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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The London branch in Sydney

The London branch were well set up in their stylish Randwick Airbnb during their Sydney stay: lots of pool time for Eddie, fantastic toys to play with, great eating options nearby and plenty of shared time with Nanny and Poppa (and us)!  It helped (just) make up for the loss of Eddie and Ivy's Canberra playmates, although I think Eddie lost his Mojo for a bit - it was so quiet ...........

We didn't do too much in Sydney the first two days - it was too hot to venture far from the a/c and the pool. However by Monday we were able to set out on the ferry to Manly Beach - the classic Sydney visitor destination......




Eddie had recovered his Mojo by this and was a very animated traveller....


Manly had all the attributes Eddie looks for in a beach (namely seagulls!!)..........


Ivy had recovered her sleeping Mojo by today and we didn't see much of her until after lunch.
Lunch was truly amazin. We found the best restaurant eva..... chip pizzas on the menu... 3 thumbs up from Eddie!!
Ivy finally woke up - properly - on the ferry ride back to Circular Quay.....
Hope she doesn't forget seeing Sydney Harbour.......
Our last night together (last night) was lovely. We celebrated Eddie's 7th birthday with a cake and presents ..... The rockin rollin laughin kookaburra was a huge hit (yay!) - resulting in big smiles from Eddie....
and great hilarity all around....
... only to be relieved when those batteries wear out (soon I hope)!


Such precious times with these beauties.........
Can't bear to write how it felt to say goodbye!!!

Cousins

There were two magical days in early January when we saw the London and Canberra cousins together - the last day of the Mollymook Beach holiday...........
 Ivy had the Canberra boys wrapped around her little finger!


 And Eddie was best buddies with Angus and Ollie........

Then, just the day after, at Randwick in Sydney, Eddie and Ivy met Ella and Abi (just back from their holiday in Bali). Ella hadn't seen Eddie for six years or so, but they got on (both water babies) as though it was only yesterday.......

 In all the excitement Abi avoided nap time all afternoon....
 but loved story time, tucked up in bed, with Ella and Abi.....
 They all found Davey a great playmate.........
 Ella set him her handstand challenge (which Davey fulfilled - just!)


 Eddie and Ivy have found all their Australian cousins amazin fun!