Happy (belated) Australia Day

It was Australia Day last Thursday and I decided to mark the occasion by making mini pavlovas. 

cream-filled meringue delights!

 Everyone was very happy to have a special dessert - even Old MacDonald.

"Oh goody! Mini pav!"

Paloma loves Vegemite and I have recently (thankfully) found a local supplier.

Mmmmmmm Vegemite toast....

It's one of the few foods that she will happily gobble up, and is a regular on her breakfast menu (and occasionally for dinner). 

Incidentally, I heard there was a bit of excitement about Julia Gillard's shoe on Australia Day.

Paloma's Aussie friends

Paloma is developing quite a collection of Australian animals, thanks in large part to Auntie June and Uncle Normie. 

The other day, we got them all together to see the whole collection. 

I think the Big Merino counts as an Australian animal, don't you? 

 

Hello, third trimester!

The last 28 weeks have flown by, and suddenly we're in the third trimester already. 

BITO learning about gardening.
(That's the plum tree we planted for Paloma right behind us.)

I'm starting to feel pregnant and finally getting comments from strangers. 

BITO bump with lamb. 

We have started sorting through Paloma's old things. Paloma really liked this 'hat': it's actually a pair of shorts that I crocheted for her. 

She doesn't need to know that her hat is actually a diaper soaker....

oops...

Apparently there were a few technical glitches in our last post.

It's all fixed now, so you should be able to see the photos.

Sorry about that!