Bit late Back to School pic 2010

Better late than never, this is for you Nana.

This is Wilsons first day ever of full time school... looks pretty confident huh!

Wilson has a great teacher Mrs Werne. I was a little worried when he was calling her Mrs Worm before school had even started. As it turns out, Mrs Werne is pretty cool. She 'gets' boys, had a great sense of humor and nothing much ruffles her feathers. A great match!! Wilson is having a wonderful year.

Nina has a lovely teacher this year her name is Miss Pace. The best thing about Miss Pace is that she loves art!! Nina has been able to work on a few art projects already and of course Nina can not get enough. Nina finished up her piano classes last year :( and has started art :) She goes to Brian Chandler School of Art every Wednesday with a skip in her step.

Decorating the Rabbit hutch

I do not think we will ever be able to move back to QLD... the reason is we all love our pet rabbit too much. When we first moved down seven years ago we had a little bunny 'Chocolate' who unfortunately died after a short time. We were all a little sad and did not have the room in our yard for another bunny.
This year Nina wanted a pet rabbit for her birthday, so we have welcomed 'Sookie' into the family. Sookie is now litter trained, she sleeps inside at night and lives out in her hutch during the day. Nina and Wilson had a great time decorating the hutch. Adam has build the MOTHER of all cages for this rabbit, kinda great when Dad is a builder!!

Picking Apples in the Garden

Our garden has needed a little bit of attention this summer. We had neglected the weeding and the pruning for some time and have played catch up the last few weekends. Adam has gone mad with some of the trees, I do not think they will need pruning again for a few years!! These pics show the kids picking the apples in one of the trees prior to the pruning... See below for the after photo... Apple sauce anyone??

Lansdowne Cresent Athletic Carnival 2010

Nina and Stella




Wilson with one of his ribbons



Nina in the 400m



Wilson and his teddy 'Shadow'




Lansdowne Cres State School had their annual sports day this Thursday. I took a welcomed break from study to go and watch their races and serve in the canteen. They had such a fun day (so did I) both Nina and Wilson have a good running style. I think they get this from Dad!! Wilson was especially excited about the teddy race. You can see the pick of him with his teddy crossing the line 1st. He was counting down the sleeps for this event. Nina was worried about the 400m but gave it her best, she is up near the front. She participated in everything and had fun cheering her team 'Bluegum'. Go Kids!!

The cafe was amazing (I should have taken a pic) all the parents cook and donate the food to sell to the kids and parents. Oh my heck, I live in a talented suburb!! You should have seen some of the stuff, monte carlos, fruit flans, caramel slice, savoury muffins, soups, quiche... the list goes on. I think I found my calling 'serving' rather than 'cooking'!!

Losing My Mind...

I was putting Nina and Wilson to bed last night, Wilson kept interrupting Nina while she was talking to me. I asked him to wait until Nina had finished her story. When I asked Wilson what he was going to tell me, he exasperatedly raised his voice and said, "She made me lose my mind"... apparently during the wait, Wilson had forgotten what he was going to say. He is not often lost for words.

Money for Nothing....

Last Sunday Nina needed to see a doctor, so I volunteered for the job leaving Adam home to get the boys ready for Church.

When we all met up again in the afternoon, Wilson was so excited to show me the $20 he had in his wallet. I asked him where he found the money (knowing previously he had none) and explained that just because you find money around the house, this does not mean it is automatically yours.

Turns out he did not find the money. He declared "Dad gave it to me". I wondered what on earth did he do to earn $20!!! Wilson cleared that up when he said, "I got it for nothing!".

Wilson requires a bit of coaching on Sundays, he is still not really keen on the idea of sitting still for an hour! Apparently Adam was having a hard time getting Wilson out the door on time and offered him some money if he got ready quickly and came to church. Wilson furthered the negotiations with the insistence that it would have to be paper money, Adam then explained to me that the twenty was all he had in his wallet to offer Wil.

Wilson was sitting on the bed telling me what he was going to buy with his money when Adam, trying to be sneaky, said to me "I'll get it back off him later", Wilson overheard and said "No you won't, I heard that!!"

Ethan can not believe the luck of the youngest child, commenting that he would be rich if he got $20 every time he went to church.

Can not wait to see how we go next week...

We have had an excellent Summer!!

Riding the Sand Dunes Bridport TAS




Swimming at the Mermaid Pools




Hanging out at camp with our cousin Boru




Having a little break while she waits for her turn on the sea biscuit (Nina)




Jumping from the rocks at Mermaid (Ethan)




Being too cool for words (Angus)




Catching fish (Ethan)



Yes they are blueberries... (Nina and Boru)






Haning out with Deeanne at camp




Yeah, we really did catch fish...




Making new friends




Oh yeah.... We bought a BOAT!!! So exciting, I have wanted a boat forever, we are now officially a boatie family:) One problem, the boat has a small leak... nothing too bad we are happy to say. We are looking forward to lots of fun with this new toy!!




Catching up with some Cottage School friends.



Turning 10!! Miss Nina turned double digits...





Kirsten had a birthday too, it was much more than 10! I made this cake for Kirsten, actually I made two, the first one did not turn out... well, truthfully, the second one did not either, but I gave it to her anyway... figured she was a good enough friend to think it was the thought that counted:)

Well... that was a few holiday pics from one camera... I will add some more when I find the cable for the other camera.

Pretty creative blog huh!

xx