Squeeze and Dot

Arthur and I love looking through the art section at the Newsagent. Often they have some cool things on sale. A little while ago we found these Squeeze and Dot paints reduced to a few dollars. So with new art supplies in hand we headed home to create.

Arthur (19 months old at the time) enjoyed squeezing a lot more than dotting. I brought out some old blank cards I had in the cupboard and let him go to town. He was engrossed in the activity for quite a long time and filled all the cards by himself.  After he was finished I pressed the cards together and viola!  both sides of the card were pretty and ready to gift. In fact, many have already been gifted.

When we were finished, and the cards were drying on the line, I washed out the bottles and filled them with paint. Ready to go for another round of squeezing, maybe even some dotting next time!

Holiday in Melbourne

The streets of Melbourne city were full of fun things to play with and explore. Including a dog to feed and ride and some good trees to climb.

Melbourne Zoo

Melbourne Aquarium.

Cape Schanck. Possible one of our favourite walks. Ever. Adam and I have done it so many times and I hope to do it many, many more times. 

Arthur love, love, loved the trains and trams and horse drawn carriages. 

The view from our hotel room. Nice. Artie loved watching the trains from the balcony and every morning he woke at 6am with the first train whistle. We would think he was asleep and then hear a little voice saying beep. 

Happy. We love holidays! 

A few notes about the holiday: 

• Travelling in a city with a toddler is tiring! It is not the same as the lay-around-the-beach, long-lazy-walk type holidays we have done with Artie up until now. Not saying it was worse, it just moved at a faster pace. It probably didn't help that Artie was sleeping terribly for a few nights! 
• We probably won't bother with the Melbourne Aquarium again. It was so busy that it was hard to see anything and Melbourne Zoo has a great new area with fish and seals and penguins. Next time we will just buy a zoo pass, we could have gone back to the zoo a few times, there was so much to do and see. 
• Arthur is a great travel companion. It is so fun to see the world through your child's eyes. Everything is new and exciting. The steps of Federation Square are an endless source of amusement, as is all the street art. He is also a trooper on the flights. As long as we have snacks and books and a couple of toys and keep entertaining him, he is fine. We have yet to have a meltdown on a flight and he has been travelling on them since he was 5 months old (knock on wood). 
• I love my boys and I love holidays. Put the two together and I am one happy lady. 

handsome

We've been away on holiday, we had a great time, and we are glad to be home.