Life under a Pepper Tree

The countdown is now on until our little "beach" holiday this coming week.  Just 2 days of work and daycare to get through then we are off!  We are ready for a road trip in the bus!! Hubby has spent the day packing up all the spares, the tools, and the extra somewhat-important stuff to make it a peaceful trip.  We've got fold out chairs, picnic rugs and picnic sets, buckets and spades for the beach, plus a beach shelter, just in case.  The weather forecast isn't looking so great for the next few days, so fingers crossed it clears up enough for a few pleasant days for us.  I'm trying for be an economical packer... but like usual it's just not happening.  I'm sure my suitcase will be popping open at the seams with just one or two or ten unnecessary outfits or changes of shoes! Ha!  I started packing a bag for Dylan today and he was very happy to "help" by throwing every conceivable piece of clothing somewhere near the vicinity of his bag.  Once

3 days late. Opps!  Its just been a shitty kind of week. Enough said! A portrait of my son, once a week, every week in 2015 Joining in with Jodi and Project 52 . Bel

Dylan's Grandpa came for a visit yesterday, and better still, he brought his bus with him!  Hubby had done some work on our bus during the week, and was happy to check over Grandpa's bus too.  We've got a short trip away planned for a few weeks time, and we are all taking our buses for the getaway.  Taking Kombi's (or beetles for that matter) on a road trip require some serious planning.  Not only do we require all the space that a kombi affords us for all Dylan's "stuff", but there always needs to be some room for spares! Spare bits and bobs that make things work and gets us there to our destination.  Almost every road trip we've done in one of the VW's has required a pit stop somewhere, for at least one of us in the convoy.  We've had our fair share of problems...  Like the hole in the exhaust which was fixed with some piece of tin found on a council worksite, jacked up on the side of the highway goodness knows where...  We've had the m

So good to be out of the house and out into the fresh air today.  We took Dylan for a walk at the park by the river this morning.  He loved seeing the ducks in the water, playing on the park equipment and just generally commenting on anything he saw! Look mummy, there's dog poo! Look mummy, there's a big boy on a bike! Look mummy, there's the water!  The conversations were never ending.  Eventually he got a bit tired and wanted to be carried.  The only way to encourage him to keep going was to tell him Daddy had snuck some slices of chocolate brownie into the bag and they were back in the car just waiting for him.  And that certainly got him moving! Love his happy face and his little shadow in this shot! A portrait of my son, once a week, every week in 2015 Joining in with Jodi and Project 52 . Bel