Gosh – only 1 day left. It feels unreal – in all senses of the word. And I just realised that had it been a normal, or regular, year this year we’d be done by now. I almost feel sad. Almost.
We were going to go visit my brother and his family this afternoon but I decided at the last moment to head down to Brighton instead. Can you believe I have been in Melbourne for however many years now (granted, 6 of the in between ones were spent in England) and have not, as far as I can remember, ever been down to the bathing boxes there. I figured today was as good a time as any, and should hopefully get me some good shots for our second last day. Plus it’s an extra half hour on the train from where we normally get off, so that had to make the kids happy at least.
When I eventually maneuvered the pram onto the beach (don’t ask me how many times I got the thing bogged in the sand…) Jaedon’s face lit up as he yelled ‘Beach!” – though it sounded slightly like another word which I won’t meantion here. 😉 He promptly jumped from the pram and ran after a bird into the surf, where he slipped and fell on his backside into the water. Not good. If I’d thought to bring his swimmers the world would have gone on as it was, but no. Jaedon was devestated. The world had actually come to an end. Luckily I did have the sense to pack a spare pair of pants for him, so a quick change and a 10 minute spell (read wind-down) in the pram made it right again. Watching Alicia-Rae running around having fun without him certainly did wonders in helping him get over it.
So, now that that novel of an explanation is done, I couldn’t not post the photograph of him in the throes of his distress, proving once again where my priorities lay… 😉 (Don’t worry – he did get LOTS of love and consolitory cuddles when I was done snapping).
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Alicia-Rae in the meantime was having a ball. Chasing the birds. Throwing sand as far and high as she could (I made sure to stay well out of her way) and eating shells. I was really kicking myself at this stage that I didn’t bring their swimmers. Though it was probably just as well as I can’t imagine having to keep an eye on two toddlers at the mercy of the waves, as well as my beloved camera, and then tackle them both to get them changed at the end. Sounds like a job that also needs daddy involved to me.
So here’s our little darling with the bathing boxes in the background. The whole point of going to Brighton was to see the boxes so I figure I had to use at least one shot of them. 🙂
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And here’s a couple more of Jaedon that I really liked but they didn’t have as good a story behind them to use for the 366…
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This time tomorrow it will all be over. Wow. Crazy. Phew. 🙂
{ Child Photographer Melbourne }