Getting together for Christmas at Frog pond farm

Thanks for being here everyone.
Hope you can find yourselves in one of the photos.
Wish I'd taken more now.

And then just like that , he was gone.......

After ten days of not being able to take our eyes off this little face.......

...... we have been left with this.

And as if on cue, the weather has suddenly changed to Pilbara style.  Sam, Kiann and Flynn flew home today with a 3 hour stop over in Perth (doesn't bear thinking about) and suddenly the house has taken on a deafening silence.

For me it was all about being in the moment ( not always that easy for me)  and there were plenty of moments to be in, let me tell you.
This was the year of the Ninja Turtle ( no Ipsy Wipsy Spider for this 2 year old) and he Ninja Turtled himself crazy!

He frog hunted, bug hunted, checked the horses on a daily basis, rode in Bertie, drove Grandpa's tractor ( ride on mower), collected feathers ( which became Ninja turtle swords ) and stole our hearts once again.

We don't know when we will get to see him next. It is way too hot for me  us up there at the moment and seems to stay that way for months.
He may be too young to remember his first Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's, but we will always remember it.

There will be part two.....just sayin!