Well, we promised we would post pics of MacK a blog or so ago, so here are a few of my favourite photographs of MacK and the rest of the family from the last couple of months. The pic above is of MacK with one of his snow girlfriends, back in August!
On that same trip, Phyl completed my jumper. She knitted an awesome skull and crossbones jumper that I can't possibly wear in Townsville. Fortunately we won't be living here for much longer (another couple of weeks now!) so I will have opportunities to wear it. While out one day in Canberra, I saw a small version, at Big W and just couldn't resist!
Me and MacK - getting our pirate on!!
Thank you Phyl - just too talented.
In August, we were lucky enough to get together for a family party on the Gold Coast. This is one of my favourite photographs of Dad, Tyson and I.
And this is my beautiful, glamourous wife! Don't you think she looks stunning?
As big as we think MacK is (and he is when put next to his peers), every now and again he will put something of mine on, and bring it all back into perspective.
In November, we had the first of our Christmases for 2012. Jane's family always celebrate in November, tying in with the Snowy River Trout Festival. Dave comes down from Darwin, and we make sure that at least Jane is able to get there. This year we were all there, and had a lot of fun. We had a really simple lunch, with slow cooked beef, hot smoked trout and BBQ butterfly lamb. Good food, wine and company. Our Canberra Christmas was held on Remembrance Day. Peter and Phyl have poppies galore in their garden, and MacK was proud to wear one. We look forward to taking some of the seed to the farm, and seeing the poppies come up each year.
MacK with his poppy, and Jane at the park.
Melissa, MacK, Jane and I at lunch
We had a lot of fun in the parks around Kambah, with MacK particularly enjoying the swings. He was regularly going to sleep in the swing, and would roll up in bed saying "park, fun, swing, fun". We enjoyed this slide too, but the first time MacK went down himself he spun out, and ended up going down sideways with limbs everywhere but in the slide. Holding hands was a MUCH safer way to go!
Not so long ago, MacK was petrified of the vacuum cleaner. These days he loves to help out around the house. He stands up at the bench and rolls meatballs, has shaped his first loaf of bread, and loves to mop, sweep and vacuum. He is a very housetrained kid!
Whilst in Canberra, he added another string to his bow, insisting on watering all the plants, and "doing gardening".
He had great fun checking out the water feature in the garden. He loves to play in any water, and we occasionally walk around the local suburbs counting sprinklers!
That's all for now. We will try to keep up the blog over the next couple of weeks, although our schedule is simply ridiculous. We only have a couple of weeks before the movers come to pack the house, and then we will be driving away from Townsville for the last time. Heading south, closer to family is going to be a fantastic thing. For those we don't get a chance to talk to, have a great Christmas, and we look forward to spending time with you as soon as possible.
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