Au Revoir

After 2 months of having a big brother living with us, Clement has moved to a new family to learn more about Australia.  

Clement is going to live in Wodonga for a while now, but hopefully he will get time to come and visit us during the school holidays.  Maybe if we are really lucky, we can go and visit Clement in Wodonga.

Good bye Clement, have fun in Wodonga.

Love your little brother and sister

Catching Crabs

Look what Clement found on the way home from school today!

Catching crabs is fun,

Love AJ Pickle

Barbeque

We finally had a barbeque for dinner tonight.  Can you believe it, it is the first barbeque we have had since Clement arrived a month ago!

To celebrate the Bombers beating North Melbourne this afternoon, we had kangaroo steaks.  (By we, I really mean dad and Clement!  I prefer lamb and salad.)  

Clement really liked the steaks, he had extra!  

Love Princess George

PS - We really need to get our yard and spa fixed so we can barbeque more often.  Next on the barbeque menu for Clement - kanga bangas!

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot

It is always hotter in Yarrawonga than it is in Melbourne.  

Yarrawonga was 33c hotter than in Tours, France

Today we took Clement for a walk to the lake. We were all going to walk around the island, but we thought Clement would melt.  Clement stayed in the shade as Milla and I went swimming and had water fights.  

I went swimming in my shorts, but Milla was still in her pyjamas!

Next time we take Clement to Yarrawonga we can explore the island and lake together.

Love a not melted Pickle Monster

Playing Ball

Clement has been on camp with other big kids from other countries all weekend.  He came home this afternoon and we had a picnic in Circle Park for dinner then played ball.  

I got to stay in the park extra late AND play basket ball with Clement.  

Having a big brother is fantastic.  

Love AJ Pickle

Brave or Crazy?

Well I have been in Australia for almost a week now and every day AJ and Milla have Vegemite.  Vegemite on toast, Vegemite in a sandwich and sometimes when they think that no one is looking, they eat Vegemite from the jar!

Today I decided to see what all the fuss was about and I tasted Vegemite.

I can't say that I liked it, but perhaps I will try Vegemite again another day.

From Big Brother Clement

Boy's Adventures

Well Mum and Milla have gone away for the weekend, so we had a boys weekend.  

We had so many adventures that I hope that I don't forget any...

• First we went riding.  We rode all the way to Highpoint (well almost all the way, we had to walk up the giant hill at Pipemakers Park).  I rode home with only one rest stop.
  
• We played 10 pin bowling.  Dad still isn't very good at bowling, but my brother Clement is!  
• We went to the swimming pool for Darcy's birthday party.  
• I convinced dad that it would be fun to go the the Essendon Football Club Family Day and saw all of the footy players.
• We explored the Moonee Valley Festival.
• Just when I thought that there were no more adventures, we went riding again, this time we went to the Footscray Arts Centre to listen to a band.
  

I think that I will sleep well tonight,

Love AJ Pickle

PS - mum is a camera hog and she took her camera with her for the weekend.  I will have to see if Clement has any photos for me to use instead.

Oh Brother

I went to the airport last night to meet my brother Clement.  We didn't really get a chance to play together, he had been on a plane for ages and I was up really, really late.  Everyone was really tired.

Today, I let Clement have a rest during the day so that he would have the energy to play with me after school.  

I think that I am going to like having a big brother to play with.

Love AJ Pickle

PS Amelia and Zac have a brother too, I can't wait to meet him.

Three Kids

Everywhere I look, families have three kids...

Paula is about to have a baby so that there will be three kids in Amelia's family.  Tash is about to have a baby too, so Gabby will have a big sister and a little brother.  There are three kids in Liam's family, Stella already has 2 little sisters and there are even three kids in Ethan's family.

Guess what, we are going to have three kids in our family too!  

That's right, three kids.  

Luckily I don't have to wait ages for mum to have a baby, I am getting my big brother tomorrow!   My big brother's name is Clement, and right now he is in a plane from Paris flying to Melbourne to meet me.  

I can't wait...

Love AJ Pickle