Our Recent "Adventures". Lots of Pics!

Gosh, it's been a while since I updated this thing! That being said, time is going so quickly and I can hardly believe we're already halfway through October! I have a few things lined up here to update with, but I haven't finished going through photos as I've been a bit lazy when it comes to editing them and organising them. 

Mr 2 began soccer lessons a few weeks ago. I felt like he/we needed more things to do, especially during the week. The term began last month, so we were a bit late to the party, but oh well. The classes are held in the Marina District in a really beautiful spot. They're set right on the water in front of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. It's a gorgeous area, and I guess how I feel about it is probably how people feel about the Harbour Bridge and the Kirribilli area when they go there for the first time. 

That being said, I don't think soccer star is on the cards for a future occupation for Mr 2. He's not completely into the classes and prefers to partake in only a few of the activities they do in the 40 minute classes. Although, being a combination of myself and Robert, I guess I shouldn't be so surprised by that. Haha...

Robert's Mum came to stay with us last week after she'd been on a trip to Europe. We didn't end up doing as much with her as I thought we might have. She'd been here before and I think she mainly wanted to just see Mr 2 (and us). So she accompanied us to a soccer class and basically just experienced everyday life with us. Robert did take the week off, though, which was awesome. I have to admit that it was really nice to have a little break from full time motherhood for a bit! Heh... The most tourist-y thing we did was go to Muir Woods (again. It was the third time we've been. LOL) and Sausalito with her.

In other Bartlett life news, Mr 2 got accepted into a pre-school the other week, which is awesome. I was getting anxious not knowing whether he'd be going to a school of our choosing, so I was very relieved at this! He won't start until September next year (because that's when the school year here starts), but it's so competitive here and you really need to get in early. So I'm glad we did. 

And having said that, I'm sure I had a lot more to say, but I'm so tired after a terrible night last night that I'm just going to leave you with lots of pictures. I apologise for the incoherence. I need another coffee.

xoxo

Ghirardelli have filled their fountain with pumpkins. Pumpkins are everywhere at the moment!

Muir Woods: beautiful no matter how many times you go!

I spent a lot of time on this visit looking for 4-leaf clovers. I'd never found one; I still haven't! :-(

Sausalito

View from Sausalito

Muir Woods

I do apologise: the updating of this blog is somewhat sporadic these days! I was trying to give weekly updates, but that hasn't been happening as I've run out of time or, well... that's about it: I've run out of time! Or we just haven't done anything interesting.

But this past weekend was Father's Day here. Robert wanted to go to Muir Woods which is our closest forest of redwood trees (it's about a 60-90 minute drive one way, depending on traffic). These forests are some of the oldest in the world, and some of the trees here are around 1000 years old! The place was really beautiful, and for me, it was nice to wander around in nature without having to be too afraid of spiders! Haha. The drive was a little scary: the road we took was very windy and some parts were on the edge of cliffs. I was often yelling out to Robert to drive slower or to move further into the road in fear of driving off the edge! Ha...

After wandering around the forest for a couple of hours, we headed to Stinton Beach for lunch. I'd been looking forward to finding a beach as it's now Summer here, and it would be nice to take the toddler swimming. And coming from Australia, I had expectations of spending much of Summer at a beach. But I don't think that will be quite so. Stinton Beach, at least, was a big surf. Which is fine. It's just not as child-friendly as perhaps a Sydney beach is. It was also very open and big. Like everything here, it was bigger than beaches tend to be in Sydney. And according to someone Robert spoke to, people tend not to go swimming as much as the water's so cold. And I'm not going to lie: it just wasn't as picturesque and as beautiful as Sydney beaches are. The sand's a bit grey and the water doesn't seem to have that sparkle that I'm used to. It's also quite a drive, where I'm used to living about 15 minutes away from Balmoral. Oh well...

That said, it was a lovely day. Here are some pictures:

Following on from that, on Sunday we went to Lands End, but I haven't finished going through the photos of that little trip, so I'll save that for another post.

In other news, our stuff finally arrived!!! It only took four months! Haha. Although our lounge has been lost. As far as we know, it could still be on the boat. But it's good to have all of our stuff and our apartment is starting to look more like us now. It's been very exciting for the toddler: as far as he's aware, we've suddenly been gifted with all these new things! 

Anyway, I will updated again soon with some photos from Lands End and another beach. 

xoxo