October+2016

Esther was so excited for our holiday - and to see Nan, Jake and Kayla - that she packed her toy bag a good two weeks before we left. She was excellent on the plane and had a great time playing in the pool at our apartment on Gold Coast and at the beach finding lots of volcanic rocks. But her highlight was playing with all her cousins and relatives - on the big trampoline with Lewis, running round Bribie Island with Jake and Kayla and with all of Nan's toys up at Mt Mee. She was also very brave overcoming her fear of dogs (mostly) at Pappys and Tony and Tamika enough to pat their pet dogs. She liked being the big girl when playing with friend's younger daughter and meeting up with kids from Mothers group she hadnt seen for years. Pre-school continues to be positive and she is getting excited about Kindergarten too. Esther is also being such a good big sister, sharing lots of toys and trinkets with Judith and they have started playing together too which is delightful.


 * [[image:Est Oct packed.JPG]] || [[image:Est Oct bear plane.JPG caption="With Rainbow Roy who got to come with us!"]] ||
 * [[image:Est Oct pool.JPG]] || [[image:Est Oct pool 2.JPG]] ||
 * [[image:Est Oct river cruise.JPG caption="On our river cruise"]] || [[image:Est Oct hug Livvy.JPG caption="giving Livvy a hug (Belco Babes alumni)"]] ||
 * [[image:Est Oct Kayla.JPG caption="with Kayla on Bribie Island"]] || [[image:Est Oct cousins.JPG]] ||
 * [[image:Est Oct icscream.JPG caption="time for one more ice-cream"]] || [[image:est Oct ballet.JPG width="466" height="648" caption="in ballet uniform and Mummy's shoes"]] ||
 * [[image:Est Oct tramp ivy.JPG caption="enjoying the trampoline with Ivy"]] ||  ||