Sydney

Its 9.30pm and I am still at the point of jetlag where it feels like 3am in the US. This is going to be quick - just a few pictures for Josh and those of you wondering how the long haul flight went.
It went well. Frost had trouble sleeping and Wren went a bit bonkers at one point in the middle of the defined darkness of night but all in all they were good travelers. Frost has crashed to sleep tonight - out for the count - not surprising since he watched 3 movies and about 5 TV shows instead of sleeping.

Frost spent the flight shouting because he had headphones on and our seats were just behind the wing and very noisy.


Wren enjoyed his carseat, especially in the fully recline position. In the morning he ate a full bowl of cornflakes with milk, scrambled egg and a breakfast sausage. He was starving. He was very happy in his pajamas (we changed at LAX) and fell asleep as soon as the noisy part of take-off was completed. I made a tent out of a blanket so he was not disturbed by the dinner service. He hugged a pillow because big snuggle bunny was in the suitcase. The only problem with his carseat was that Frost couldn't get a turn by the window and Wren's tray table was inoperative because it was too low and could not open with his feet in the way.

Here are the kids at the pymble pool this afternoon. They are all in the shallow pool because Wren was afraid of water. We called this the puddle or the splashing pool and he had fun in it. After a while he moved into the deeper pool and splashed the kids there. He also chased kookaburra and noisy mynahs (birds) and dug dirt. A thunderstorm interupted our swimming for a while but it passed. It was very hot (32 degrees C) and humid but has been raining tonight. Wren and Frost were interested to see ants, a lizard and many bright birds including cockatoos, gallahs and kurrawongs.


Here is Wren in Sandy's garden with his two dried hydranga stem swords.