Big Smoke little Smoke

I grew up in the big smoke, well some may argue Perth isn't a big smoke/ city compared to others in oz but it certainly is compared to little ol' Broome Town.

Joanie and Koby will have the best of both worlds and be based under the beautiful skies of the Kimberley with frequent trips to the Perth, city of lights , their second home.

 

Koby and Mumma Eri outside chillaxin' under a Broome Boab tree ...

There mightn't be as many shops/ cinemas/ arcades for the older teenage kids ( which I admit is a problem and can lead to crime through boredom) but there is certainly a lot to do for babies, toddlers and kids in Broome,

 

Joanie has inherited her mum and dads love of fishing, she jumps at any chance she can get to hop in her dads boats ( even if just in the driveway) and she is the proud owner of her own pink fishing rod.  Shaun had the tip of her fishing rod wrapped in tissue and tape for some time to avoid it scratching the home walls, it looked similar to a white tampon which certainly had peoples eyes wobbling when they came to visit! Once she learnt how to play safely with the rod inside ( yes I know it sounds ridiculous) her dad replaced the interesting wadding with a plastic fish on the end and now they often pretend they are bringing the fish in with a tremendous fight onshore. On a recent visit to spend some time with my Graunty (great aunt) and her gal friends at a local hotel Joanie even brought her fishing rod to dunk in the hotel pool! Not what this stylish, feminine lot may of expected a young two year old girl to have as her favourite play toy.

Jb playing in her daddies dinghy,,,

 

Here's hoping Koby shares her love of fishing , but , we will be just as proud if he would prefer reading or acting , dancing or art? You just never know how your little one will develop...

 

A recent development for Joanie is her love of planes! Jb has become an avid 'Plane Spotter!" My mum claims this would've made her late Pop very proud as he was a amateur pilot and if he were still alive would've loved to share her love of planes.

I have since learnt that if I'm having trouble getting Joanie to leave the playground or Town Beach Water Park all I have to do is say..."Lets go see the Big Planes!"  in a flash she stops what she's doing  and helps mum push little Koby to the car. We then go and wait for the planes to arrive and depart in the car park at the small aircraft section of the airport. Joanie cheers the planes in and out and gets beyond excited!

 

This school holidays one of the Camel Companies has been kind enough to do some camel feeding sessions with the local kids a few mornings a week. I thought Joanie may like this! After much talk about feeding the baby camels over the days leading up to the event we got there and she was mortified! As you will see in the photo it was me who ended up feeding the gentle camels some carrots as she looked very un impressed.

Looks like Mum is more of a fan of Zamal the Camel than Miss Jb....

 

You know you're living in regional Australia when in the school holidays not only do they have camel feeding sessions they have petting zoos in the local supermarket with snakes, blue tongue lizards and baby crocodiles! Again I took Joanie but again she was only marginally more impressed. I refuse to believe she'd prefer boring guinea pigs and ducklings!

 

For the Junior Stanleys , in this moment in time, the little smoke suits us to a T.