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

Adam as a BABY

Wilson asked me the other day if Dad (Adam) was born with a beard...

Cool Movie...

Take the kids... Nina and I went and saw it tonight. Puts a smile on your face.

Wilson and Ben 10

I love the cute pics Wilson draws, not unlike any five year old, but still so cute and personable.
Wilson loves Ben 10. This little work of art shows Wilson and one of the creatures from Ben 10... anyone know what this guys name is??

Eaglehawk Neck

We have just arrived home from a relaxing few days at Eaglehawk Neck. Our old neighbours have a shack there and invited us to stay and play with them for a few days. We had so much fun, I am really sad to be back in town.

We did so much in the short time we were there...

Out on the boat fishing, caught flathead while Dave did some diving for cray and abalone. I had a turn snorkelling with the compressor... a bit freaky.







The kids enjoyed riding the mini bike, flying fox and the new additions a helicopter net strung up between some trees that you swung over to via rope(Really should have taken a pic of this) and a tree bridge that Dave has just made.






The view was a little too much to take, the company and weather were awesome!





Thank you Dave and Lyn for a great time... like Dave said, we need to visit more often and stay longer! I think we certainly will this summer.