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Airstream Family — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:57:53 +0000

“A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

Juju: Spends a lot of her time jumping on things she shouldn’t jump on.

Coco: Has moved away from his toilet obsession and now loves sinks.

Mowgli: Chilling out with a strawberry milkshake. (For once he is leaving my poor boobs alone!)

Up the street from our house is a crusty coffee shop with a beaten-up caravan in the back garden that all my children love to play in.

They make the worst.coffee.ever but I regularly take the kids so I can have a break from the local park where the boys don’t stop climbing or running away.

Inside this funky vintage caravan they’re contained. I only have to worry about them falling off the sink, slamming their fingers in the cupboard doors, pushing each other down the caravan step and eating bark.

I’m five weeks behind posting photos for Jodi’s fabulous 52 project and it’s crazy how much the weather in Melbourne has changed in that time.

In this photo my babies were barefoot and running wild. Now its wintercoats, beanies and scarves.

Why Are We Doing This?

Airstream Family — Sun, 05 May 2013 04:08:08 +0000

Reblogged from 'Are We There Yet?':

When we tell people that we are heading off around Australia, travelling with 3 kids aged 7 and under, with a camper trailer to live in which is probably smaller than the size of your average bedroom, for the next 6 or 7 months - many people think we are totally bonkers!!

I know that perhaps it does seem crazy to jam a family together in such a confined environment for over 6 months, and maybe financially irresponsible to put the mortgage on hold, a step backwards to sell many of the possessions we have spent so many years accumulating, and perhaps even detrimental to the kids schooling .........

The Happy Forest

Airstream Family — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:52:00 +0000

On the weekend, Kate Berry took us to her “top secret happy place” in the forest for a photoshoot.

And yes Kate, it has now become one of our happy places too.

It was so peaceful we could actually hear the autumn leaves falling from the trees. Looking up into the pine trees was breathtaking.

So much so, that afterwards we ended up boondocking for the night.

These are some of Kate’s photos that I have lifted from her website – they were so beautiful I couldn’t wait to share them.

Kate, you rock. And if anyone is looking for a photographer in Sydney or Melbourne, check out hellokateberry!

P.S. How Brady Bunch do we look in these photos? I wish every day was all giggles and hoot. I could live without the whingeing.

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Airstream Family — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:33:26 +0000

“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

Coco: This is what happens when you turn your back on him for ten seconds.

Mowgli: Another happy little Vegemite.

Juju: Still wearing “that” tutu and she has now added a tiara to her get-up.

I’m about 3 weeks behind in my posts for the 52 project.

Life at the moment is chaotic, its exhausting, its relentless. But there are always magical moments, even on the very worst days.

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Airstream Family — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:29:16 +0000

“A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

Juju: Proud of her “pink” crown.

Mowgli: More interested in eating off the stickers.

Coco: Wasn’t quite sure what to do with his. He attempted to flush it down the toilet but was put on the right track by his big sister.

One of the rare days when I managed to do craft with the kids and it didn’t end in disaster.

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Airstream Family — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:01:56 +0000

“A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

Coco: Loves nothing better than playing with his sister’s tea set.

Juju: Still obsessed with her “rose” tutu. If she could sleep in it she would.

Mowgli & Coco: Curious little troublemakers.

I’m really behind posting our weekly photos for the 52 Project. Or posting any of the blog pieces I have floating round in my head.

As I explained to a friend in an email this morning, the twins wake up at 5.30 am (4am this morning) full of beans and literally do not stop until they hit the sack at 7pm.

They climb and destroy and climb some more. They think its hilariously funny to climb onto tables and throw things off, and to pull my hair or poke me in the nose with their sharp finger nails (which they will not let me cut).

When they’re not climbing or pulling hair, they’re wrestling each other or fighting over toys or terrorizing their sister who gleefully retaliates by trying to strangle them with ribbons or poke them with her fairy wand.

I’m just exhausted by my kids.

I’m counting down to July when, fingers crossed, we will finally hit the road in our Airstream.

I’m overdue for a new adventure.

Airstream Dreams

Airstream Family — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:15:42 +0000

Wallabee has made her first Aussie Airstream friend – a gorgeous 1966 Trade Wind called Peggy Sue.

Jess and Scott imported and renovated her last year for their business Airstream Dreams. Since October, they’ve been hiring out Peggy Sue as a bespoke exhibition/marketing/wedding space.

Peggy Sue at a beach side sojourn, courtesy of Airstream Dreams

Jess and I had been itching to check out each other’s trailers since we met online last year.

Our kids are similar ages and coincidentally she lives ten minutes from the campsite we chose as our first getaway in Wallbee last weekend (completely unintentionally, I promise we’re not stalkers).

We also both have an obsession for anything vintage.

With the rain bucketing down, it wasn’t the beach side rendezvous we had hoped for.

Instead of frolicking on the beach, our kids ran amok inside the trailers. First stop Peggy Sue.

Next up, a dash through the rain for a dose of coffee and Tim Tams on board Wallabee.

Jess and Scott plan to add to their Airstream fleet in the near future – they currently have this gorgeous 1964 Bambi II waiting to be shipped to Australia.

And its not just any Bambi. It used to be the cherished trailer of Rikki Rockett, drummer and co-founder of the American Glam metal band, Poison!

We’re looking forward to meeting her one day soon.

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Airstream Family — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:59:06 +0000

“A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

Juju:”You can’t catch me.”

Mowgli: Red shoes. He hasn’t stopped playing with the velcro.

Coco and Juju: Wearing in their new shoes.

I’ve been conscious of not buying any new stuff. Our road trip is just a few months away now and we will have just one drawer each for storage.

The kids already have so many clothes and toys and Juju only ever wants to wear the same tattered pink tutu anyway.

But I think decent shoes are really important. And there’s something magical about kids jumping around in brand-spanking new shoes. (Of course Juju’s had to be pink!)

52 Project link love: How does this family with 5 kids make it look so fun?

Linking in with Jodi

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Airstream Family — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:52:47 +0000

“A portrait of our children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

Mowgli: He still doesn’t eat much but he knows how to use a fork.

Coco: “I’m not sharing my bike for any girl.”

Juju: Proud as punch now she knows how to ride a scooter.

52 Project link love: How incredible is this portrait of father and son?

Cabin Fever

Airstream Family — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:48:51 +0000

We’ve just had our first weekend escapade in Wallabee.

We stayed at a camp ground in Sorento, where we were rained in.

My better half went fishing with friends at the crack of dawn. That left me to entertain two hyperactive one-year old’s and their fiesty big sister – in 17 square meters of space.

Two words to describe it. Cabin Fever.

We were joined by three of our friend’s children who were camping nearby. Luckily I brought along an iPad.

We survived the weekend. Just.

So we’re planning to do this for a whole year? With three kids?

What are we thinking?