Sydney 2010: Home Ground

We spent the first 3 days of our holiday staying with DD's Dad and family at their place. Our original plan was to go chiong the sights first and before meeting up with everyone some time, and on hindsight, I'm very glad we didn't do that. Being in a home environment was wonderful. It gave us a chance to recover and get over jet lag, all in the comforts of home. There was always someone to watch over Noey, and even better, we didn't have to worry about food, provisions or entertainment for Noey.

As for Noey, well, he just lapped up the attention.

All smiles with Ah Kong in the garden. It was hard to tell who was more excited to be there -- Noey or Ah Kong!

On a ride-on in the backyard. Yet another creative find from a garage sale by DDad, no doubt.

DDad looking a little like a mad professor in his study, which was a veritable treasure trove for Noey to explore.

Checking out Ah Kong's treasures.

"Noey is driving! Turning the steering wheel!"
(It's a drum actually)

Enjoying Australian dairy. A rare sight for my milk-hating baby. I think it was the novelty of the first day. Plus Ah Kong's MANY books.

One of the many amazing pop-up books DDad pulled out for Noey. I was constantly worried that he was going wreck something.

Helping Granny to water the plants. "Tomato plant, chilli plant and parsley", he proudly told me.

Making sure those plants get every.last.drop.

Even DD got the chance to chill out, since Noey was being well occupied!

As expected, Noey didn't eat well the first day or two, and in that respect, I was glad we were based where it was easy to whip up some familiar porridge for him. Although Noey is mostly able to eat table food, I had brought along a mini crockpot for emergencies and it came in handy indeed when we were staying in since everyone then didn't have to cater their meals especially for him.

We also took the opportunity to visit some sights further afield from the City itself, which i will post about in coming posts. (We got driven too, so we could just sit in the car and sleep. What luxury!)

As the days passed by, we realised, even at that early stage that our holiday was going to be too short! Sigh!