I think that is what this toy was called. My brother, J, received it as a child. It got a LOT of use from both kids while we were in Ottawa.

Most common usage was to play with it whilst reading, particularly the comics page.

We have fallen behind on sharing photos as we went through our move. We are finally in the Woodlands and in a temporary apartment for now. It’s been a long journey, but we enjoyed nearly a month in Canada.

Both kids loved playing in the snow. Here are some photos of Colin making the most of it.

Here we go again!

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The kids decided to take their new tents from Grandpa out for a spin in the backyard tonight.

I enjoyed the signage at the wildlife sanctuary.

Can you guess what Colin is looking at?

He gazed steadily for quite a while…

He was enraptured with the gang-gang cockatoos at the wildlife sanctuary. We still haven’t seen any in the wild, but he loved checking these ones out.

Colin and his friend, feeding kangaroos at the Currumbin wildlife sanctuary.

We went to a lovely, intimate performance last night, sitting outdoors by Albert Lake. The string quartet performed selections from Handel’s water music and royal fireworks, and some Bach selections (Air on a G string, some Brandenburg concertos).

It was a fantastic evening! I’ve never sat close enough to follow along on the musicians sheet music before!

It turns out koalas are super soft. Who knew?