Goodbye Oz!

We spent the last couple of days in Oz hanging out with Adam, Bella and with our fabulous nieces and nephew. It’s such a treat to spend time with them and to get to know all their lovely little ways.

We took little Marly to the big adventure ball pool which I think was as much fun for me and Bro as it was for her! She’s such a brave little thing-going on the biggest slides and totally ignoring all the big boys barging around. She’s such a little chatterbox too, I think more so than when we were here in February, and is so good at letting you know what she wants and how she feels about everything. It’s been so wonderful to get to know her and her mum Aly.

Liberty and Angus have just been awesome fun from the start. They have an endless energy which is contagious, and are such bubbly little people. They are extremely engaging and get on with each other wonderfully. We were flying late on Saturday night so in the morning we had pancakes (Adam’s speciality) then we all went to St Kilda’s to the adventure park followed by a game of impromptu basketball in Angus’ school playground. It was Bro, Angus and Bella vs Liberty, Adam and me….there were injuries galore (bent fingers, a ball in the nose, a stick in the foot, a fist in the jaw etc etc…we were taking this thing seriously) and they absolutely kicked our bums! It was great fun though…until an hour later when none of the adults could move and are now riddled with blisters! No-one can say the Leas aren’t competitive!!

We really have felt so incredibly lucky to have been able to spend this time with all these wonderful people, and despite knowing that we have fun adventures ahead, we’re desperately sad to leave.

So THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU you wonderful things for letting us barge into your lives, for giving up so much time to show us a little piece of this marvellous country and for making us feel so incredibly welcome.

Until next time! Xxxxx