our house. One of the kids had just been getting over the sniffles, so I wasn't surprised to see Brendon with a runny nose on Friday. I really wish that people with sick kids wouldn't bring them to mother's group! Anyway, he has had a fever and runny nose since then. You can really tell when the panadol is wearing off, he deteriorates from a happy boy playing with his cars to a very quiet boy, wanting to just sit quietly, with a frown on his face, red eyes watering and looking very pale. Mathew and I have been joking that Brendon has Man-flu, as when he gets sick he gets "very, very sick." I will try to get him in to see the doctor today.
I hope he gets over it before all the fun and festivities we have happening around Easter time!

He's a real chatterbox

Seems to be a comment I hear quite frequently these days regarding Brendon's vocabulary. Now that he has moved on from single words to sentences, we often hear him say things like "He's all right", "Not today', "I suppose", "Cheeky boy", "Tired boy", "Cheese, toast", "Dad work", "Brush teeth", and so on. He can tell you his favourite books are "People do day" ('What do people do all day' by Richard Scarry), "Mister Dog" (a Golden book), "Bear" ('Goodnight Little Bear', another little golden book), "Train, car" ('The ABC book of Cars, Trains, Boats and Planes), "Baby dressed" ('Baby Gets Dressed').
And if you ask him what he would like for dinner, you will inevitably be told "SPAGHETTI".
One of Brendon's lower incisor teeth came through yesterday, so he now has 13 teeth.

Camping trip

Mathew, Brendon and I went camping for the long weekend to Deep Creek Conservation Park. We had a lovely time there (again). It was packed out but it is one of those camp sites that doesn't feel crowded even when it is. The morning we left we were covered in a blanket of thick fog.
Brendon has decided it is time to move onto using lots of two word sentences and complicated words. He learnt 'kookaburra' on the weekend as he got to see and hear some in the trees at our campsite.

Our weekend

Yesterday we went to the All British Day at Uraidla. Our moke was meant to be in the display, but still needs some work, so we didn't take it. Had a great day nonetheless. Here are some of the latest photos, including one of me with straight hair taken just moments ago. The photo of Brendon shows how we have to bandage his hand at night to keep the special scars treatment bandages on. During the day he doesn't wear any bandages, but we have to massage his fingertips several times per day.

Brendon's visit to the scars clinic

Yesterday Brendon went to the Scars Clinic at the Women's and Children's hospital. His fingers are improving, but we still need to keep up the massaging several times per day and the gel tip bandages at night. I was told that the massaging would go on for a while yet, and over time his appointments would be stretched out from monthly check ups to eventually being yearly while his hands are growing. Scar tissue doesn't grow at the same rate as normal skin, so they want to keep an eye on how his hand is growing to make sure the scar tissue doesn't cause him any discomfort. Before the appointment we went up to the play deck at the hospital where this photo was taken. Brendon was enjoying himself so much he didn't want to leave it to see the doctor.

Our new fridge