23/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week in 2014"

23/52: Olive was a little too quiet while I was in the shower. I got out to find one toddler, a few teddies and dolls, a stereo, a heater and the carpet all covered in Curash.

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Melbourne Trip

Olive and I took a little trip to stay with Sarah and Adrian in Melbourne last week. Travelling solo with a toddler isn't top of the list of things I'd like to do again any time soon, but we had a lot of fun and loved catching up with much loved and missed family and friends.

* Afternoon tea at Three Little Seeds, child friendly cafe in Thornbury. Olive had a great time playing in the toy corner while Sarah and I actually got to sit and enjoy our coffee (before Sarah got dragged into a game of bouncy ball). Considering that young families make up most of the population around here, it's amazing that we don't have anything like this. Such a shame!
* Waiting for her first tram ride. She was excited for about 5 seconds and then (in true toddler style) whinged all the way to the city.
* Lots of fun at Melbourne Aquarium - definitely Olive's highlight.
* Ramen date with my little Bro. Olive, amazingly, fell asleep in the pram on the walk there and slept through most of our lunch, which was a very welcomed treat for me.
* A three dollar packet of animal figures kept Olive and Uncle Adrian entertained for hours.
* Secret aunty and niece business.
* A morning spent at beautiful Bundoora children's farm. Olive was in a particularly crabby mood, but did love the guinea pigs and the baby goats.  

* Met lovely Maria for (a long overdue) breakfast at Birdie Num Nums (another child friendly cafe) in North Carlton.

22/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week in 2014"

22/52: (cranky) Olive and the goats at Bundoora Children's Farm. Such a pity she was in a foully toddlerrific mood that day. 

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21/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week in 2014"

21/52: Play date with the big boys.

We're just over a week away from winter and we're still wearing summer clothes and walking barefoot in the ocean. Olive loved chasing the boys at Little Lake, watching crabs and throwing rocks into the water. 

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20/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week in 2014"

20/52: Finding periwinkles - one of her favourite things to do.

We've had a very busy three weeks, with me on full-time teaching prac (as well as trying to finish assignments at night) and Olive with mum and dad for a few days and then Lucas for the rest. Since it was going to be the first time we'd been apart for any real length of time I thought it would be tough (on both of us), but she did amazingly well. Lucas loved being stay-at-home Daddy for a few weeks and Olive enjoyed lots of walks and trips to the park. I loved coming home and hearing about their day and all of the new things she'd learned.

So, since I've barely had time to take a photo in three weeks, and having also left my DSLR at a friend's house, it's iPhone snaps for weeks 19 and 20 and week 18 will be posted when I get around to picking up my camera, which hopefully has a useable photo on it.

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19/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week in 2014"

20/52: iPhone snap at the park on Mother's Day. The milkshake was a definite hit.

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18/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week in 2014"

18/52: All rugged up on a blustery day, ready for Jado's birthday lunch.

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