I am Macgyver + other stuff

My parents sent Amelia some pipe cleaners. I made a bear out of a few (green of course) after reading Corduroy. I think it came out ok until she said, "the bear has no face." Well, making a face out of pipe cleaners is not easy! I tried, but mostly failed.

Pipe cleaner Corduroy

Magical pipe cleaners

Since pipe cleaners are so malleable, I  thought of a million other things which could be done with them around the apartment. My favorite thus far is to turn our mildly useful dish rack, into something much, much more functional! Since we never use the dishwasher (it is both inefficient and really, really smelly!) I decided to take the silverware holder out and use it with the dish rack. After it had been Macgyvered... it was now perfect!

Sunset from our apartment.

Pretending to be on the phone with Lily + Lena.

"Talk to you later!"

This is a nice day in Sydney.

Arts & Crafts day

After the library, it was a day of arts & crafts. Sometimes we just don't make it outside so we have to find other things to do. Today, Amelia made cards for Lily & Lena and a bunch of other people too. I think she used most of the deserts.

A home to call our own

After 2 weeks, we have finally made it into our new and permanent housing while in Australia. First, we were in the 2 bedroom while Janis was here. Then, we had to move out because this room wasn't ready for us. Eric had originally had the production company book us in the 2 bedroom for 2 weeks. That would be fine but we were going to have to pay for it and frankly, Sydney is so damn expensive, I figured we could find a better way to spend the money. It's not like Amelia would sleep in the other room anyhow!

The new room was worth the wait! Situated on the 17th floor (of a 20 story building) we are on a corner, facing South East. The views are pretty amazing. Honestly, the only way our views could be better is if we were facing downtown Sydney! As it is, we see all the way to the ocean!

View looking East

This is best window in the house!

Our kitchen (before unpacking).

We have a long ass hallway. Must think of something to do there.

The patio.

View from the patio.

After unpacking, we went to the mall for dinner. Yes we did. It's close, and easy and they have a decent selection of stuff. Though, if we had gone any later, the food court would have been closed, and this was about 6pm!

Amelia loved riding on the luggage cart.

Amelia's favorite sculpture in the mall.

Riding the escalators before bed.

Seriously? They have giant flower arrangements all throughout the mall!

This smells amazing!

Not a great shot, but I love this lighting.

If this were tiny, I would wear it around my neck.