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Ellery: dinner at the beach in Nana's beanie

Aubrey: teething bites

The big boy is blossoming into three. 

The small boy has lost his usual sleeping prowess, and suddenly I am back in the oh-so familiar land of stuck-under-a-sleeping-baby-send-coffee. Teething bites the big one.

Also, we have a six-month-old! How did that happen?

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Ellery: playing doctors

Aubrey: window gazing ... from the highchair!

The Grands are visiting.

The big boy scored a doctor's kit as a belated birthday present. He's besotted with the phone it came with. I'm in love with the glasses.

The small one has graduated to the high chair, just shy of six months. When did he get so big?!

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Ellery: riding in the birthday bus

Aubrey: mesmerised by a hand

The week their Daddy turned 40.

We scored a small four-wheel drive bus to ferry visitors between our Cape home and the beach.

There was food, lots of it. Family and friends, a few. Campfires, kids and beaching.

A fine time was had, despite the rain.

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Ellery: basking in the glow of three

Aubrey: the face of tolerance

Another week where the phone captures won out. Sometimes they just seem more effortless, more in the moment.

And at the moment, it really doesn't matter, as long as i am capturing these moments.

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Ellery: French toast and home made birthday hat

Aubrey: soon enough he will be begging to sit here

French toast and popcorn and chocolate cake. The people he loves and a couple of neighbours' kids. Heaven to this newly three year old. 

Separate post coming about the birthday boy!