Nate turns 4

Nathan recently celebrated his 4th birthday. Unfortunately we weren't organized enough to give the kid a proper party before we left town. Not that he is wanting for anything especially new toys. Still mom guilt kicked in. Don't feel too bad for the little man...as he ended up getting to celebrate for two days. It is nice to live on the other side of the international date line- you get to celebrate on your Australian birthday and your US birthday.

We asked what he wanted to do for his birthday....the surprising answer....go see the Sydney Opera house. How could you turn down that request? So off we went. We loaded up on the ferry and spent a great evening by the opera house. We weren't able to go inside (no events that night) but that didn't seem to phase him- he was delighted all the same. Got to love pure child joy and an easy going attitude. We had a lovely fancy dinner with the opera house in the backdrop. Better than most of my birthdays. I hope he remembers it.

Nate got a new scooter for his birthday. He started off a bit timid but has already (only a couple of weeks later) is a scooting champ. He announced that he did his first "trick" yesterday. Not Tony Hawk quite yet- his trick was to lift up his leg for a millisecond. Still it was progress. We get him all padded up and hit the beach board walk on a regular basis. It is a pretty common thing to do here....tons of little tykes flying past you with no fear.

Check him out....