phew...lots happened but also not much did

so that's my mum's visit over...she has flown to Brisbane today until the 16th when she flys' direct to Sydney then onto London from there.

it was strange to say goodbye to her this afternoon at williamtown airport as i knew she was still in Australia...

Mum's visit has been a great one...but also a strange one

for some reason...i thought that i would be having some Deep and meaningful with mum over her time here...but as i came to find out in the first week she is not in to them...

she really is not comfortable with talking about feelings...and when i think about it our relationship has never been an open one...

so we talked about the kids and my sisters and their kids...and Dad and our memories of him and other stuff

we went to the Bay for a week...saw some dolphins and Whales...they are such beautiful creatures

we had lots of coffee and banana bread!!! Bear loves his "nana" bread

we had DollyGirl's naming day...will post some pics soon

we watched DollyGirl work out how to crawl forwards...well inch worm kind of crawl

and we laughed at her silly but beautiful faces that she pulls

Bear loved nanny playing "shark" with him..and "cars" so she was a big hit with him

we now have our bed back after the last 3 weeks on a mattress on the floor in the lounge room!!!! my back is very happy about that!!!

and tomorrow i'm off to a ghost tour and Sat a very, very early morning wedding!!! 5:30am...WTF