Playing house

'My new playhouse!'

'Look Mummy, over there - it's Daddy!'

Coming in through the door, all by herself!

Summer holiday

Sand, sun, water and tiny waves... that's what we enjoyed for the last four days in Rosebud.  I had been looking forward to this little holiday for a very long time and I thoroughly enjoyed it!  It was so nice to switch off to all my usual daily tasks and projects!  It was a relaxing and refreshing time....

We were privileged to be invited by our friends the Schneiders, to stay at their beach house with them.  That was a blessing.  We were able to go out for dinner without Nahlia, to enjoy their company, share meals and the usual household clean-up, and Nahlia enjoyed playing with their children too.... or should I say having them play with her....? :)

 Nahlia liked exploring the sand, and the water.... but she was so unafraid of the water that we had to keep close and watch her movements.  She liked charging through the water, splashing it everywhere and crawling out into the ocean!  That was fine the first time as the tide was out and the depth was shallow a long way out, but the second day it was high tide and the water became too deep very quickly.

"I love the beach!" says Nahlia as she munches on a shell while her Daddy tickles her....

Autumn leaves in Summer

We haven't had much rain lately.  So the other day the trees decided to start dropping leaves.
Wir hatten schon lange keinen richtigen Regen mehr.  Also haben die Baeume schon mal angefangen ihre Blaetter fallen zu lassen.

...much to Nahlia's delight.
...sehr zu Nahlia's Freude.

...and munching on gravel is not bad either...
...und Steine essen ist auch nicht schlecht...