Whose Present?

Kai has a book which he likes called "Whose Present".   Each page has a description of somebody who is getting a present and a picture of their wrapped present.   He then has to guess who and what.

At the end there is a question for him "What sort of present would you like?"    He always says "A Car!"    I expanded it the other day and asked him about each family member.   These were our presents:

Mum:   A new camera
Dad:  A new coffee cup
Isaac:   A new book
Elizabeth:   A new bed

I think he nailed us all pretty well, although I'm not sure where Elizabeth's new bed came from.

A Picture That Captures Who You Are

Once in a while, you manage to capture "that" picture.    Ben managed do it the other day when he took this picture of Isaac at a book store on Saturday and I love it because it captures the personality of Isaac.  

Christmas Presents

Mail from Australia is unpredictable.   Sometimes it takes a week to arrive.   Sometimes it takes much longer.   About a week ago, we received some Thanksgiving cards from Mum - I could see they were posted in the middle of November but they arrived about a month and a half later.

Today, we received a Christmas card and some Christmas presents.    It was a nice extension to Christmas.   

Our presents have already been well loved.   We got a lovely calendar with lots of family photos.   Isaac has a book, which he didn't put down all afternoon and it is now finished.   Kai has stuck stickers from his book over me.    Elizabeth has already made cupcakes.    Mel - you know my family well.   Thank you!