29. February 2012 07:51
by Rene Pallesen
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It is the 29th February and the last day of the bet I had with Kim....and believe it or not, but Aiden started walking by himself today.
We are very proud of him and I am double proud of him as he delivered the goods just in the nick of time...one day later and I would have been cleaning the house (lucky that this year is a leap year)!
19. February 2012 09:25
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Aiden is now able to stand up by himself.
He is now 20 months and should have been walking ages ago, so he is a bit behind on that front. Hopefully I can get him to take one step before the end of next week...I have a bet with Kim going whether he will walk before the end of February.
5. February 2012 08:57
by Rene Pallesen
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Today we went to Centennial Park to take some family photos. I had been complaining that I didn't have enough (good) photos of myself and Aiden so Kim offered to take some.
We found a nice spot in the park and managed to take a couple of shots before my camera ran out of battery...and unfortunately I had forgotten my spare at home.
Kim just came back from a business trip to Singapore a couple of days ago and it is really nice to have her back. I missed her but I am not sure Aiden missed her as much as he is such a daddys boy. When she was back he just turned away and would rather stay with me.
Also the little tiger is now 20 months and he is still not walking...what is going on?
29. January 2012 07:38
by Rene Pallesen
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Last night Kim and I went to the Ronan Keating concert in State Theatre in Sydney.
Kim is a long time fan of Ronan and really wanted to see him live. I am to be honest not really familiar with his music but had a good evening nonetheless.
The warming up band was Sharon Corr (from The Corrs) and I really enjoyed her both playing and singing...she is pretty talented on the violin.
29. December 2011 10:24
by Rene Pallesen
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Chong brought his Tinny (Australian slang for boat) to Tomakin and every morning the guys went out fishing for a few hours (I only went out one morning because 1. I had to look after Aiden and 2. I am not a morning person).
We caught lots of fish, but none of them were worth keeping as they were too small.
Just as well we didn't keep any, because on one of the days the fishing inspection gave us a visit.
In fact the only thing we caught that was above the size limit was this blue swimmer crab (and he was allowed to live another day).
We also had a visit from two massive sting rays (about 1 meter in diameter).
28. December 2011 10:23
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27. December 2011 10:12
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26. December 2011 09:59
by Rene Pallesen
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This years christmas family trip went to Tomakin on the NSW south coast (about 5 hours drive south of Sydney).
We rented a house with four bedrooms (for 9 adults and 5 kids) very close to the beach and fishing in the river. Fun with this large a group of people.
As usual we spent some time at the beach and I was showing Aiden how to build sand castles again.
He is still not walking so we had to hold his hands walking on the beach and in the water.
Right next to the house there was a nice litte organic coffee shop serving really good coffee and scones.
One morning we went to Mogo to have a look at the shops. There was a lot of art and crafts shop that Kim was interested in. The town had very conveniently created facilities for husbands as well.
25. December 2011 09:46
by Rene Pallesen
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Christmas day we spent at Bondi Beach with Sacha and Mavis and their daughter. We met up at the kids pool at the end of the beach to let our kids have a splash in the water.
Aiden couldn't get enough of walking around in the water with myself and Kim holding his hands (he still can't walk by himself), he is very fond of water.
Sammi, Sacha and Mavis' daughter was wearing a flotation suit which was causing her a few problems as this photo series testifies.
24. December 2011 09:35
by Rene Pallesen
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Christmas Eve this year was celebrated with Kims family. Normally we do this on the 25th like all other Australians, but this year we decided to do it the day before like in Denmark to avoid a lot of leftover food before going down south on out family trip to Tomakin.
Later in the day Santa Claus arrived to hand out presents for the kids.
For the lunch I roasted two ducks and Kim baked a chocolate ganache and made a salad.
Aiden was very excited and played with all Ethand and Kaylas toys.
