Did we do the haircut?

I've got a few pictures from this month to share with friends who have asked. For Katie, and others, who have asked about the haircut. Yes, we did a fringe/bangs trim and probably should hack away at the rest of it soon. We swallowed hard, it's difficult for us brunettes to part with all that silky blond hair, and a couple weeks ago did a pretty awful job of trimming FFM up. He does look much better, though, and it's nearly creepy how much he looks like T as a toddler. Color is all wrong, but for YEARS T had the same hair cut that we just gave FFM. The first day after the cut I got the willies and I've only seen it in pictures! Hopefully Penny can scan an old photo of Travis sometime this summer and I'll post it.

Before:

After:

And for Deborah, who's been posting some great swinging shots of her own, we finally found a toddler swing here. All the local playgrounds only have 'half' buckets, with a chain across the one side, so we don't do much swinging anymore. Sometimes we'll put FFM in backwards, with the chain to his back, so he can swing without sliding out, but it's not really stable enough to really get a good swing in. We went up to Redcliffe this weekend, a northern coastal 'suburb' of Brisbane, and they have a playground every km or so along the beach. Every single one had a proper bucket swing. Yahoo-eeee!

Going for a stroll. He can't get enough of this these days. The wagon gets a heavy workout.And just for Travis (who really likes that sort of thing,AND he's the one who remembered to take a picture, AND this isn't just my blog after all you know). This is what the first day of winter looks like in Brisbane. Winter solstice here was June 21, when most of you were having your summer solstice. It was a gorgeous day. You see me wearing jeans, but it's mostly to give my summer clothes a break since I've been wearing them since we moved here. It's still in the 70s most days, although it does get down to the 50s or sometimes 40s at night. Lovely, lovely weather, I'm enjoying winter :)