Monday, November 24, 2014

November in the land of crazy viable weather and ice...

So yeah freezing and snow one day to the next being in the 70s Fahrenheit I thought it wasn't meant to be that crazy.... maybe something to do with are the carbon entering the atmosphere, that's what most people point to when you talk to them about it! Crazy Melbourne weather has nothing on this!

Few things going on, it's nice to be able to drive if the weather isn't great and it's good to have the flexibility to go out when we want as a family!  Last week was Nick and Lily's anniversary so we had a night out in Philadelphia, including cocktails, tasty bar snacks and some dancing.  Nick's been feeling a little let down on the dancing front of late so it was great to hit a cool little bar with a DJ mixing it up to get our bogie on. 

Bella has a new favourite outfit (other than her Princess Sophia PJs), Mira the leopard:




And we saw Bella's love for animals in full focus at the Philly Zoo when we visited with our new friends James and Henrietta:

 Ant display

 Baby lions: Bella's absolute favourite even if she doesn't roar like crazy any more..... Some things we wish she didn't grow out of :-(

Big Daddy Lion

The Zoo had many paths a number of animals could use to check out different areas of the Zoo.  Here a leopard is making the most of it

 Girls loving the animals moving around above!

Inside the treehouse play area at the Zoo 



Group shots! Can't get the girls attention though....



When the weather hasn't been too bad Nick's been riding and exploring more the of the surround areas/towns. Below are some photos from such a ride!






Nice park

Still frozen! 

The back route 

Local factory 



All rugged up! 

Bella is still getting lots of time climbing and sliding even with with it getting colder


Get the ice of the slide Daddy, please!



Time to decorate Christmas tree number 1 (of two) and sing some good old Christmas carols!



 


(Notice the large number of decorations at the bottom of the tree) 




Much love from Nick, Lily and Bella

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

A car at last! And just in time

After living in a car dominated part of the States for eight months it was finally time to buy a car... and after a lot of research and kicking a lot of tires Nick found a nice Toyota Camry for the Beales in USA.  A very clean gold-copper metallic coloured four door sedan.

We've done a couple of trips into Philadelphia and the car has proved a very reliable and efficient little trooper. On the 3rd night we had the car it decided to snow; good Nick hasn't been having to ride through the freezing rain....




Making the most of the warmer Fall weather before the cold hit!


 Bella enjoying the leaves and ploughing through them with her bike like a tractor

Making the most of the windy weather we have been having with Bella's cheeky money kite!











Love to everyone across the globe!