We are all SMILES . . . almost!

We traveled to the Gold Coast this weekend . . . and it wasn't raining! It was still quite cool and windy, even though there were people in the ocean swimming. Evan still wasn't sure about the water and the waves. He seems to talk the talk all the way there wanting to see the ocean and the beach but once there doesn't want to touch the water. We think the sound of the waves somewhat frightens him right now. Eventually we got him to walk on the sand by himself . . . but only with his shoes on. We figure we'll travel to the beach alot this summer (December-January) so we'll have time to work on his reaction.

We celebrated Evan's birthday this weekend too. He was able to celebrate for two days . . . August 2nd in Australia and August 2nd in the US (Aug. 3rd here.) We had a cookie pizza at playgroup on his birthday and had a few friends over for a Thomas the Train party on Friday.



Australian Education: What we would call SPRINKLES . . . small "dots" or "sprinkles" that we might put on cupcakes, cakes, or cookies . . . are called "100s and 1000s" here. We encountered this when first moving here while attempting to order pancakes for Evan. The menu said that the pancakes had ice cream and 100s and 1000s on them. We had to ask the waitress what the "100s and 1000s" were. Another interesting term . . .