Aidan as Robot

As he walked around, he said " Robot, robot.." haha, quite innovative!

Hello cat, hello goat

I never knew Aidan could say the word Hello. Till I heard him say "hello" to a cat when I visited my grand-aunt. Yes, he would not say that to any person but to animals, he would.

Today, we went to the zoo. He said: "Hello monkey", "Hello goat"....

Aidan, making conversation with the kid goat.

These days, he would surprise us with suddenly saying a word that we never thought he knew, much less could say. He has made progress with his speech. Now the "k", "g" sound is quite obvious. The "s" sound still needs some work but he's beginning to say it. He's also starting to string words together. His longest sentence to date is "I want more milk" :)

When will he start to make me feel irritated with his constant talk? I can't wait.

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Long day ahead! It's time for the Swan Valley! This was taken at some shop that sells nougat. Not my favourite thing but bought some back for friends.

Aidan trying to open the car door but it's shut close. It's not a real car, or maybe it was real but not functioning anymore.

Ok, this has to be the best wildlife park! Caversham Wildlife Park! Finally, after so many days, we could get up close to Kangeroos and Koalas! They roam freely and you're allowed to pet them.

Funny donkey! Even Aidan's amused by it. The big mouth's opened because it's trying to catch the peanuts that someone was throwing at it :)

Buffalos. Aidan's not interested. Actually nothing really amuses him or catches his attention.

Showtime! Some animals were taken out for people to get to know better and to take pictures with. First up, eagle!

Next, a blue tongue skink whose tongue is really a shade of brilliant blue! It's not dangerous and if you dare to put a finger near it's mouth, it will stick it's tongue out. Aidan's afraid. I noticed that young children are born to dislike/fear reptiles. He didn't like a toy lizard that was shown to him during a class. And no, he has never seen reptiles or lizards before this and none of us has demonstrated signs of fear in front of him. So it must be innate.

Oh dear, I can't remember the name for this. Looks cute!

Next up is this fat, wrinkled and lazy looking wombat. Hehe...Finally someone to take a family pic for us!

I love this! It's pink! No idea if it's a parrot or a parakeet. But the color is sooo pretty!

The Three Stoogers :P

More pink parrots.

Koalas! They're so cute. Over here, you're able to gently pat them. Aidan's still looking very

sianz'.

Tasmania Devils! They're fierce creatures. Can hear them snarling at each other and fighting.

Aidan came to life at the Devils' den. He immediately perked up and chuckled loudly everytime the devils snarled or hit out at each other and made noises like he's cheering them on. Hmmm...violent kid or what?

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I always forget how bad the flies were and was again looking forward to the animal feedings. This morning, we went next door to Wonky Windmill Farm & Eco Park. We went into the reception, had some jam tasting, bought 2 bottles of jam, got our bag of feed and went outside into the hot sun. Yes, and be swarmed by the flies. Please remind me never to go in the summer again.

The piece of land where the animals are kept is quite a big one. They are nicely separated and there's a path where you can walk follow and it will lead you back to the house. As you go along, you can see the different types of animals and they are separated from the other species. There's not many of each species, more of the common ones and sometimes just one or two for the less common ones. I was very pleasantly surprised to see 2 lovely deers!

There's not many shots of Aidan cos mostly, he's trying to beat or run away from the flies.

Then we were off to a much more pleasant place. The Margaret River Chocolate Factory! Rows upon rows of chocolate! Needless to say, Aidan was delighted. There were free samples and I think it was Aidan's first chocolate treat. He couldn't get enough of it. Have you met any kids who doesn't like choc?

"woah! I want more!" He's thinking.

To my surprise, their chocolate are really good! We bought lots to give away but I'm regretting we didn't buy enough for ourselves.

Lunch at Duckstein Brewery!

More Yummy food!

Here was when I found out about Aidan's love of pigs. Could it be due to that he was born in the year of pigs? He kept asking me to draw pigs.

Very nice and huge estate at Duckstein. We had a walk after lunch.

Took this pic when we were travelling on the road. The cows are always huddled together and not moving and looks like they are deep in discussion. Conferencing perhaps?

Aidan loves taking family pictues. When you point a camera at him, he usually looks away. But when I say, take a picture together, he'll smile so sweetly and ask for more! :)

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On this day, we thought that we'd hit the beach again seeing that Aidan enjoyed it so much the last time. A friend had recommended breakfast at Blue Duck at cottlesloe beach, so it's breakfast then beach.

Aidan digging into his muffin, literally.

Eggs benedict for Him. This one isn't as nice as the last.

Big Breakfast for ME! The bacon is YUMZ!

Erm, no beach pictures because it was a disaster. It was very windy and current was quite strong at Cottlesloe. I think it's more of a surfer's beach. So Aidan was terrified and refused to go in. Doesn't help that Daddy was complaining it's too cold and refused to touch the water...hmm...

So went back to shower then headed to Yanchep National Park. It's very far North and the furthest North we'd go for this entire trip. Thought it would be a good idea to bring some food and set the mat for a picnic. But it was not easy looking for a nice spot. Everywhere was Kangaroo droppings. Eeewww.... Was difficult to find a big enough spot with no droppings to place the mat! In the end, I just closed my eye and laid the mat. LOL

Biting into my lamb kebab.

I like this profile. Looks like the boy in 'Precious Moment'.

Yanchep is said to house the largest colony of Koalas. Erm, we only saw 3 in this Koala enclosure.

Managed to catch this Koala climbing down the tree. Aidan lauged out loud when he saw it.

We spotted a few wild kangaroos quite some distance away. They hopped off when they saw us approaching. Anyway, felt that it wasn't worth the long drive there. I expected to pet some kangaroos but most of them were wild and avoided people. There're plently of other nicer parks near Perth itself if we'd just wanted a picnic.

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It's Perth Zoo day! I was very excited because it's the first time we'd be seeing animals since we arrived. I mean that's one of the reason we went to Australia in the first place.

However, Perth zoo was erm... not worth your time at all. As you'll see in the pictures, it was so boring I almost feel asleep walking about. Now I know why the Singapore Zoo is one of the best in the world.

We thought it'd be a good idea to let Aidan ride in this so he won't be too tired walking about. Alas, seemed like we didn't know our son at all! He only sat in it for about 3 mins.

The rest of the time, he was pulling it. No kidding, I don't know where this kid get his strength. It is a very heavy cart. See the size of that thing compared to Aidan?

And so he continued pulling it. He didn't want any help at all. If we were to help, he'd pushed us away or yell or stopped at his tracks.

And he pulled for the rest of the way. I think for more than 1hr. Might as well because there was no interesting animals to see at all. Most of them were out of sight and even the kangaroos in the Singapore zoo looked happier.

The final stretch before returing the cart. I don't think Aidan looked at any animals at all.

This huge GIANT tortoise (not turtle) was perhaps the most exciting thing in the zoo.

And this midget of a monkey. Really there's nothing else worth looking at.

So don't go to Perth Zoo if you're there. Really a waste of time. Go to the Caversham Wildlife Park instead. It's a million times better. Will blog about that later.

I wanted to eat fish and chips again so it's back to Fremantle. Here's a first family pic of us against the setting sun. Funny enough, the only time Aidan would stay still and smile at the camera is when we're all taking the picture together. I would say: "Aidan, Daddy and Mummy and Aidan take a picture" and he would co-operate. After which, he would say: "more, more". So cute :)